You’ve earned this, LSU fans.
You’ve put on an impressive performance for three weeks. It was to be expected, but you’ve passed the first three tests with flying colors.
Each Thursday, you set up tents and parked RVs. You woke up way too early on Saturday morning after a long Friday night. Then you spent all Saturday out in the hot Louisiana sun, indulging in everything that makes LSU tailgating great — food, drinks, music and friends.
Hell, some of you even made it to the football games.
The tailgating life is a lot of fun, but it takes its toll. That may sound funny to those who aren’t familiar with LSU tailgating, but that’s because they don’t do it right.
Sundays are recovery days, 24-hour hangovers spent glued to the couch watching the Saints struggle.
But this week, there is no home game, and no home game means no tailgating.
This may be a bit of a downer to some people, but I urge you to always look on the sunshiny side of life. This week’s game at Auburn is a blessing in disguise.
Those of you who will make the trip to that desolate land they call the state of Alabama, I commend you. It takes a special dose of persistence to journey to Auburn after three consecutive weekends spent outside tailgating at LSU. You are better men and women than I.
I have faith that those of you who travel will show those “barners” how the best tailgaters in the land do it— you always do.
But I’ll be home on my couch and you shouldn’t feel bad if you are too. In our weekly beer, liquor and food-induced stupor, we’ve missed the majority of college football games this season. And as much as we don’t like to acknowledge it, there are football teams other than LSU and whoever LSU is playing on a given weekend.
Use this weekend to study up.
Wake up and watch “College GameDay.” Lee Corso will make a fool out of himself and Desmond Howard will wear the most fly suit you’ve ever seen.
You’ve forfeited watching this, as well as the pageantry of every other team across the nation, in favor of flooding the LSU campus early each Saturday this September.
You chose to watch North Texas, Washington and Idaho rather than the few early season top-25 matchups— and that was the right choice to make.
Enjoy this weekend, though. It’s a chance to pat yourself on the back for a job well done. Don’t get too worked up on your weekend off, either. Relax and recuperate.
Next week, you’ll be back at it again.
