LSU is my Bama

Grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana. Remember very distinctly that there were not really any LSU fans around before I left there in 2002. Remember very clearly the mass bandwagon-hopping-on that began to occur about 5 games in to 2003. Seeing these same bandwagoners get to pound their chests makes my blood boil year in and year out.

This series has been a solid gut-punch, groin kick for the most part over the past 10 years. Here's the recap from my point of view.

2013-Loss. Went in kindof expecting to lose, not really knowing what we had in Gus' first year. Thinking we might have a shot. Game got away from Auburn in the first half. Came alive in the second half, never could quite catch up.

2012-Loss. Went in expecting a pretty severe beating at home. Even though the score was close the whole game, I never felt like we had a shot.

2011-Loss. Pretty severe beatdown from start to finish.

2010-Win. Close game at Jordan Hare featuring Cam’s Heisman moment and a game sealing HUGE play from O-Mac. I remember getting a little dust in my eye after that win. I think thats the point I realized in that year that we were going to win it all.

2009-Loss. Don’t remember much about this one except that it was Chizik’s first year. No real expectations. 3TD loss.

2008-Loss. Chris Todd at QB. LSU scores go-ahead TD with 1:03 to go. Good solid kick in the gonads.

2007-Loss. The whole, “lets throw a crazy pass and score a touchdown on the last play of the game rather than run the ball one more time to get to the middle of the field and set up the 40 yard fg for the win” game. Kick in the nads.

2006-Win. Very close, defensive struggle game. Also the “waived-off PI call” game. From where I was sitting, I remember not knowing if the LSU receiver had caught the ball or gotten in on the last play of the game.

2005-Loss. Vaughn misses 5 field goals. FIVE DAD-GUM FIELD GOALS. Kenny Irons goes nuts rushing all over the place. Vaughn’s miss in overtime ends the game.

2004-Win. Still top 2 or 3 games I’ve been to. (2010 provided some real gems for us!!) We had awesome seats and became lifelong #86 fans that day.

This is why they get to claim 7 of the last 10. They have provided a couple of real beat downs, but for the most part, these are snake-bitten type losses. The series is a lot closer than those bandwagoners want to admit, but we're still on the wrong end of it. IT IS TIME FOR THAT TO END.