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
I call a big old steaming bullsh!t on that one. I was at that game, and I was downtown most of the afternoon. There were plenty of OU people sitting near us in the Dome, and the atmosphere was very cordial and good-natured, even late in the game when drink had been taken by both camps. At the tailgating, it was friendly, with the usual chanting and taunting. I saw no fights, before, during or after the game. I also saw OU get its ass kicked, and since you apparently didn't, I doubt you were watching the same game everybody else was.
Don't confuse French Quarter bar flies, scammers and drunks with LSU fans. I could go down there right now and they'd be just as rude and ready to fight with me as they would be to you. That has nothing to do with LSU fans.
Our ability to host big events is legendary....the hospitality at the Sugar Bowl has never been complained about by anybody....at least not that I have read. And of course the Super Bowl is much bigger and we are the acknowledged best venue for that. So I'd suggest, with respect, that you've heard of a couple of incidents third hand, and don't have a clue what the game was really like or what the reception the OU fans received was. And I've never seen a team bus without a motorcycle escort so I suspect that story is an urban legend. Its illegal for buses to even be in the Quarter without police escort. Their vibration destroys the old buildings, so they have to have special permission even to go there. I seriously doubt somebody picked out the Sooners to not recieve what every high school team playing in the Dome receives automatically. Again, BS.
Here's what your coach said, from the offical OU football website:
Stoops Quotes from Sugar Bowl
It's been a great few days in New Orleans, and I would like to thank the Sugar Bowl Committee. The people of New Orleans have been incredible with their hospitality in helping us experience this great city and this great bowl game.
