Did this game affect anyone else like it did me?

I'm sick of hearing people talking about 'it's just a game.' That is true. People are dying, people are sick, people are starving......hurricanes, wars, earthquakes, terrorism.......the list goes on and on.

It's not 'just a game.' It's a form of entertainment that allows us to cope in a way with the tragedies of the world. We need music, art, sports, etc. It's like you need to dream when you sleep. It's a form of escape so we can deal with some of the harsh realities in our lives. Some are dealt a worse hand than others. But it's not 'just a game.' It's essential to our being. It feeds our souls and nourishes our spirits when times are hard or even if our lives are boring. Bad marriages, dysfunctional relations, all these things need that temporary and very important escape.

For most of us here it's LSU football. It's not 'just a game.' It's a very important part of our lives. And yes, damnit.........it does matter.

 

God, Robideaux, I totally hear you. I was so upset last night that I actually turned down my girlfriend last night as she tried to "comfort" me. I never turn her down, but there was no way in he** that I was in the mood last night, not even sure about tonight. I keep replaying JR's interception in the fourth and like many of ya'll I can't get that damn Rocky Top song out of my freakin head. One of the doctors in our practice is a die hard volunteer fan...I heard every little verbal jab from him all day long. Maybe tomorrow things will start getting back to some sense of normalcy. As bad as things are my passion and pride for LSU will NEVER WAIN!!! Through thick and thin -- GEAUX TIGERS!!!

 

But you see, that can be problematic. When the team doesn't succeed, it can mitigate other problems that may exist. Emotions being contingent on things over which you have no control can be dangerous.

 

My wife says i hid this part of my personality from her until after we were married. Maybe i did and maybe i didnt,

I was not showing the absolute histeria in which i watch an Lsu game.

She says i scare her and that while i am normally well mannered and easy going.

I get this evil intense glare and i pace like a caged Tiger.


She said when i start ripping raw meat and eating it during the games she is having me committed.

Afew more games like Tenn game and i just might start doing it.

 

i was concerned that we haq numerous opportunities to hit Tenn with the knock out punch in the first half: great field position, poor offense by the vols; you don't many opportunities in the course of a game to deliver that punch. Once Tenn got back in the game and Clausen and their offense gained confidence my concern had blossomed to being scared. We were holding on to the lead, once we went into OT and loss the coin toss I knew it was over. We had the opportunity to slam the lid shut but, didn't do it. I was still screaming until the very end.
I felt like the hallman/dinardo eras allover again.
I get pretty emotional over lsu and a loss like this hurts so i try to take a few steps back and not get so emotional over these games.

Someone stated " your team is never that good after a win, and that bad after a loss" - Is the jury still out?

 

the thing that has been giving me the most problem is knowing that this years team was in a position talent wise to go all the way, with the loses after this year i'm not sure we will have the same chance. losing like this WILL lead to problems getting the top players to lsu regardless of how good the coaches are at recruiting. a school can have the best and newest of everything but that won't attract the elite players if the program can't compete. there is just too much talent on this team to have played soo poorly. i feel really bad for the seniors but have to keep reminding myself that those seniors at least have that one n.t. ring. when the game went into over time i left the room and wasn't gonna watch because i already felt they didn't have the fire to get it done, in the asu game they were fighting till the end but last night they were just fighting to stay standing up. when the second half started and they came out conservative on offense and had to punt the ball and the first defensive series they line up in the soft zone i knew that things were going to get scary. i thought that dinardo was smart enough to see when not just his job but his whole career was in danger that he would have stepped up to do something about tepper, how could he have ever though that after what happened that he would get another job at a university like lsu? i just don't know if miles will be the same, if lsu goes the way of the dinardo era he can forget about any nfl job and certainly not another top program. there is also something that i have to keep in mind, these players have been going through a lot and you can overly emotionally charge yourself and burn yourself out. with everything that has happened i just find it hard to see how the players can focus when things start going bad, they just seem to hang their head and look at each other. i am hopeful that the games lsu has before the florida game can get them in better shape physically and mostly emotionally. and in closing, "THROW THE GOD DAMN FOOTBALL DOWN THE FIELD"!!!!!

 

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Bill, is that you?

Shouldn't you be out with GB Sr. raising funds right now?

 

Well when I got to work the ass hat boss had a big orange UT "T" taped up to my office desk.. classy... last week he was moaning about Leak and the Gators.
I reminded him that he did the same thing in 2001.

Normally I take it pretty easy on the fans around here, mostly Ole Myth fans ( yes even they ragged me ) and a few Vols fans. I do it because you never know when the shoe will be on the other foot, like now. BUT I have decided screw that, from now on when they LOSE and they will, I am going to rub their noses in it and remind them this is how they do me.

Yes indeed, this coming week end is a win/win for me, UT and OLE PISS, one is going to lose, so then I get to rub their noses in it for a week.

Hopefully we get a spare tire back on our wagon long enough to beat MOO U.

:dis:

 

I know exactly what you are saying I feel the same way! I enjoy rooting against other teams to lose more than rooting for LSU to win. When did I become such a hater?