LouisianaLonghorn

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Amateur

Shoulda booked punta cana

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We have use of a friend's beach house in Rosemary Beach for free. We couldn't pass that up.

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Just started ep 3… never read book, just a big fan of Florence… great so far but good lord Cathy is a monster,

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I haven't started watching yet, but it sounds like Flrence Pugh plays Cathy pretty true to how she's written in the novel, which is great news. I was concerned that they'd tried to turn her into some sort of misunderstood anti-hero whose bad behaviour was a result of her being abused by men.

Cathy is one of the great literary antagonists. She is a sociopath with zero redeeming qualities.

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... and give the team a short prep week prior to an SEC road game? No thank you.

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This is the kind of game where stupid injuries happen because of sloppy playing conditions. That's the only thing about this game that concerns me. We absolutely cannot afford any more injuries.

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Also the sound system just sucks no matter what is playing.

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It's pretty sad when Ole Miss and even Moo State have better sound systems in their stadiums than we do.

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Your experience in Oxford was an emotional one off. Loudest and most electric Tiger Stadium environment I’ve experienced was the loss to Bama in 2012, off the emotion of losing the title game to Bama. The circumstances make a difference.

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I think the Bama game in 2012 is the closest thing LSU fans have experienced to the environment Ole Miss tried to create for Kiffin two weeks ago. The difference is that we did it without blasting loud music or using flashing lights to disrupt the opponent. All of the passion and hate for Bama were on display that time. It was an insane environment. It was 3 hours of non-stop screaming. The fans gave their all. We had the game all but won, until Miles decided to get cute with the playcalling. The rest is history.

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This would have been UGLY under BK

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It can still get very ugly, but it won't be Kiffin's fault if it does. I'm confident that he will do all he can to put the best available players on the field. The fans just have to remember that some of these guys are being thrust into the spotlight when they might not yet be ready for prime time.

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Man we're losing starters fast. Death by a thousand cuts.

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We're getting to the point that it's going to factor in the outcome of games I was hoping for 10-2 or better this season, but at this rate, a 9-3 finish would be a win. I can't ever recall this many season-ending injuries this early. You just can't expect to beat top teams when you don't have your best players available. I guess the silver lining is that the back ups will get some valuable real-time snaps. That will be a big plus going into next season.

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Uh…they are a sponsor and not actually producing the light show

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Uh....they are the electrical contractor that LSU used to develop their light show.

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PA announcer is terrible. Biggest gripe is that he announced the band as “The world famous (checks notes) Tiger Band!” No. It’s not world famous and it’s The Golden Band from Tigerland.

I don’t know what the hell they are trying to do with the LED lights, but it’s not working. It’s really sad and pathetic. We need to hire the guy from Bama because they have a great LED light show.

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Dixon McMakin got the stadium announcer job because of connections. It's tough to follow a legend like Dan Borne, but McMakin is hot garbage. He can't even follow the script.

The LED light show is beyond pathetic compared to those of other schools. You'd have thought they would've figured it out by now. The purple lights are bad arse, but the gold lights just wash everything out. Even Ole Miss and Moo State have better light shows than we do. I heard that LSU gave MMR the job because of a kick back. Knowing how things work in Louisiana, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if that's true.

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The constant playing of so-called "music" over the PA between every play is ridiculous. We're there to watch a football game, not attend a concert. If the band isn't going to play, there's no need for that stupid sound clip every damn play.

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It's a good thing you didn't go to the Ole Miss game in Oxford. They think they've built the best home field advantage in college football, but it's more like going to a rave than a football game because of all of the loud music and flashing lights.

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I don't know if this is still the case, but in 2005 and 2007 my daughters each spent 1 year in Tiger Band. Back then, the full band made one road trip per year, and for that game, they performed at half time, just as A&M did tonight. It was a bus trip where the band members left early on the day of the game and returned home afterwards, usually getting back in the wee hours on Sunday.

For all other road games, a "pep band" of 90 or so students traveled to those sites and stayed in the stands for the duration of the game.

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This is still the case. LSU sent the full Tiger Band to A&M last year I believe. The full band trip is usually either Ole Miss, Auburn or Moo State. They've been to Florida before and Vandy once or twice too. They were supposed to travel to Auburn this year, but Auburn denied the request to march, so we are not having a full band trip this season, only pep bands.

I was told by a coworker who has a kid at UT that Texas wants to bring their full band to Baton Rouge. Their band is huge, over 400 members, so I don't know if it will happen.