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re: If Florida Fans Are So Fickle, Why Is The Swamp So Loud?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 11:12 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 7/2/14 at 11:12 am to TigersOfGeauxld
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It will be a long time, if ever, before I travel to Gainesville again.
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Posted on 7/2/14 at 11:23 am to TigerEyes1970
I've been to all three. All are very loud but I still say AU and LSU are the loudest. Depends on the game I guess.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 11:49 am to TigersOfGeauxld
The police in this town are RIDICULOUS.
I got harassed the other day for having an open container 300 feet from my house. Luckily for me it was empty at the time, cause I had finished it while walking my dog, so I said I was just picking up litter.
I mean, I had on a shirt and tie, definitely a professional back from work, walking my dog, holding a beer. Why stop and harass me?
Boredom.
And on gamedays they will literally tackle you if you step two steps outside of designated drinking areas. They're like sharks swimming around waiting for people to fall in the water.
UGH
I got harassed the other day for having an open container 300 feet from my house. Luckily for me it was empty at the time, cause I had finished it while walking my dog, so I said I was just picking up litter.
I mean, I had on a shirt and tie, definitely a professional back from work, walking my dog, holding a beer. Why stop and harass me?
Boredom.
And on gamedays they will literally tackle you if you step two steps outside of designated drinking areas. They're like sharks swimming around waiting for people to fall in the water.
UGH
Posted on 7/2/14 at 11:51 am to Pavoloco83
In defense of your last trip to UF (assuming its AU), the last visit to UF for Auburn was 2007, and the stadium was in shock most of that game cause UF got stomped on for the first half of the game. It got a lot louder at the end.
The 2002 game was VERY loud. Underrated actually, considering the blocked FG as time expired.
The 2002 game was VERY loud. Underrated actually, considering the blocked FG as time expired.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 11:53 am to slayerxing
Yeah, I like the swamp atmosphere as a whole but the police have fricked up my last two trips with the ridiculousness of the drinking areas and will probably be the reason I don't go back
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:13 pm to roadGator
Never before, and never since, have I had the experience of a campus policeman...or any policeman, for that matter, literally inciting me to violence.
And for no good reason I could see, other than wearing the colors of the opposing team.
Stay classy, UFPD.
/sarcasm
And for no good reason I could see, other than wearing the colors of the opposing team.
Stay classy, UFPD.
/sarcasm
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:25 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
GPD and UFPD hire a bunch of FSU grads I'm told.
Either way, they suck. They don't frick with us in the RV lot.
I've walked around with a Plastic Cup but I don't get drunk and stumble around either.
In their defense, I've seen them also be very tolerant of some really drunk frat boys that should have been arrested. That made no sense. I thought there would be lots of cuffing and stuffing at that moment.
They still suck.
Either way, they suck. They don't frick with us in the RV lot.
I've walked around with a Plastic Cup but I don't get drunk and stumble around either.
In their defense, I've seen them also be very tolerant of some really drunk frat boys that should have been arrested. That made no sense. I thought there would be lots of cuffing and stuffing at that moment.
They still suck.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:34 pm to roadGator
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They still suck.
I've never seen worse. They make a mockery of the term "professional".
Someone seriously needs to tell the UF Administration that the #1 reason many visiting fans never return is the unprofessional behavior of the campus police department.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:35 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
It's well known, even by the admin. They get all the complaints.
Fire all the FSU grads and that should take care of this problem and the football player arrest issues of the recent past.
Fire all the FSU grads and that should take care of this problem and the football player arrest issues of the recent past.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:44 pm to roadGator
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It's well known, even by the admin. They get all the complaints.
Fire all the FSU grads and that should take care of this problem and the football player arrest issues of the recent past.
Amen, man.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:59 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
It's not just visitors that they frick with.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 1:06 pm to Korin
Auburn being the loudest 
Iv probably been to 10 or more games in JHS and they don't rank top 3. Plus the stadium is a shite hole, nice field, shitty stadium.
Iv probably been to 10 or more games in JHS and they don't rank top 3. Plus the stadium is a shite hole, nice field, shitty stadium.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 1:23 pm to Korin
I invite all Florida fans..and fans of other schools...to come to an away LSU game and see first hand how a campus police force does everything in it's power to make the game experience enjoyable for both home and visiting fans.
