The Times-Picayune did a story about us at the UW game. We had a group of about 30 people that chartered a sailboat before the game. We were anchored outside the stadium right before game time and this guy gets ferried out to our sailboat. Turns out he's a reporter from the Times. (prior to this my buddy was telling a story about when he was in NOLA for the MNC. They were all Tiger Baiting folks when a fat girl came by and he yelled "Tiger Fat!" I was very amused by this story and looking for a good chance to use it.) So the reporter starts talking to people and asks what the name of our group was. Being fairly drunk at this point I run across the boat and yell, "We're Tiger Fat!" Then, without missing a beat, another buddy says, "that's spelled Phat." and the name stuck. (second pic is us) LSU football fans opt for 'sailgating' off Lake Washington - NOLA.com Also funny was the captain of boat. He looked just like Blue from Old School. We keep calling him "My Boy Blue" all day. Don't think he ever knew what we were talking about. We now have a website in his honor: Tiger Phat - est. 1937
Good ol Blue! He was a salty fellow. The sea sure took a harsh toll on him & several years of his life. I asked him how old he was & he said 32. I completely believe him! Tiger Phat will move forward with Blue as our new spiritual founder. Of course, as a group founded in 1937, we have gone through our fair share of spiritual founders, but never one quite like Blue.
We started as Team Menlo and we tailgated under the Magnolia tree on Dalrymple in front of Peabody. That lasted from about 1999-2004. Then, myself and a few of the members that did the majority of work moved out of state, it kind of dissolved as an organized home game group. There have been smaller factions pop up in different spots over the years. The whole group still gets together for one away game trip a year though.
I see......pretty cool how eventhough y'all have been able to keep it together without having the presence every game.
Congrats to the LSU team and fans! We thought we were going to sneak up on you in game #1 of the Steve Sarkisian Era, but after being surprised the first half, your team showed a lot of character, especially after it reached midnight LSU time. Most teams do one or the other, but rarely do you get an eastern team travelling that far *and* playing that late. Only those who made the trip realize how brutal that can be. Even if you won, that must have been a weird and discombobulating experience. The fans represented your university very well. Maybe the best visiting group we've ever seen. It was surprising how many Tigers were out on those boats. Both teams wear purple and gold, but LSU tends to be more gold. Boat after boat after boat kept showing up with a lot of gold. It was like a naval invasion! I was surprised just how well behaved the Tiger fans were. Maybe too well behaved? Maybe too much travel and too late at night? With 20,000 fans, I really was expecting a lot more noise, but except for a few choreographed cheers, the LSU side of the horseshoe seemed mysteriously quiet from where I was sitting; maybe even downright dead in the second half when your team started to pull away. I thought with the Mardi Gras spirit, there would be more fun and loud partying late at night after the game, but the LSU fans looked like they were anxious to hit it back to their hotels and weren't talking much, even amongst themselves. Anyway, thanks for all the politeness and class and we'll see you in 2012. We should be pretty good by then, in what will be around game #40 of the Steve Sarkisian Era.
:geaux: Classy post Husky, thanks for the kudo's. Ya'll have a good team up there and one I believe will be making some noise in the PAC-10 this year and for as long as Sarkisian stays. He's a good coach. Don't know what was wrong with our fans up there, but when ya'll come down in 2012 get ready for a totally different experience! Nothing like Saturday Night in Death Valley! Good luck the rest of the year.:thumb: :LSU231:
