I have a T-shirt I bought my first semester at LSU, 1997. I bought it for the UF game. It is the coolest shirt I have. On the front it says "Take a closer look at whose beating you senseless..." On the back it has a huge :tigerhead and it says "WE ARE!" Anyway, it is 5-0 against the gators. After the 97-98 school year, I packed it away and pulled it out for the 2002, remembering it's magic from that sweet sweet October night. It was a roll of the dice, yes, but I was absolutely sick of being blown out the past four games against the Gators. Magic. During the championship season I was actually doing promo work for the company I was working for at Tiger Stadium, and was wearing their promotional shirt. We lost The 2004 season I was deployed in Iraq, and I $hi+ you not, I wore that sucker under my uniform, and watched the replay via satellite the next day with glee, not showering to avoid rubbing off the MoJo. Got home just in time for the 2005 game. My army buddy bought me a tiger bait T-shirt at the bookstore, and out of kindness I wore that shirt. After an unimpressive first half, I trotted into the bowels of Death Valley, and changed t-shirts. (I had my wife bring it in her purse.) I got back to the seats, my buddy looked at me like I was crazy, and I told him, "Look man, I have to do this!" He understood, we regained the lead in the second half and pulled out the win in CLM's first matchup with the Gators. In 2006 I had been sent away on business for a period of six weeks, and neglected to pack it, we all know what happened that game. In 2007 I wore the shirt proudly, with holes in the collar and everything watching in quiet confidence that my boys would find a way to win. At half time my wife told me "It doesn't look good buddy." To which I responded, "It's okay. I am wearing the shirt." And we all know what happened then. So fear not Tiger faithful, she has been pulled out of her special little home and placed on the dresser. Patiently waiting for Saturday night. :tigerhead:geaux:
Funny stuff, dude. That's awesome. I think we will need every bit of the help from the T-shirt. Get some glue or something to keep the holes from getting bigger. Amazing a shirt can last that long. You need to only where it for UF games and put it up the rest of the year so it will last for many years to come.
So that shirt hasn't been washed in 11 years? Exactly how does your wife feel about that? If she complains, tell her she's making a bigger sacrifice for Tiger Nation. And then buy her flowers. Women love flowers. :geauxtige
thats how it works, guys. god doesnt care who wins the damn games but he keeps track of all the insane fans who do their weird shiit. the team with the most fans doing stupid stuff in order to win gets the victory.
My purple and gold pansies went in the ground last Saturday. The only other years I've planted purple and gold pansies were '03 and '07. I'm doing an experiment to see if that $100 investment on my part each fall will make us win the NC again.
Correct, the Tigers lost everygame I ever recorded to VHS. Figured out last season this particular curse doesn't affect digital format, I've recorded several victories on my DVR. :grin:
