Strange happenings because of the BCS Championship game...

houtiger · Dec 22, 2007

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Trial postponed for BCS Championship

07:22 PM CST on Friday, December 21, 2007

Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press

Just how seriously do folks around here take their college football? A state judge near the home of LSU has agreed to postpone a trial scheduled to start on the same day as The Tigers' appearance in the BCS national championship game.

Stephen Babcock, an attorney defending Imperial Casualty Insurance Co. in a lawsuit over a car crash, requested the delay because he has tickets to the Jan. 7 game at the Superdome in New Orleans. He and other LSU fans have rented out the second floor of a Bourbon Street bar for a pre-game tailgate party.

In his written request for a new trial date, Babcock refers to Ohio State Buckeyes as "Slowhio" ("due to their perceived lack of speed on both sides of the ball") and notes that Allstate, sponsors of the Sugar Bowl, are not a party in the insurance case.

"All counsel to this matter unequivocally agree that the presence of LSU in the aforementioned contest of pigskin skill unquestionably constitutes good grounds therefor," Babcock wrote. "In fact we have been unable through much imagination and hypothetical scenarios to think of a better reason."

Babcock, whose law office is in Baton Rouge, said lawyers for the plaintiff in the case also have tickets to the game.

"We might disagree on the merits of the case, but everyone was in agreement on this, for sure," he said during an interview Friday.

That includes West Baton Rouge Parish District Judge Alvin Batiste, who agreed Thursday to postpone the trial but didn't immediately set a new date. Babcock said he doesn't know if Batiste is an LSU fan, "but most people around here are."
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http://www.wwltv.com/sports/lsu/stories/wwl122107khfootballtrial.3bbc15d3.html

It's all about keeping your priorities straight, and at least these gentlemen have their stuff in order!! Here Here!!!

:geauxtige :crystal:

Carface · Dec 22, 2007

Bahahaha. At least some people "get it" (and thank God for that).

phlashman · Dec 23, 2007

:lol::lol::lol::lol: Thats too funny...

:tigereye::tigereye::tigereye::tigereye::tigereye:

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