Thank you for this! No matter where I'm at I try to represent Texas A&M in the best way possible. I've got thick skin and a cool head so I plan on enjoying myself.

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If by some miracle we win this game, I feel like OP and the other's that went to this will be treated as the sacrificial lambs on the walk home to the car.

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If we win I'm getting out ASAP lol

MCMXCVII said:

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Typically, in situations like this if you go in expecting the worst then you'll get exactly that. Show up. Relax and enjoy the experience. Bring some thick skin because they talk s**t but just laugh it off and talk a little right back (in other words, don't be a submissive b**ch but don't pick a fight either).

Go and expect to have fun, eat good and have an interesting away game experience. It will be fun walking out of the stadium after we upset them.

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I think that's great advice! I was planning on doing exactly that. I heard from an lsu grad that if you can have fun with the chirping that the swamp kitty faithful will likely invite me to have some food. Love your outlook on the game! BTHOlsu

1) Take a rental car and splurge for the insurance.
2) Wear maroon and white but don't be a jackass
3) Don't start any fights. If you are in an altercation, make sure you are at least a little less inebriated then the guy you are fighting.
4) Be friendly and find an LSU tailgate to crash. Should be plenty of booz and great food.

Generally, I have found that if you are friendly (regardless of venue), and steer away from arguments or trying to be macho you don't have any problems.

Good luck, and tell us all about it if you make it back alive (jk)

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I'm also a current student at TAMU. Also a life long LSU fan born and raised in Baton Rouge. I would recommend going to Nola the Friday before the game. Then head over to campus early the day of. You can't go wrong with any of the tailgate spots around the stadium. Yes you will get Tiger Baited but you will also get fed amazing food and drink all you want. Of course there are some *******s just like any school but 95% of the people there will be very welcoming. After the game I'd head to any of the bars at tigerland. Goodluck and be safe!!!!

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It's Bayou Classic weekend in New Orleans. The crowd for that is so rough, even most of the strip joints on Bourbon Street close for the weekend. DO NOT go to New Orleans.

As to LSU fans, I haven't had any problems (didn't make the trip pre-SEC), and I think that a lot of the negative stories date from 25 or more years ago, when the LSU crowd was a bunch of lowlifes. However, as is the case everywhere in big time college football, a lot of these characters have been priced out. The LSU student body is still on the trashy side, but if you're in the A&M section, you're a long ways away from them.

When you are walking around the tailgating areas, they do like to invade your space and yell "Tiguh bait!" at you to see how you react. If you laugh it off, they generally won't bother you and might even offer you some food and beverages. Not my style of folks, but they are mostly harmless.

The calculus on this game makes it worse:

- Night game - Always worse given the toxic alcoholism levels of LSU fans
- It's LSU, their fans are mostly okay but they still have way more violent aholes than any other school.
- They are #1, so their aholeness will be on another level.
- Last years 7OT won over them has them even more pissed at Aggies.

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re Corn Dog Thing, we can't understand that. Our tailgates often have Gumbo, Jambalaya, Etoufee, Crawfish Bisque, Boudin etc etc.

NOBODY ANYWHERE HAS BETTER FOOD.

We suspect you are smelling your upper lip.

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Did I not mention they were sensitive about the whole smelling like a corn dog issue.

Eat at Parrain's

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Eat at Parrain's

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this is a true statement. And for people who don't want to wait for a table sit at the bar, walk in and turn right. Parking is a btch though.

you'll need to shower twice a day for a month to get that corn dog smell off of you.

Good point about skipping New Orleans this weekend.

I'm guessing a CT leaving Texas and going to Louisiana will raise the average IQs of both states.

Mike_Church22 said:

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I never said that I was scared. I'm simply trying to gather opinions so I can make the best decisions. I thought the short hair might draw attention, that's all.

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Mike, one of my sons went to a game there when he was a student.

You might hear a load of crap coming from their fans, teasing, rude comments. You just have to smile, ignore em and keep walking.

Unless you are standing around calling people names and flipping them off you won't have much to worry about.

