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Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:08 pm to mwlewis
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Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:09 pm to sand mountainDvalues
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sand mountainDvalues
UT Class of '16. You?
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:10 pm to mwlewis
Born and raised an LSU fan. Grandparents were season ticket holders since like the 60s. Left BR as a kid and grew up out west.
Ended up at Texas because they were one of the best in my event at the time. Got to compete at LSU my freshman year and brought my teammates over to my grandparents house for a crawfish boil after the meet, which they loved. Got injured, ended up calling it a career, and finished up school back out west.
Never stopped cheering for LSU. My wife, who I met at Texas, let every single person we met in Austin this year know I didn’t go to LSU. So I stepped back and let her get tiger baited a few times.
Ended up at Texas because they were one of the best in my event at the time. Got to compete at LSU my freshman year and brought my teammates over to my grandparents house for a crawfish boil after the meet, which they loved. Got injured, ended up calling it a career, and finished up school back out west.
Never stopped cheering for LSU. My wife, who I met at Texas, let every single person we met in Austin this year know I didn’t go to LSU. So I stepped back and let her get tiger baited a few times.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:20 pm to jadam0613
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Never stopped cheering for LSU. My wife, who I met at Texas, let every single person we met in Austin this year know I didn’t go to LSU. So I stepped back and let her get tiger baited a few times.
Texas was my first choice but then I settled for LSU because I didn't want to pay the out of state tuition as my old man wasn't going to pick up the tab. I sometimes wonder how life would've turned out had I gone away to Austin but I was yelling Tiger Bait from a young age and can't imagine cheering for anyone ever against the Tigers. Honestly, the fact that Texas had little likelihood of playing LSU was a big reason I considered them over another SEC school. Even as terrible as the Curley era was, I wouldn't trade it for the world as it made the Night the Magic Came Back and everything that came afterward that much sweeter.
Figures that my old man now lives deep in the heart of Texas.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:21 pm to jadam0613
I went to three different universities in Alabama and have degrees from two of them. I pull for all three schools.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:25 pm to mwlewis
Undergrad - LSU (Curly years)
~gap~
Med School - LSU (mostly Saban years 01-05)
Residency - UK (and I happened to be there when they beat us in 2007...and I was at the game...and all three freakin overtimes...work sucked for a while)
Now I have a daughter at OU yelling Boomer Sooner...
~gap~
Med School - LSU (mostly Saban years 01-05)
Residency - UK (and I happened to be there when they beat us in 2007...and I was at the game...and all three freakin overtimes...work sucked for a while)
Now I have a daughter at OU yelling Boomer Sooner...
This post was edited on 10/23/19 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:26 pm to mwlewis
Grew up in Alabama but have loved the the Tigers as long as I can remember. Went to Jacksonville State. Geaux Tigers and Bleaux Southerners!
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:27 pm to jadam0613
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Never stopped cheering for LSU. My wife, who I met at Texas, let every single person we met in Austin this year know I didn’t go to LSU. So I stepped back and let her get tiger baited a few times
Good story; liked it.
I went to UGA because their journalism school was ranked tops in the country, too; not because I was a fan. After attending freshman orientation in June/'72, I fell in love with the school, its campus, and Athens. It was then I became a Dawg.
So, instead of going to USC for undergrad like I'd originally wanted to, I returned home to Los Angeles and earned my grad degree at USC.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:28 pm to mwlewis
Yes
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:29 pm to RatRodDawg
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After attending freshman orientation in June/'72
So you're pre-1980?
Impressive.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:31 pm to mwlewis
1/2 of my family went to Auburn so I naturally grew up a fan. Went on & got 2 degrees from Auburn
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:32 pm to BrerTiger
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Unfortunately, I did not have the grades to get into Auburn.
Yikes.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:34 pm to mwlewis
Born and raised in Baton Rouge. Been in the military since 1981. Did some undergraduate work through LSU but graduated from a college in Virginia. Got my graduate degree from a college in California. And the Army War College.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:35 pm to BrerTiger
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We’re a house divided but hearts united <3
That is sweet.
She hates it when I say that
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:35 pm to mwlewis
I did before with my papaw when I was a kid
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:36 pm to mwlewis
I work for the school I cheer for.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:36 pm to mwlewis
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house divided but hearts united
You have this on an old piece of barn wood in your living room don’t you?
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:39 pm to BrerTiger
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Texas was my first choice but then I settled for LSU because I didn't want to pay the out of state tuition as my old man wasn't going to pick up the tab.
Same on not wanting dad to pick up the tab. Texas requires all athletes to live in dorms their first two years, and then you have to live outside of student housing for a year to qualify for in-state tuition. I would have been six-figures in debt starting senior year if I wanted to finish up there. No thanks.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 7:39 pm to mwlewis
Yes,and sent my son as well.
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