The whole thing is going way overboard both in banning Tiger Rag and then blaming the students for "ruining" it for everyone else. without the students, there is no LSU, and without the students leading the way, Tiger Stadium is not nearly as loud nor as difficult a place to play in. What's next, banning the 1st down song because we chant "kick their ass"?? This is a COLLEGE football team and as such said students of the COLLEGE shouldn't be talked to like they are toddlers just because the alumni have grown old and forgotten what it's like to be said student. The poor 7 year olds will hear much worse on TV. As for all this respect nonsense, why in the world would you expect us to give you any kind of respect when you're constanly talking down to us? Nobody likes to be preached to and that is pretty much all I have heard from a number of those on this thread who support the ban.
News flash #1. The behavior of the students in the student section that have gotten Tiger Rag banned is probably an embarrassment to other students. It would have been to me when I was a student. I remember being horrified when some students were trying to hit our graduation speaker with champagne corks. It is not a matter of forgetting what it is like to be a student. It is a matter of respect and etiquette. News flash #2. If you don't want to be talked down to, don't act like a 3-year old throwing a temper tantrum. (My sincere apologizes to 3-year olds.) Instead, act like a mature young adult.
and without the parent's $$$ there would be no students and the without the alumni $$$ there would be no facilities and without ......
This is the classic example of "Damn the Man" Now I know y'all havent turned into the "Old Farts" that your parents were. Jesues some of y'all grew up during the 60s. We have ALL gone through life and at some point EACH One of us had little to no RESPECT for authority. To say you didnt is a lie to yourself. They cant or WONT take all the bands songs away if they do whats the point of having a band. With the way our country is heading I am glad these future leaders have the will to stand up in the face of stupidity and shout with one voice WE WILL NOT BE SILENCE! Sometimes to get a point across a shameless, tasteless act has to be done on someones part. And the LSU Student section is just the guys/gals to do it!
#1 Your definition of respect and etiquette doesn't apply to everyone else. #2 I'm not acting like anything, in one breath you say that you don't want to lump all the students together, and in the next breath you do the exact same thing to me. I never was very big on the a-hole chant, but that doesn't mean I support that kind of a reaction to it nor the type of attitude you and a number of others have taken on this thread. Taking the position that we should just bow down because you have been around longer does nothing but foster resentment, is that the kind of feeling you're trying to generate from the students on this board? Because that's what you're doing.
like i said, without us there would be no reason to give the $$$ to LSU. Thank you for backing me up.
How exactly did the students "rebel" during Hey Baby? If you're talking about the "will you be my bi***"? Because they have been doing that for at least the past 4 years, I don't about before that but it wasn't us "rebelling".
BS...maybe a few but not the mass. I've been to nearly every home game in the last 5 years and the Tulane game was the first where it was a majority. I had never really noticed the song until I began working in the student section in Sabans second season. The words I always heard was "would you be my girl". Of course most of that time was spent with the reserved seats for graduate students and maybe they had a little more class singing the song. The point is you are not getting it and I guess you never will. You ask to be treated as adults and you turn around and spit in the face of authority. This is not aimed at you personally Gimp...just the attitude of students as a whole. Believe me I deal with a lot of you every game and it gets tiring the lack of respect some of you show for anyone much less an elder person.
Crap, Crap, Crap. I could smell this crap from another thread. I have been going to LSU games my entire life (not to long, but over 20 years), and I had the privilege to have my father bring me. As an adolescent I sat in the North endzone (before they gave it to the students) and watched the games underneath the students above me. This was during the time of the "traditional" throwing of the cups after scoring a touchdown. The first time I was hit I looked to my father for an explanation; the second time I was hit I looked to a student for an explanation; the third time I was hit I looked to myself and asked "what the hell am I still sitting here for?" I am now a soon to be graduating senior (after several extra years) and I have the visual evidence of the "evolution" of the student section. Nothing that this student body does compares to the ones of the old. Stricter law enforcement, cameras, and gates have dampened the wildness of the students. If you want cry and blame others about losing a "tradition", please do us as students and fans a favor and look somewhere else. As most of you know, as LSU alumni, students are the ones that create all traditions, and as everything else in this world, the ones that don't workout are soon forgotten. This particular tradition may soon cease to exist, but for some the "tradition" will be sorely missed. There was nothing better than to hear the entire student section scream those words when the refs would make those horrible calls that would change the outcome of the game. You veteran fans and forum posters, I mean no disrespect, but don't criticize us when we try to show our team support. Though many believe it is wrong and inappropriate, just know that it was never meant to disrespect you or your family. It was just our way to show our players that even though they will be on the field we will try to give them a voice, even if it is only 15,000 strong.