Thank for representing us in BR.

New army

Thank you very much! I appreciate it. I don't plan on getting in any arguments or anything like that. Only leads to bad things.

I'm really excited for this weekend. I think it'll be a lot of fun. Glad to represent maroon and white!

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rangerdanger said:

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If by some miracle we win this game, I feel like OP and the other's that went to this will be treated as the sacrificial lambs on the walk home to the car.

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If we win I'm getting out ASAP lol

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If by a miracle we win you should have a second set of get away clothes.

Maybe wear reversible or layered clothing. Something purple.

A fake beard with some mustard stains. Act drunk and pissed on the way to the car.

We went in 2013 and other than the weather and the actual game, the trip was awesome. Great tailgating and fun bars.

I lived in Baton Rouge a couple of years. You will be fine, they have a**holes like we do too.

A few recommendations for food:

Chimes (good cajun food)
Coffee Call (Good coffee and Beignets)
Walk-Ons (Good burges)

As others have said if you are listening for the rude comments you will hear them, just focus on having fun, walk around there will be plenty of lsu folks that will offer you some tailgate food and drinks.

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Get on campus early, smile, wear Ag stuff and approach tailgaters friendly. You will be treated well altho some drunks may say something obnoxious. You are safe.

As a grad of LSU and UGA, I live in BR and have LSU season tix. For fun with my friends I wear Red and Black etc when UGA visits.

My experience has always been positive altho a few drunks or kids might make comments.

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That's cause UGA hardly ever visits lol. I had season tickets from 1990-2013 on row 1 in Tiger Stadium. I've seen it all. If you are the least bit over the top you will get harassed. If you wear your colors and cheer for your team you most likely will be ignored unless you happen to be in the middle of the student section. If you wear your colors and say **** you to LSU fans, watch out lol.

At tailgating you will be offered drinks, usually, and friendly rivalry talk, but after last years LSU frustration I wouldn't count on that this year.

I've seen many more fights between LSU fans than LSU fans and opponents.

I grew up in Louisiana ( been to a few games at Tiger Stadium) and have many friends and family that see purple and gold as a sacred way of life. I have already heard numerous times this is a payback game. They will be out for blood more than ever. Hopefully that blood thirst will not spill over into the stands. You can bet you will hear about how the game was stolen from them last year and the comments will probably not be civil. Prepare yourself mentally for the verbal abuse. Don't get baited into any discussions. Just smile, nod and mind your own business. Also prepare yourself for crazy traffic getting out of the stadium and BR.

Be prepared for "Tiger bait" and other heckling, take it in stride and eat as much tailgate food as you are offered.

If Midnight Yell is on Bourbon street again, I highly recommend making the drive down to NOLA.

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Eat at Parrain's

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LSU is a great trip. People are fine. Have fun and do not ignore this guy's advice.

Good grief. I'd absolutely wear my Aggie gear and be damn proud of it, screw those corn dogs. People way overstating this. Just another game with a few more dick fans.

Ol Marblemouth is already talking about it being "on".....so I'm sure his tshirt faithful will be fully sloshed by kickoff. I'll take this one in my living room.....family in the locked panic room upstairs.

Your car will be fine

Nobody is gonna damage your vehicle because you have an A&M sticker

My fish old lady and I went to the game in '94; it was the first game of the year and we wanted to get away from the dorm. There were plenty of Ags there. We actually followed regs and wore our uniforms to the game, so everyone thought we were in the band. We were complimented on our halftime performance.

We didn't have any issues whatsoever with LSU fans (nor have I seen any on the several occasions that I went there before college). Wearing our uniforms might have helped, in that regard. LSU was also a land grant college whose nickname used to be "The Ole War Skule" (cajuns can't spell, apparently). Participation in their corps of cadets was actually mandatory for a few years longer than ours was. It's also a red state.

Have fun and beat the hell outta LSU!

Great stuff! Thank you! I'm going with my Old Lady as well!

