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re: LSU fans..serious question. How did this corndog stuff start?
Posted on 7/22/14 at 3:51 pm to antibarner
Posted on 7/22/14 at 3:51 pm to antibarner
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antibarnerLSU fans..serious question. How did this corndog stuff start?I know we all use the term but it must have an origin.
Some Auburn person cut and pasted "corndog" insults from Iowa and Nebraska message boards - you know, states that have CORN in them, onto the Rant and other football sites in the south.
What I find amusing is alashama fans somehow embrace what their deadly enemy - Auburn fans, did as if it has some microscopic reference to us.
I guess we could say alashama fans smell like teabags or scrotums or tree poison or even child car seats also..........
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:00 pm to antibarner
Alligator is good, and if you've never had crawfish, that's your loss.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:01 pm to antibarner
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antibarnerLSU fans..serious question. How did this corndog stuff start?Alligator, coon, possum, garfish, armadillos, snake, turtle, crawfish, squirrel (tree rat) and God knows what else they drag up out of the mud LOL.
Or, blackened redfish topped with lump crabmeat,
cajun roast pork (cochon de lait), shrimp remoulade, grilled catfish with lemon-butter sauce, trout menieure, shrimp creole, redfish couvillion, seafood or chicken and andouille gumbo, trout amandine, jambalaya, oysters rockefeller, stuffed mushrooms or bell peppers, shrimp and eggplant beignets, BBQ beef brisket,
mirliton (squash) amd crabmeat casserole, crawfish etouffe', fried catfish and hush puppies,
BBQ shrimp, crab cakes, crawfish pasta, char-grilled oysters, etc.
What you described looks sounds like Sunday dinner in Hooterville, alabammy....
Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:07 pm to MetryTyger
Having been to all LSU games in non-Baton Rouge venues since the 1990s, the only place I have ever been called a corndog is Tuscaloosa in 2011 and 2013.
I think it is funny because calling someone a corndog is such a Midwestern thing.
I think it is funny because calling someone a corndog is such a Midwestern thing.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:17 pm to GeauxPack81
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Some older Auburn fans were sitting next to us and you could tell they were thinking "holy shite, its true..
Solid!
Posted on 7/22/14 at 4:53 pm to antibarner
We used to call LSU fans carny's for obvious reasons. The corndog is the staple food of carnivals/fairs. A poster with the user name of DeepBlue took the original and modified it to fit LSU fans.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 5:02 pm to marshallcotiger
Which is why we call Gumps and barners trailer trash. More trailers in Alabama than anywhere but miss
Posted on 7/22/14 at 5:10 pm to Nado Jenkins83
I was eating corndogs made from scratch at Carolina Beach, just outside Wilmington, N.C., in the 1960s. I flat loved them. But back then the "dog" part was made from pork.
I ain't eating no turkey dog in anything, anyway.
I ain't eating no turkey dog in anything, anyway.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 5:14 pm to CocknDawg
I said Cajun food is a maximum effort to make road kill taste good. No one said they could not cook. I just don't care for what they start out with.
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 5:16 pm to antibarner
What you don't realize is we don't eat it everyday. We can cook everything you can cook just as well 
Posted on 7/22/14 at 5:22 pm to antibarner
After a bit of searching, I FOUND THE ORIGINAL POST about Iowa State fans smelling like corndogs.
LINK
The date is 2007.
Edited to add:
It's apparently not the origin, but it shows where it came from.
I found this post on another board that tells the story very accurately.
Why LSU fans laugh at the Corn Dog reference
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GaMoon
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Hello Mountaineers, I've read some of the more excitable Tiger fan entries here and was prompted to register and come a-calling with some respect as all visitors should do. I am an LSU alum living in Georgia and I love taking weekend trips into the mountains and you have a beautiful state. We all have our share of trailer trash so I don't see the purpose in wasting bandwidth dropping drawers and comparing corn dogs.
However, I thought you folks should understand the history of the corn dog reference and how it came to be. And why those of us who know the history are laughing even harder.
