Written and posted on our forum at AUNation, but wanted to share this with y'all. Great game. Missed opportunities for both teams. No excuses, LSU made the plays they had to make to win. We didn't. My journey started early yesterday morning, at about 4:00 AM. After making excellent time to Montgomery, I stopped to pick up tickets and had a fender bender. No major damage, but the other guy wanted to get a police report, so I had to wait about an hour to get that all taken care of. No big deal, but it put me behind. I got to Evergreen and met up with two other guys that traveled down there with me. Once we got to Baton Rouge, we parked next to the RV lot and met up with geauxscott and ate some excellent jambalaya and white beans. Outstanding. There were other Auburn folks there and we hung out for about an hour, or one round of purple and gold jello shots. Again, outstanding. Geauxscott had about two or three girls hanging all over him, which was quite amusing also. Well, we wanted to see Mike the Tiger’s cage and also find somewhere to watch the Bama game before Tiger Walk, so we walked across campus and stopped for a short time at the tiger cage. Wow, that is a great place for a tiger to roam around. We then went to a place called Slinky’s, where we drank Purple Haze and watched the first half of the Bama game and the Texas-Texas Tech game. Small place, but everyone was friendly and they sold shirts that had on the back “Three Things You Will Never Hear A Bama Fan Say 1. I’ll take Shakespeare for a thousand, Alex. 2. She’s too young to be wearing a dang bikini. 3. I’ll take the small bag of pork rinds.” I bought one. We then went to Tiger Walk and missed it, as we were late. But we did get invited to about three or four tailgates and stopped and talked with one guy for a long time. He was quite clear that he hated Auburn, but he was trying to do something about changing the reputation of the LSU fans. He practically chased us down and made us stand there and talked until we were finished with our drinks, so that he could refill our glasses. That was always a common theme. The fans I encountered yesterday could not have been nicer. I got my share of Tiger Bait and witty comments, but nothing that was outrageous. Happened to run into Marcus McNeil’s and Calvin Booker’s parents walking around campus. Nice people. I told Marcus’ dad that I hoped Big Mac made a billion dollars in the NFL, but I was glad when he decided to come back. He said he hoped he made a billion dollars also. Great folks. It is easy to see why Marcus is such a nice guy. I then met up with AU Jenny from AUNation, who is in reality just like she is on the forums. Witty, outspoken, and Auburn to the core. We talked for about 15 minutes and walked into the stadium together. Met her husband and his friend (LSU grads), who extended an invite to spend the night at his house if we did not want to drive back. Again, nothing but class from the LSU fans. The game. Well, I can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said. Sheer joy and elation gave way to that punched in the gut feeling at the end. I was proud of the team and every player, even the ones that made the mistakes. Cox was steady and did what he needed to do to win the game. No mistakes, with the only possible negative being the grounding call. No biggie, either way, he lost yardage and the down. I am excited about the next two years. LSU’s crowd was amazing, but wasn’t a factor in the outcome of the game. Those folks are loud. After the game, no big incidents outside of a cup of whiskey thrown from the upper part of the end zone that almost hit one of my friends. All the LSU fans that said anything left it at “Great game.” I responded with “Beat Bama.” (Yeah, I know that won’t help us, but I can’t go against my raising.) Some students and younger people got a little rowdy, but no one got in my face and got out of control. Saw lots of Auburn fans with that same look that I had on their faces and we exchanged War Eagles. We drove back to South Alabama last night and I traveled back to Birmingham this morning. Long trip, but even with the loss, well worth it. Thanks to all the LSU fans that kept me fed and in beer yesterday. See you in Auburn next October.
Glad you had a good trip, and I agree with you on beating Bama! I hardly ever go to the stadium, but maybe we don't need a blood rival. The AU posters on this board are CLASS, and I don't hate them or AU. I only look forward to the AU game cause they usually have a strong team and it will provide a good measuring stick of where LSU is that season.
The AU posters on this board are too cool. Auburn's players might be a different story... Nothing to big happened this game, but they were taunting the student section before the game. Tubberville has learned to clean it up some, but I think his true colors will always seep through. Glad you had a good time Tigrinaumajor (or however it's spelled)!
One thing I forgot to add. Salty, I don't know what the deal was with our cell phones, but I would only get your messages, it would never ring. We walked over to the PMC, but of course, I didn't know what you guys looked like, so I was just lost.
With geauxscott at the edge of the RV parking lot. There was an Auburn tent set up next to scott's RV and there was a large black and grey RV next to it.
hmm I guess it was just coincidence on the white beans, jambalaya, purple and gold jello shots and auburn fans
and our RV could have literally fit inside the big black and grey RV..... It was nice meeting you TM I'm glad you were able to find us. If you would have hung around longer I could have pawned one of those chicks off on you!! :hihi:
