Originally Posted by
george
i promise i am not trying to start a disagreement with anyone. and before you reply with, "i can post whatever i want on here" (which you can as far as i am concerned because i am not a moderator), hear me out.
i find it sadly and comically ironic how infatuated this board is with lsu. on this board are probably some of the more rabid and intense tech fans. and we constantly complain how we hate seeing tech students or alum with lsu gear on; we dislike being relegated to second status in shreveport behind lsu; and we bemoan the fact that when we have a home game opposite a big lsu game, it might hurt our attendance, or people will choose to stay in the JAS parking lot and watch that game on tv. and yet, every time anything gets posted on this board regarding lsu, good or bad (usually bad), it gets a million hits and replies. i am obviously guilty of that now myself, as i am replying to this thread.
wouldn't the best response to all things lsu be to give them what they give us? a big dose of ambivalence. who cares if they win or how idiotic their fans are? a week or two before we play them next year, i'll be very into it, talking smack with lsu friends and being excited about the game. and i'll go to the game in blue and i'll probably get cursed at and it is a shame but it is first hand proof of how such a large percentage of their fan base has no perspective.
but what bothers me most is why do we as tech fans care so much? we are in the wac, not the sec. we are not rivals with lsu like alabama, ole miss, or even tulane are. we don't have a long history of playing them. if you want to make the argument that poor play on the field by lsu equals potential success for tech on the field, i will buy that to a degree. when they were bad in the '90's, we were preety good and there may be a correlation. we aren't going to get all the 4 and 5 star recruits they get, but we could make some in roads to their recruiting base, especially if they go in the tank and we continue to improve. so by all means, go on hating lsu as i am no fan myself, but do we really have to discuss what they do or how they do it on a tech message board? especially now, when we are potentially on the verge of a break through season? go away tigers...go away.