I have never personally witnessed an LSUPD officer acting anything but impartially. I used to resent the fact that LSUPD treated visiting fans the same way they treated LSU fans. And I've been attending games at Tiger Stadium for a long time.
Then my eyes were opened. I now see the truth...this is the kind of reputation a college president WANTS his campus police to have. Namely, impartiality.
As a visiting fan, you can rest secure in the knowledge that you will be treated as an honored guest at LSU by all and sundry. Our campus police don't want to screw around with anyone, and they actually strive to be as invisible as possible. And that's how it should be.
Believe me, as an LSU fan, I never fully appreciated the men and women of the LSUPD until I traveled and witnessed their polar opposites at away games.
This post actually inspired me to fire off an email to Lawrence Rabalais, Chief of Police of the LSU Police Department, thanking him and the men and women who serve under him, for their many acts of kindness to me personally over the years.
To me, the LSU Police Department is the gold standard of how a campus police department should conduct themselves during a game.
I have never personally witnessed an LSUPD officer acting anything but impartially. I used to resent the fact that LSUPD treated visiting fans the same way they treated LSU fans. And I've been attending games at Tiger Stadium for a long time.
Then my eyes were opened. I now see the truth...this is the kind of reputation a college president WANTS his campus police to have. Namely, impartiality.
As a visiting fan, you can rest secure in the knowledge that you will be treated as an honored guest at LSU by all and sundry. Our campus police don't want to screw around with anyone, and they actually strive to be as invisible as possible. And that's how it should be.
Believe me, as an LSU fan, I never fully appreciated the men and women of the LSUPD until I traveled and witnessed their polar opposites at away games.
This post actually inspired me to fire off an email to Lawrence Rabalais, Chief of Police of the LSU Police Department, thanking him and the men and women who serve under him, for their many acts of kindness to me personally over the years.
To me, the LSU Police Department is the gold standard of how a campus police department should conduct themselves during a game.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 2:04 pm to KiffinsVisor
Gump gone wrong again.
You're just mad over the fact that no matter how many expansions that BDS gets, it will never rival JHS in noise level. Too many quiet old farts and students wanting to leave early, and the rest will become even quieter as Bama's decline is now fully engaged.
You're just mad over the fact that no matter how many expansions that BDS gets, it will never rival JHS in noise level. Too many quiet old farts and students wanting to leave early, and the rest will become even quieter as Bama's decline is now fully engaged.
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 7/2/14 at 2:06 pm to TigerEyes1970
i was very impressed with jordan hare in my last visit for the 2012 lsu/auburn game. auburn was dreadfully bad. i was in the upper deck corner and it was still very loud throughout the game, especially considering how boring a game it was.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 2:13 pm to Whereisomaha
Piped in noise on the sound system, read it on the rant so it must be true. 
Posted on 7/2/14 at 2:13 pm to lsufball19
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been to the swamp several times and was unimpressed based on what i was expecting
I went to the UF-LSU games each of the past 2 times LSU has visited Gainesville, partied with LSU fans each time, and I'm pretty sure they left having enjoyed themselves.
Exactly which games have you attended at the Swamp? Hmm? Or are you just talking shite to talk shite?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 2:15 pm to boXerrumble
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Exactly which games have you attended at the Swamp? Hmm? Or are you just talking shite to talk shite?
actually, i've never been to an LSU/UF game in the swamp. I went to the UT/UF game in 2003, 2005, and 2007. Not saying it wasn't loud, it just wasn't what I was expecting. To me, it was no louder than Neyland was when UT was still good, Bryant Denny, or Jordan Hare.
I also don't know what LSu fans enjoying themselves has to do with the Swamp. I had fun when i went too, but that had little to do with the atmosphere of the stadium or how passionate Florida fans were.
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 7/2/14 at 2:19 pm to lsufball19
I wish they'd let UF do more night games.
A) It's cooler earlier in the year. 1pm kick off suck
B) Noise - the crowd would be just as loud if not louder because of the stadium design and being below ground level.
A) It's cooler earlier in the year. 1pm kick off suck
B) Noise - the crowd would be just as loud if not louder because of the stadium design and being below ground level.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 2:25 pm to lsufball19
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I went to the UT/UF game in 2003, 2005, and 2007.
That 2005 game may be the hottest 8PM game of all time. People were passing out all over the student section.
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 2:26 pm
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