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re: Why are LSU fans so enamoured with their former players' success in the NFL?

Posted on 9/10/15 at 9:45 am to
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
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Posted on 9/10/15 at 9:45 am to
LSU hasn't won a major bowl game since 2007, and they've lost 4 in a row to Alabama. There isn't much to "brag" about from their perspective, so they cling to anything they can. Most fans pull for their guys in the league. LSU fans don't love their players and hope for their success more than fans of any other school, it just seems that way because they're very vocal about it, again because it's the only thing they can really point to and brag about right now. I welcome the onslaught of downvotes, but everyone reading this knows it to be true whether they're willing to admit it or not.

If LSU were dominating college football, they'd stil support their former players, but you wouldn't see as much chest thumping over those guys success in the NFL. It's starting to become a tricky argument for them, because now Alabama has more superstars in the league than they do. They'll need to start winning some ball games against Bama or they won't have a talking point at all, and will just have to bend over and accept defeat

Lacy, Jones, Hightower, Dareus, Mosley are bonafide NFL studs. LSU has Peterson, Williams, Whitworth, OBJ and a lot of role players.
This post was edited on 9/10/15 at 9:50 am
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 9/10/15 at 9:48 am to
quote:

It's starting to become a tricky argument for them, because now Alabama has more superstars in the league than they do.


Wat
Posted by LelandSU
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 9/10/15 at 9:49 am to
Are you having some kind of allergic reaction to bowl losses to Oklahoma and Ohio?
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 9/10/15 at 9:49 am to
I only upvoted that because we're friends. I still don't like what you said, though.
Posted by TT9
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Posted on 9/10/15 at 9:51 am to
quote:

Dareus
just signed the richest contract in the NFL. (Non QB)
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 9/10/15 at 9:51 am to
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LSU fans don't love their players and hope for their success more than fans of any other school


wrong
Posted by northalabamacracker
Glasgow
Member since Sep 2011
6466 posts
Posted on 9/10/15 at 10:00 am to
quote:

by Riseupfromtherubble LSU hasn't won a major bowl game since 2007, and they've lost 4 in a row to Alabama. There isn't much to "brag" about from their perspective, so they cling to anything they can. Most fans pull for their guys in the league. LSU fans don't love their players and hope for their success more than fans of any other school, it just seems that way because they're very vocal about it, again because it's the only thing they can really point to and brag about right now. I welcome the onslaught of downvotes, but everyone reading this knows it to be true whether they're willing to admit it or not. If LSU were dominating college football, they'd stil support their former players, but you wouldn't see as much chest thumping over those guys success in the NFL. It's starting to become a tricky argument for them, because now Alabama has more superstars in the league than they do. They'll need to start winning some ball games against Bama or they won't have a talking point at all, and will just have to bend over and accept defeat Lacy, Jones, Hightower, Dareus, Mosley are bonafide NFL studs. LSU has Peterson, Williams, Whitworth, OBJ and a lot of role players.




This. This. A million times this.
Posted by GumpDyke
Nashville
Member since Dec 2014
1128 posts
Posted on 9/10/15 at 10:56 am to
quote:

LSU hasn't won a major bowl game since 2007, and they've lost 4 in a row to Alabama. There isn't much to "brag" about from their perspective, so they cling to anything they can. Most fans pull for their guys in the league. LSU fans don't love their players and hope for their success more than fans of any other school, it just seems that way because they're very vocal about it, again because it's the only thing they can really point to and brag about right now. I welcome the onslaught of downvotes, but everyone reading this knows it to be true whether they're willing to admit it or not. If LSU were dominating college football, they'd stil support their former players, but you wouldn't see as much chest thumping over those guys success in the NFL. It's starting to become a tricky argument for them, because now Alabama has more superstars in the league than they do. They'll need to start winning some ball games against Bama or they won't have a talking point at all, and will just have to bend over and accept defeat Lacy, Jones, Hightower, Dareus, Mosley are bonafide NFL studs. LSU has Peterson, Williams, Whitworth, OBJ and a lot of role players.


Fantastic answer, friend!

Have an up vote.
Posted by XbengalTiger
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Member since Oct 2003
5464 posts
Posted on 9/10/15 at 11:18 am to
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LSU hasn't won a major bowl game since 2007,
quote:

 There isn't much to "brag" about from their perspective,
2011 SEC Champs say hello, Gump.
Posted by lsusportsman2
Member since Oct 2007
27232 posts
Posted on 9/10/15 at 2:35 pm to
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LSU has Peterson, Williams, Whitworth, OBJ and a lot of role players.


Peterson, Whitworth, OBJ, etc. are role players? Are you fricking retarded?
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