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Official "Going to the Game" Thread

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MrCodeDude;1051882; said:
I've got a Shrimp Po Boy (at Deanies) and a Hand Grenade (at Tropical Isle) and so far have been very underwhelmed.
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Deanies is not known for their Shrimp Po Boys. Deanies in the Quarter is a Tourist trap. Locals don't go there.

If you want a good Po Boy in the Quarter, go to Johnny's Po Boys on Saint Louis, just off Decatur. You'll see it if you walk away from the river at the entrance to the Fanfest.
 
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I just can't sit here anymore. I just made reservations at a hotel in Biloxi, and am driving down this afternoon.

I am bringing my 12 year old with me, and will not be anywhere close to the French Quarter if I can help it! I would like to tailgate tomorrow night at the Superdome. Is there an 'official' spot anyone is planning on being at? I am leaving here in about 30 minutes. It is a 6 hour drive to Biloxi, so if someone knows where everyone is going to be at, let me know. I will check back in after I pack.
 
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I'm here! At the IP Hotel and Spa in Biloxi, MS. An hour away from 'The Big Easy'. Get up at 6:00 AM and head on over. There are a ton of Buckeye fans here! Where are all the Buckeye fans gathering for the game? I don't have tickets (and don't have enough cash to buy them), so I am hoping there will be some tailgaters down here with a TV like they were in Columbus 2 years ago for the OSU-UM game. This is going to be a blast!


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Woody's turning over in his grave hearing his fans being called the big "red army" :biggrin: i guess Mao's was, err, the small "red army", in comparison? :biggrin:

Seriously, though, a good article...

Sporting News: Ohio State, LSU fans are polar opposites

Ohio State, LSU fans are polar opposites
January 6, 2008

Spencer Hall

Walking through downtown New Orleans, a friend pointed at a group of Ohio State fans dressed head to toe in scarlet and gray Buckeye gear and asked, "Did they all bring three days worth of Ohio State gear?"

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The big red army has invaded New Orleans, and in doing so has claimed the mantle of the most organized and coordinated hive mind in college football. The Ohio State alumni association claims 126,000 members, and the gut feeling is that every single one of them showed up for the game this week with piles of gear.

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They're everywhere, and their presence in the Big Easy is as much of a culture clash as you'll see in college football. Ohio State fans, for all the stories of tear gas and dumpster burning in Columbus, really are Midwestern football fans to the core: no-nonsense and very well coordinated. The "O-H! I-O!" cheer is less of a taunt, and more a way of identifying other Buckeyes in a crowd. They've been well-behaved, polite, and on the whole, reserved guests in the heart of Tiger country.

On the other side, consider the contrast drawn with the happy anarchy of the LSU fans seen in mass numbers. LSU fans cheer by pointing at opposing fans and yelling "Tiger Bait!" They wear what may be the loudest combination of colors in college football: purple and yellow, a uni sewn in the key of Mardi Gras. They do have a home-field advantage here in New Orleans, but trust me and anyone else who's been to a game against LSU in their own stadium: wherever they are, they bring carnival time with them.

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Seeing two fanbases as different as Ohio State and LSU mixing in the narrow French Colonial lanes of the Quarter reminds you that in college athletics regionalism is everything. Ohio State fans and LSU fans alike don't pull their colors, their mascots, their cheers, or their songs from thin air. The traditions come from a long interaction across years and years of traditions coming from an actual specific place on the map, a place where their families have lived, worked, and died for generations. Ohio State fans can't help but to look distinctly Ohioan in their polite and extremely coordinated red mass of fandom, just as LSU fans can't help but look and sound Louisianan.

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best quotes down here have to be Kirk Barton comparing getting off the plane to the Rocky 4 scene comparing Tiger fan to Russians or President Gee saying "I have the biggest buckeye balls in New Orleans" at the Buckeye Bash Pep Rally classic!!!!
 
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HOLY CRAP, just got back from Bourbon St. Amazing!!! More people than I have ever seen in a small area in my life. My buddy and I are looking for a place to crash tomorrow after the game, we are out in Slidell and dont wanna drive back tomorrow night? Sorry to ask, any suggestions? Looking forward to tomorrow like you wouldn't believe! :oh::io::!:!:!
 
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MrCodeDude;1052567; said:
Buckeye's easily outnumber the LSU fans on Bourbon St tonight. The LSU fans are all sticking together in select locations to seem big, but in between there are easily 70/30 splits in favor of the Buckeyes.
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Honestly, absent a Galatoire's reservation, there is very little reason for LSU fans to ever go to Bourbon Street - let alone on a Sunday night.

You'll see some folks tomorrow.
 
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