About eight years ago there was a flaming contest on the message boards between Iowa and Iowa State fans. Since corn is the main agricultural crop and Ames is closer to Des Moines than Iowa City, and the Iowa State Fair takes place in Des Moines, some witty Hawkeye wrote a brief treatise entitled "Why Iowa State Fans Smell Like Corndogs" which became an instant success within the region.
Within a month or two, some enterprising and frustrated Auburn fan looking for an angle picked up on the Iowa piece, changed the title to "Why LSU Fans Smell Like Corndogs" and posted it on his Auburn message board. Bama fans, who pick over the entrails of every scrap left by their rivals, chimed in and from there it spread to the rest of the SEC.
The original piece was moderately funny and totally appropriate for Iowa but has no cultural reference for Louisiana people. I came to LSU from CA and lived there for 25 years (moved to ATL to work the Olympics in '96 and been here since) and I can tell you the only place I've seen corndogs is at fairs where the traveling carnies set up their wagons. Think about it: Louisiana is world renowned for its food and music, why would anyone prefer frozen corndogs to any of our innumerable food choices?
Why is this such a laffer for us? If you came to BR last year and passed by our tailgates you smelled lots of great food cooking, and some of it is fried. Fried shrimp, gator bites, oysters, catfish, hushpuppies, boudin balls, whole turkeys, you name it. Never seen a corndog around Tiger Stadium.
Now think about the culinary contributions of the state of Alabama. Time's up. So an Auburn fan does not have any kind of sophistication to tell the difference between fried stuffed oysters and a corn dog. So we smell like fried shrimp? Yes, so what's your point? You really want to compare our food with yours? Better to talk football!
So Auburn (and Bama) fans think its high comedy to say we smell like corndogs, but we think it's a much funnier statement that they can't distinguish great food from a breaded hot dog on a stick.
Also consider that it's a statement about the ethics of the Aubie who first posted it. He couldn't come up with something creative himself, so he plagiarized a dig from Iowa and just changed the name in the title. Great job, Billy Joe. Glad all your buddies are equally ignorant.
So throw all the corndog "Coonass Traps" you want, we wear it like a badge of honor. And I'm sure you will find that as a whole we are a much more entertaining and likeable bunch of fans and tailgaters than the few flamers that you have seen crash in lately. We all have our share.
On a football note, I think we will face our toughest test to date in Morgantown. We had the entire spring and summer to prepare for the Quack Attack, and we have owned Mississippi State and took them down even though they do have a respectable team and coach lately. This will be a loud and hostile environment for the Tigers and I'm certain your team, coaches and fans have circled this game for a year now. Since we have beaten two ranked teams by 13 points this season, I'll tip my cap while acknowleding the special talent and depth advantage we have and predict a hard-fought competitive game with LSU putting it away in the 4th quarter by ten points. LSU 27, WVU 17.
I hope you found this post informative and enlightening. Best of luck the rest of the way. Geaux Tigers!
Georgia Moon
LINK
The date is 2007.
Edited to add:
It's apparently not the origin, but it shows where it came from.
I found this post on another board that tells the story very accurately.
Why LSU fans laugh at the Corn Dog reference
#1
GaMoon
Noob
Joined:
9/17/2011 8:04 am
Posts: 2
Hello Mountaineers, I've read some of the more excitable Tiger fan entries here and was prompted to register and come a-calling with some respect as all visitors should do. I am an LSU alum living in Georgia and I love taking weekend trips into the mountains and you have a beautiful state. We all have our share of trailer trash so I don't see the purpose in wasting bandwidth dropping drawers and comparing corn dogs.
However, I thought you folks should understand the history of the corn dog reference and how it came to be. And why those of us who know the history are laughing even harder.
About eight years ago there was a flaming contest on the message boards between Iowa and Iowa State fans. Since corn is the main agricultural crop and Ames is closer to Des Moines than Iowa City, and the Iowa State Fair takes place in Des Moines, some witty Hawkeye wrote a brief treatise entitled "Why Iowa State Fans Smell Like Corndogs" which became an instant success within the region.