Only those inbred cretins can spend a whole year butthurt over a football game. That's how delicate their self esteem is. The whole state has an inferiority complex when it comes to Texas.

Since there is a full band which will drill at halftime, I don't know if cts have to wear your Alphas. I know you will want to wear your new Corps brass. Since we saved them from hiring Tom Herman a few years ago, they should be giving you lots of food and drink. (which is a good reason to wear civilian clothes)

I'm a pisshead and I'm going in Civs. I try to stay out of uniform when I don't need to be.

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Geauxtigers225 said:

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I'm also a current student at TAMU. Also a life long LSU fan born and raised in Baton Rouge. I would recommend going to Nola the Friday before the game. Then head over to campus early the day of. You can't go wrong with any of the tailgate spots around the stadium. Yes you will get Tiger Baited but you will also get fed amazing food and drink all you want. Of course there are some *******s just like any school but 95% of the people there will be very welcoming. After the game I'd head to any of the bars at tigerland. Goodluck and be safe!!!!

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Out of curiosity, would you say that the *******s in BR are mainly non-directly-affiliated fans who actually had nothing to do with LSU? I live in Nashville and it's crazy how many fake supporters of Bama/LSU/UGA here in TN with barely a high-school diploma, yet they are the loudest and most obnoxious.

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Absolutely most of the bad fans are people that buy their t-shirts at Walmart the day of the game.

Mike_Church22 said:

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I'm a pisshead and I'm going in Civs. I try to stay out of uniform when I don't need to be.

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I hate to say it, but your haircut MIGHT be a clue...luckily you're not a fish, but it is late in the season, too...

So attach a dingy muddy water wig in your cap and keep it on...

I'm also a current student. My parents are LSU alums and I've probably been to just as many games at Tiger Stadium as Kyle Field.

#1 Tip: Once the Ags are up 30 midway through the 4th qtr LEAVE! The traffic in BR is a nightmare. It's taken my family over an hour to leave campus on multiple occasions.

2. Walk Ons is a Louisiana only chain. It's like a Buffalo Wild Wings that serves Cajun food. Pretty good

3. The LSU fans are dicks thing is kind of over rated in my opinion. Every school has mostly good fans and some bad ones. The worst fans in the SEC are Arkansas and Bama in my opinion. People are going to mess with you but I think that's to be expected as an away fan. It's nothing over the top.I'm probably going to wear a neutral jacket and maybe like an A&M hat. But that's mostly because I'll be sitting with my parents and high school siblings who will all be cheering for LSU and I don't expect any Aggies in my general area. Wear your stuff, especially if your in the away section. It'll be fine.

Have fun and Gig Em

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Geauxtigers225 said:

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I'm also a current student at TAMU. Also a life long LSU fan born and raised in Baton Rouge. I would recommend going to Nola the Friday before the game. Then head over to campus early the day of. You can't go wrong with any of the tailgate spots around the stadium. Yes you will get Tiger Baited but you will also get fed amazing food and drink all you want. Of course there are some *******s just like any school but 95% of the people there will be very welcoming. After the game I'd head to any of the bars at tigerland. Goodluck and be safe!!!!

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It's Bayou Classic weekend in New Orleans. The crowd for that is so rough, even most of the strip joints on Bourbon Street close for the weekend. DO NOT go to New Orleans.

As to LSU fans, I haven't had any problems (didn't make the trip pre-SEC), and I think that a lot of the negative stories date from 25 or more years ago, when the LSU crowd was a bunch of lowlifes. However, as is the case everywhere in big time college football, a lot of these characters have been priced out. The LSU student body is still on the trashy side, but if you're in the A&M section, you're a long ways away from them.

When you are walking around the tailgating areas, they do like to invade your space and yell "Tiguh bait!" at you to see how you react. If you laugh it off, they generally won't bother you and might even offer you some food and beverages. Not my style of folks, but they are mostly harmless.

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ahhhhh I totally forgot that was this weekend. Good point I would avoid going to New Orleans and just go out in Baton Rouge on Friday.