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#302
Bama is lucky...our QB sucked worse than he has all season and it still took overtime to beat us. Good luck getting out of the SECCG with under 50 points against you. Florida is going to wipe their booty with Bama.
 
#303
Kraw said:
I'm kind of confused as to what that picture signifies? Inbreds? Mother/daughter/sister type thing?
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Yes and yes. We do it differently down hurr. :nice:

COramprat said:
Bama is lucky...our QB sucked worse than he has all season and it still took overtime to beat us. Good luck getting out of the SECCG with under 50 points against you. Florida is going to wipe their booty with Bama.
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:lol:



Tell your linemen this is a contact sport :banana:
 
#305
Well, the SEC and Big 12 can breath easier now that PSU lost. Wonder if the Big Ten get's 2 teams in the BCS. If OSU and PSU both win out, they'll both be up there, but I wonder if only PSU will get a BCS birth (Rose Bowl) and OSU winds up in the Capital One Bowl? early bowl projections here Since OSU's last 2 games are against bad teams, not too much opportunity to impress anyone.

Oh yeah, watched the TT-OkSU game. Tech's offense is really something else. Still have 2 more big games left and both will be fun to watch.
 
#307
Texas Tech has one freaking awesome offense. Their defense? Not nearly as amazing.... I feel that if they end up playing UF or Bama, that it's going to be a high scoring game, and the better defense will win, especially if it's UF, with the way they've been playing lately...

I'm just excited we got to the SEC champ game! woo!
 
#308
Wow...

EVERGREEN, Ala. (AP) -- A man and woman were shot dead after an argument that witnesses said started over an Alabama-LSU football game, but sheriff's investigators said Monday they continued to investigate the motive.

The Conecuh County sheriff's office identified the victims as Dennis James Smith, 41, and Donna Kaye Hall Smith, 39, of Brewton. The two were shot to death about 7 p.m. Saturday in the rural community of Owassa in southern Alabama.

Michael W. Williams, 28, was arrested and charged with two counts of murder over the shooting at his home, where he had watched the game. He was being held Monday without bond. A sheriff's investigator handling the case did not know if he had an attorney.

An investigator said Monday that people watching the game at Williams' home said the dispute was over the game, which Alabama won 27-21 in overtime Saturday, but an investigation into the motive was not complete. The investigator also said alcohol may have been a factor.

According to witness accounts to investigators, Dennis Smith, an LSU fan, called Williams, an Alabama fan, after the game, and the Smiths then went to Williams' home, where a physical altercation led to the shooting.

Investigators said Dennis Smith had a pistol and Williams had a shotgun and fired.

Authorities said Donna Smith was a relative of Williams' girlfriend.

Relatives of both the victims and the suspect either declined comment or did not immediately return phone messages Monday from The Associated Press.
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2theadvocate.com | News | 2 dead in argument after Alabama-LSU game — Baton Rouge, LA
 
#311
"The sun has found its home in the western sky, and it is now Saturday night in Death Valley."

These are the words of the LSU PA announcer at the Bama game Saturday. The crowd goes nuts. One of the mystiques is the atmosphere in LSU's Tiger Stadium on Saturday Night. If it were not for a "never should have been thrown INT in OT" who knows what could have happened. I mean how else do you explain a 33 yard chip shot of a field goal blocked as time ran out to give the Tigers a second chance?

I know...tooting a broken horn right now but if you ever get a chance to see LSU play, make it a night game against a good opponent. You will never attend a louder, more exciting game day atmosphere ever. If anyone wants to take a trip I'll be your gracious host. :nice:

10 Reasons LSU's Home Field is Better Than Everyone Else's

In another life, I was the LSU beat writer for the New Orleans Times Picayune. Sports writers will tell you that covering a beat is the biggest grind in the business, an endless cycle of being stonewalled by coaches and making 32 phone calls just to find out if some 18-year-old sprained his ankle. But there was a moment that made it all worth it: walking into Tiger Stadium. It was electric. When Death Valley is rocking, it seems as if it might actually take flight.

