LSU All-American defensive lineman Glenn Dorsey and running back Jacob Hester signed an open letter published Wednesday in The Daily Reveille, asking the student section to tone down its vulgar chants.
Here is the text of the letter.
An open letter to the LSU student section in Tiger Stadium.
The LSU student section is the heartbeat of Death Valley and the center of emotion for our great stadium.
But during the last two games, vulgar language directed at our opponents by the student section has been dissapointing and embarassing to our school.
Your chans can be heard by the national television audience that tunes in from all over America. When those chants include offensive language, it only damages Louisiana State University. More importantly, these chants can be heard by young children in the stadium who come to see their Tigers play.
We need to support our team. You are important to our success. But that doesn’t mean you need to insult our opponents. Let us, the players, take care of our opponents through competition on the field.
We are taught by our coaches to act like champions, play like champions and win like champions. We need you to do the same. We hope you are with us.
Geaux Tigers!
Glenn DorseyJacob Hester