re: Redzone Defense: LSU ranks 116th in the nation...Bama 5th

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cajun corndogs.

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how old are you??? isn't that a little ironic? You realize how naive and dumb that makes you look? at least say something that makes sense like cajun jambalaya or etoufee' or crawfish. corndogs? really? Do you have any clue where that originated? Pay close attention GUMP.

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First time I heard that I didn't even know it was directed at an LSU fan. Even after it was clear the opposing fan was taking his finger out of his nose long enough to point and compare me to a battered mystery meat log on a stick, it just didn't make any sense. Well, count on your buddy Mike A. Tiger to hunt down the truth of the matter, and it evokes the Forrest Gumpism that "Stupid is as stupid does." So here is the real story of the corn dog reference and how it came to be. And why those Tiger fans who know the history are laughing even harder about it now. About eight years ago there was a "flaming insult" contest on the Internet sports message boards between Iowa and Iowa State fans. Since corn is the state's 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 hee haw classic in the region.

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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," added a few references to Louisiana and posted it on his Faux Tiger Woe Eagle message board. Yuk yuk. Then Bama fans, who pick over the entrails of every Internet scrap left by their rivals, pounced on it. From there it spread to the rest of the SEC. LSU fans smell like corndogs. You can read the Auburn version here, although this Auburn fan site does not tell, as Paul Harvey used to say, "the REST of the story." The original piece was moderately funny and totally appropriate for Iowa humor but has no cultural reference for Louisiana people. I made Baton Rouge my lair for 25 years and Mikey can tellyou the only place he's 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?

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