On Saturday, I went back to Baton Rouge to see Alabama barely beat LSU, and was, once again, reminded that Tiger Stadium is the best place in the world to watch a sporting event. Since we love lists, here are 10 reasons why:

10. The Tiger Bait Walk
Hundreds of fans line barricades, waiting on the Alabama busses. Immediately visible are five state troopers, eight sheriff's deputies and a crowd of prison guards. Two more cops are undercover, dressed as LSU fans. There are about 40 nine-millimeters around gate 12. One marshal has an earpiece, and he gets the word: Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide have left the hotel, with two Alabama troopers and three Louisiana troopers leading them in, lights shining and sirens blaring. A police helicopter circles above. Last night, LSU fans burned Saban in effigy at a pep rally. Nobody with a badge is taking any chances.

Finally, the busses pull up and cops rush Saban into the bowels of Tiger Stadium. LSU fans yell, "Tiger Bait." Alabama fans yell, "Roll Tide."

I'm not sure what it was like to walk into the Coliseum, but I bet it was something like this.

9. Ragoo
I wrote about him in the latest issue of The Magazine. He's Cajun, bald, usually dressed in purple and gold and is the preeminent LSU tailgater. Once upon a time, he ran the Krewe of Ragoo, a group of Tiger fans wilder than the occupants of a hair band tour bus. Almost 60, he's decided to chill, disbanding the Krewe and forming a smaller group known as Ragoo Remains.

And they get after it.

Saturday, they had brisket and all the beer you could handle. If you're ever at an LSU game, stop by Ragoo's tent, over by the track. Tell him you read about him in The Mag and that you'd sure love a little piece of boudin.

8. The Pre-Game Ritual
The band marches onto the field, dressed like mariachis but keeping time like soldiers. They begin playing "Pregame (Hold that Tiger)," turning to salute each corner of Tiger Stadium. Each corner tries to be louder than the one before.

Then Dan Borne' comes on and goes through the temperature and weather. "Chance of rain?" he asks the crowd. "Never!" they respond in unison.

(This is where John Ed Bradley got the name for his wonderful book, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium. It's one of the most amazing pieces of writing I've ever read.)

7. The Speakers
Some schools have wimpy speakers, not loud enough to allow the pump-you-up songs serve their purpose. But in Tiger Stadium, it's like they hijacked the Rolling Stones sound system. There's enough treble to hear the words, enough bass to rattle Death Valley's metaphorical rear view mirror. When they play AC/DC's "Hell's Bells," usually during a media time out before a big play, they let it go long enough for the guitar to kick in. I am pretty damn sure they can hear it out on the barges pushing cargo down the Mississippi River.

6. The Press Box Coffee
As Mag writer Seth Wickersham, pointed out in this awesome story about the Manning brothers, people in Louisiana are serious about their coffee. At Tiger stadium, they serve Community Coffee, a local staple. By the end of the game on Saturday, the press box was littered with small, red Styrofoam cups. Four of them were mine.

5. Nighttime
The third quarter ends with LSU down seven, but hanging in. Borne' makes an announcement.

"The sun has found its home in the western sky, and it is now Saturday night in Death Valley," he says.

The crowd goes ape s—. The band plays the first few notes of "Hold that Tiger," but the crowd quickly overpowers their sound. Fifteen minutes to go, and the place is about to lift off.

4. "Living on a Prayer"
The game is tied with just under three minutes left, and LSU is about to get the ball with a chance to win. The band knows just the song.

Tommy used to work on the docks.

The student section explodes.

When the band gets to the chorus, they are singing along—and it is loud. They are part of the largest crowd ever at this place, and their Tigers are hanging in against the top ranked team in the country, maybe about to send Nicky-Nicky Bling-Bling home a loser.

We gotta hold on
To what we got
It doesn't make a difference
If we make it or not
We got each other
And that's a lot
For love
We'll give it a shot

Ooooooh, we're halfway there
Ooooooh, living on a prayer …

It is one of my favorite moments in sports.

3. The Noise
I know this is a bit redundant, but it is really hard to explain just how loud Tiger Stadium is when you're standing on the field. Georgia coach Mark Richt told reporters a story not long ago about the reaction of the crowd after the Bulldogs scored a touchdown to tie a game several years back. Normally, something like this quiets a crowd. Not this time. The TD just seemed to make the 93,000 more angry.

