...when somebody says, "it's just a football game." I could've knocked the piss out of said person when he said that. Maybe I'm off base. But right now, it's not just a football game. It's the heart of this state. And it just got ripped out of its chest cavity and got stomped on.
The problem is we can't play Tennessee every week. They sure helped us out by dropping so many passes that would've been big plays. They deserved to win and could've won by 2 or 3 tds in this one. Its only 1 loss but some of us will have to try and have patience but I absolutely hate our defensive scheme at times. Maybe its the players trying to learn the system? Having said that I do think our D played as hard as they could, I'm proud of that!
If it is more than just a game to you, you live a charmed life. I would have thought the same thing a month of so ago. When LSU lost to Arkansas three yrs ago on the last play, I nearly puked and moped around for at least a week. However, I lost my home, church, my kids schools, my neighbors and friends and pretty much everything I own to Katrina. Tonight I got to see an LSU football game for the first time with my 5 yr. old son. First glimpse of normalcy in a long time. So we lost. Not happy about it, but what did we lose? A game. Nobody got hurt, nobody lost their home, etc. I rode home with a sleepy, happy boy full of sprite, skittles, nachos and frozen lemonade. Maybe you have to really lose something to realize that it is actually just a game. My guess is that you either have never really lost anything, or are young and have very little to lose.
They had nothing left in the tank late in the game. That didn't seem to happen the last few years... whether it was conditioning or substitutions, I don't know...
Hot damn that was a good post. Difficult timing for it, but you pretty much hit the nail on the big picture.
Excuse me for trying to put the this hurricane mess behind me and think about someting positive for once. I'm mad about the game and to me (and I'm sure I'm not alone here) this was more than "just a football game." And your guess would be a wrong one, by the way.
So on top of incredible losses due to the storm, it is positive to get further upset about a game? I don't get it. The little energy I have left is not worth spending beating myself up about a game. And actually, I hope I am the only one who is too distracted to focus on a football game. So I am not Nostrodomus....everything else stands.
Great. I'm happy that you can't be anymore upset about the game. But you know what, I am upset about the game. And so are a lot of others. So don't sit there and lecture me. You see, I can post here and beat myself up and know that I have friends here who will lament with me over the game. The beauty of a message board. Yes, there were incredible losses due to the storm. But once again, maybe we're trying to think about something other than those losses.
Well then why not think of happy, happy, HAPPY, things! A ray of sunshine. Little fuzzy kitties with a ball of yarn. Hot chocolate on a cold winter day (yummy, yum, yum!). "Hands Across America". A small child being knocked over and licked by a pack of Cocker Spaniel puppies (is there anything cuter than that!?). Turn that ol' frown upsided down mister! C'mon Mr. Silly, are you smiling yet? Hooooray for happy!
