I always hear stories like that but have yet to see anything happen with my own two eye's. All I can say is that every group has azzholes in it. The majority of the tiger fans treat visiting fans great. We had 2 South Carolina fans hanging out with us almost all day Saturday. Just wandered up and started talking so we gave them each a plate and a beer.
Sorry but LSU fans are the least classy of any I've seen. There are a lot of OU fans that will not go back to an LSU game in LA after the way they were treated before, during, and after the 2003 NC game in NO by LSU fans. It even goes beyond the repeated cursing and name calling, taunting of 2s and 3s by dozens, and the pushing and shoving of senior citizens. The city of NO ridiculed OU's request for a police escort for their team buses and that is a standard practice at bowl games. There were other agregious afronts, but I'm getting pissed just thinking about them.
Expat
Your experience and story above is the exact opposite of what I experienced. I didn't actually go to the game in the Dome when LSU played OU for the national championship in '03, but was down in NOLA with a very large group of LSU faithful who rented out the entire second floor of a bar down in the French Quarter. The bottom floor was still open for regular business, and was absolutely packed with LSU and OU fans watching the game together...
The atmosphere was fantastic, and everyone was having a great time together. In fact, a lot of us from the upstairs party were downstairs just as much, hanging out with groups of fans from OU so we could 'jaw' at each other during the game ...
If you had a bad experience with LSU fans, I'd be very inclined to say it was a much more isolated and rare occurrence than is the norm... I'm not about to say that we're angels down here ... but we're definitely not a bunch of senior-citizen pushing thugs as you've suggested ...
Sorry, not isolated.
Expat
I don't think it would be a stretch, for me to say that since I've lived here all my life, that I've seen more than you, regarding LSU fans interacting with opposing team's fans ... and when I tell you it's isolated, you can take that to the bank ...
If your experience has been any different, I would lay the blame solely on you and your attitude, for drawing any 'ills' from the Tiger faithful ...
If you ever came to a tailgate party before an LSU game, you'd notice that the opposing team's fans are welcome at nearly every single party, being offered all the food and drink they care to have, free of charge ... and hang out with us all day long before kickoff ...
There are bad apples in every bunch ... as I said, the events you describe are not the norm, and what I consider 'isolated' ... Maybe your view of 'isolated' and mine are just years apart?