"All I began to hear was a chant: L-S-U. L-S-U," Richt said. "It got louder and louder and louder, and it was the loudest I'd ever heard a stadium."

On Saturday, when LSU blocks what would have been an Alabama game-winning field goal, the place is as loud as I've ever heard it. The crowd is moving and swaying so much, and in so many directions, it makes the stands look blurry, like a pointillist painting.

2. The Belly of the Beast
Down below the stadium, it feels old. The walls are painted white, and the unpainted concrete is battleship gray. The ceilings are low.

After the game, with a phalanx of state troopers leading the way, Saban makes the short walk from the visitor's locker room to the press conference room. Only problem, he has to pass through a throng of exiting LSU fans, who have talked among themselves for two years about what they'd say to him if they had the chance. They've plotted, schemed and dreamed. Well, let me tell you, the hundred or so who were there when Saban crossed in front of them totally chickened out. There was a little rumbling, but nobody said anything. Until he was inside, that is, then one guy starts screaming at the door, "Garbage! You're garbage!" A nearby state trooper laughs. Dude sure got some courage once Saban was gone.

1. The Silence
Right now, I'm looking out of the press box at the stadium and it's quiet. The lights are off on one side. The aisles are covered in trash. Up here, people are finishing up game stories and columns, ready to crack one of the beers that's been icing down.

I've always loved empty stadiums, none more than this one. It feels alive when it's packed, and now it looks like it's resting, waiting for next week. This building has seen a lot of things. Billy Cannon's punt return; a crowd so loud it registered on the Richter Scale up the street at the geology department; the night when Nick Saban returned to town with his top ranked Crimson Tide. It's as if all that history leaves Tiger Stadium tired and so it needs to recharge until it's time to wake and do it again.
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Some are kind of hokey...like coffee? :shrug:

The "Hells Bells" is new but the sound system rocks. It is like a Stones concert Marshall Stack. The stadium vibrates when the bells are chiming.

Some others not mentioned are when the band marches down the "hill" toward the stadium with Mike VI, the live tiger mascot, leading the way. Literally thousands of fans lined the streets waiting for the launch of "Pregame" in front of the stadium.

The tiger is stationed just outside of the opponents locker room before game time. In the past if he roared it ensured a win. This is a new guy since Mike V passed away. He hasn't figured it out yet.

Did I mention the noise? If you have ever heard a 757 at take off thrust...you know the noise level at Tiger Stadium.
 
#312
i'd say ben hill griffen is just as awesome. it is so insanely loud in there, due to the design of the stadium itself. it's like straight up, 90 rows. when i was at the south carolina game in 06, when they blocked that field goal, it was SO loud, i mean deafiningly loud. my ears rang for a couple days. it was AWESOME!

the only thing LSU has over UF IMO is the tiger outside the locker room. it's a little too hard to do that with a gator :(
 
#313
You guys have us beat down south. The Horseshoe is one of the greatest stadiums in all of sports, but the fan base has way too many old farts who want to sit and watch the game. God forbid you get out of your seat and hoot and holler, you'll hear what sounds like your grandma yell at you to sit down :frown: We do have the dotting of the I on script Ohio and no one can claim a better band tradition.
 
#315
CBus 06 GT said:
You guys have us beat down south. The Horseshoe is one of the greatest stadiums in all of sports, but the fan base has way too many old farts who want to sit and watch the game. God forbid you get out of your seat and hoot and holler, you'll hear what sounds like your grandma yell at you to sit down :frown: We do have the dotting of the I on script Ohio and no one can claim a better band tradition.
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i admit, that is one heck of a cool band routine. it's done so freaking well too! our band did the thriller dance at the UGA game, that was pretty sweet.

COramprat said:
Well it's not like he is sitting there on a leash. :rlaugh:

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lol, i knew that, but a gator cant really be caged like that, and be "scary." if ya know what i mean
 
#320
ever since that ole miss game, my gators have looked the way i was hoping at the start of the year. tonight is no exception!

the SEC championship should be good, but if either team doesnt come ready to play, it could get ugly early!
 
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