Within a month or two, some enterprising and frustrated Auburn fan looking for an angle picked up on the Iowa piece, changed the title to "Why LSU Fans Smell Like Corndogs" and posted it on his Auburn message board. Bama fans, who pick over the entrails of every scrap left by their rivals, chimed in and from there it spread to the rest of the SEC.
The original piece was moderately funny and totally appropriate for Iowa but has no cultural reference for Louisiana people. I came to LSU from CA and lived there for 25 years (moved to ATL to work the Olympics in '96 and been here since) and I can tell you the only place I've seen corndogs is at fairs where the traveling carnies set up their wagons. Think about it: Louisiana is world renowned for its food and music, why would anyone prefer frozen corndogs to any of our innumerable food choices?
Why is this such a laffer for us? If you came to BR last year and passed by our tailgates you smelled lots of great food cooking, and some of it is fried. Fried shrimp, gator bites, oysters, catfish, hushpuppies, boudin balls, whole turkeys, you name it. Never seen a corndog around Tiger Stadium.
Now think about the culinary contributions of the state of Alabama. Time's up. So an Auburn fan does not have any kind of sophistication to tell the difference between fried stuffed oysters and a corn dog. So we smell like fried shrimp? Yes, so what's your point? You really want to compare our food with yours? Better to talk football!
So Auburn (and Bama) fans think its high comedy to say we smell like corndogs, but we think it's a much funnier statement that they can't distinguish great food from a breaded hot dog on a stick.
Also consider that it's a statement about the ethics of the Aubie who first posted it. He couldn't come up with something creative himself, so he plagiarized a dig from Iowa and just changed the name in the title. Great job, Billy Joe. Glad all your buddies are equally ignorant.
So throw all the corndog "Coonass Traps" you want, we wear it like a badge of honor. And I'm sure you will find that as a whole we are a much more entertaining and likeable bunch of fans and tailgaters than the few flamers that you have seen crash in lately. We all have our share.
On a football note, I think we will face our toughest test to date in Morgantown. We had the entire spring and summer to prepare for the Quack Attack, and we have owned Mississippi State and took them down even though they do have a respectable team and coach lately. This will be a loud and hostile environment for the Tigers and I'm certain your team, coaches and fans have circled this game for a year now. Since we have beaten two ranked teams by 13 points this season, I'll tip my cap while acknowleding the special talent and depth advantage we have and predict a hard-fought competitive game with LSU putting it away in the 4th quarter by ten points. LSU 27, WVU 17.
I hope you found this post informative and enlightening. Best of luck the rest of the way. Geaux Tigers!
Georgia Moon
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 5:24 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Cordogs ain't no frappin' roadkill. Two or three of them with a couple/three beers really makes the gastrointestinal orchestra play the "William Tell Overture" with gusto.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 5:31 pm to marshallcotiger
quote:Yep. We sucker you into coming into our place and spending your money only for you to find out that you never really had a chance to win.
We used to call LSU fans carny's for obvious reasons.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 6:11 pm to antibarner
it started because as we all know most LSU fans are carnies and corndogs are the #1 food amongst carnies/circus freaks.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 6:16 pm to antibarner
I actually feel bad for you that you have such awful taste buds.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 6:31 pm to AUTiger45
It doesn't bother me because being called a corn dog makes no sense.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 6:44 pm to Pavoloco83
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Honestly, it was a silly joke once, but it pisses the Choot Em! crowd off so we keep saying it.
honestly, i'm part of this crowd and it
doesn't offend us .We just find it idiotic.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 7:01 pm to rantfan
Embrace it, some fans have.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 7:06 pm to allin2010
Why do Lsu guys wear women tops?
Posted on 7/22/14 at 7:47 pm to antibarner
Antibarner
You sound like a puss
You sound like a puss
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