LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva is going fishing this weekend.LSU fans can pack their bags or put up their feet because it’s that one fall weekend when they get a break from complaining about the offense and picking apart the defense. And Tiger supporters’ livers may thank them for the break from tailgating.But their livers aren’t the only ones looking forward to this weekend.Les Miles gets to watch his two sons, Manny and Ben, play football for their teams.”The Broncos are playing this weekend,” Miles said, referring to Ben’s football team. “So I’ve got at least two big-time events on the calendar.”Sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson is also going to spend his time with football. He’s going to return to his high school alma mater, Destrehan High School, to watch them play in-state rivals Hahnville High School.”I’m going to go watch that game and chill with my family,” Jefferson said.Senior offensive guard Lyle Hitt and sophomore cornerback Brandon Taylor will be traveling to see their younger siblings play for their college and high school football teams, respectively.But students also get the weekend to not forget about their football worries, so many of them are heading home.”I’m going home on Saturday,” said Stefanie Ory, accounting junior. “It’s my mom’s birthday on Monday, so it works out well.”Rhine Perrin, environmental engineering freshman, is spending time doing something he wouldn’t normally be able to do on a football weekend.”I’m going to Mississippi to go dove hunting,” Perrin said. “I like to stay here for all the home games.”With midterms ending this week, many students feel it’s an ideal weekend for a bye week.”It’s a perfect time for a bye week because we don’t have anything to worry about for the weekend,” said Devin Snyder, mechanical engineering freshman.Carlton Miller, political science junior, said he’s going to spend some time relaxing after midterms.”We actually have time to ourselves,” Miller said. “We don’t have to tailgate, so we can spend some time with our friends and family and just relax.”But it won’t be fun and games the entire weekend for members of the football team.”On Saturday morning, I’m coming back to watch film with coach,” Taylor said.Junior safety Chad Jones said even with a bye week, he and his teammates can’t get lackadaisical.”You never want to lose your train of thought,” Jones said. “We’re trying to get out to the Rose Bowl, so we have to keep our focus.”Many students agreed with Jones’ statement.”I don’t know that breaks [for a football team] are always a good thing,” Ory said. “If you are going to come off a loss, it’s a good thing to have a break and reformulate a new game plan, but breaks can be dangerous at the same time because the players can get lazy.”—-Contact Andy Schwehm at [email protected]