The student body was encouraged to wear pajamas to Saturday night’s football game against Western Illinois and for a while it looked like the Tigers were dozing on their Division I-AA opponent. The No. 1 Leathernecks came into Tiger Stadium and gave LSU a much needed wakeup a week before they face No. 7 Georgia at home in the Southeastern Conference opener.
A No. 11 ranking and a 59-13 thrashing of Arizona in Tucson had many LSU fans talking about the Tigers’ chances of winning the SEC and even the national championship. LSU fans, players and coaches all realized that it doesn’t matter how big you won last week if you don’t bring your ‘A’ game every week, after the Leathernecks kept the Tigers within two touchdowns most of the night.
Is LSU worthy of it’s No. 11 ranking? Certainly. Any team is going to have a sub-par performance at some time during the season. It’s good that the Tigers
got that game against WIU instead of Georgia.
Who can blame the Tigers for not performing up to their potential? For three weeks in a row they’ve played opponents who physically can’t match up to them.
Imagine the same situation with dating. Sure there’s plenty of girls out there, but you don’t just want to date whoever comes along.
UL-Monroe was your local cousin who couldn’t get a date to the prom so you took her and had a good time with her because like prom the opening of football season is exciting no matter who you’re playing. Everybody felt good about the situation, but when the party was over you had had enough and were ready to move on.
Arizona was the girl who looked attractive at first but after the date got started you realized that she didn’t have a personality, wasn’t smart and the girl you saw before must have been a mirage. After all, the date was in the desert.
Stil, you realized you were on a totally different level and could play teams much better, which gave you a confidence boost.
WIU was the girl you had to ask out when a much more attractive Marshall decided to stand you up. You were so cocky that WIU came in and brought you down to earth just in time for the best date you have seen in a year.
Georgia is the girl you have wanted to date for so long. Just hearing the name makes you weak in the knees. The mistakes you made in the last date like fumbling and special teams errors are inexcusable and could lead to national humiliation.
LSU knows what awaits them in the SEC. They’ll be sure to have their purple and gold tuxedos (uniforms) cleanly pressed and their game will be fine-combed and held in place with hairspray just like Pat Riley’s hair.
I’m ready for SEC action and so are the Tigers. In lieu of wearing pajamas to this weeks game, please wear your “Tiger Bait” cologne. This fine fragrance can be purchased at the nearest LSU sporting apparel store. The sweet scent will lure the Bulldogs right into the Tiger’s Den, and before they leave they’ll know why it’s called Death Valley.