re: What is it about the cigar game that upset LSU fans so much?

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It wasnt really about the team they beat. It was Tubs Birthday/first SEC victory cigar.

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Nobody really cares why they did it. It was the image it created, which was interpreted by many LSU fans as disrespectful. As others have pointed out, as an isolated event, it would have been fairly quickly forgotten and insignificant. It is remembered and discussed as part of the lore in a series of odd or unusual things that have occurred as a part of the LSU/Auburn history. It really isn't that big of deal by itself. People bring it up mostly for the fun because it is simply part of the mystique of the series, along with the Earthquake Game, The Cigar Game, the Barn Burner Game, the missed field goals, the stomping on the logo, the second the last pass, the band/kicker incident, etc.

I was never particularly upset by the original incident. I thought at the time it was somewhat disrespectful, again whatever the reason, but not a big deal. But it is in the context of the history of the series fun to include as one of those "moments" that add to the rivalry.