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Why do LSU fans leave football games so early?

Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:48 pm
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
134284 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:48 pm
I'm genuinely curious. I admit I've only attended one game this season and I stayed until after the football team sang the alma mater with the student section and I wanted to stay longer.

Last night the stadium was probably 40%-50% empty midway through the fourth quarter and we were winning an SEC game that we needed to win to become bowl eligible, not exactly an unimportant feat.

It didn't use to be that way. Does anyone know what has changed that makes LSU fans leave games early?
Posted by Big Moe
Chicago
Member since Feb 2013
3989 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:49 pm to
It's because everything was better back in your day
Posted by Springlake Tiger
Uptown
Member since Aug 2006
15531 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:49 pm to
what an original, thought provoking question?
Posted by LSU-DUDE
USA
Member since Apr 2013
2151 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:51 pm to
Why so many leaving the game early posts???? Its not gonna stop nobody from leaving lol... Dumb arse threads..
This post was edited on 10/19/14 at 4:52 pm
Posted by Team Vote
DFW
Member since Aug 2014
7952 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:51 pm to
Need to keep calling the leavers out IMO. This fanbase needs a talkin to.
Posted by La Place Mike
West Florida Republic
Member since Jan 2004
31076 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:52 pm to
quote:

t's because everything was better back in your day

Obviously it was better back in the day. Can you answer the question. Why do you leave early?
Posted by lsusportsman2
Member since Oct 2007
27232 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:53 pm to
Over/under 1 hour that another idiot starts another damn thread asking the same damn question?
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
61398 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:53 pm to
quote:

It didn't use to be that way. Does anyone know what has changed that makes LSU fans leave games early?


years ago games weren't televised and typically lasted aroud 3 hours...now, there is an additional hour of dead time while tv commercials are played...games typically last around 4 hours, which is too long.
Posted by Big Moe
Chicago
Member since Feb 2013
3989 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:53 pm to
Posted by LSUcajun77
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2008
24259 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:53 pm to
This has been answered with all the excuses a million times.

Fwiw I don't get it either. People have always left early, but recently it's getting pretty pathetic. Mid 3rd Qtr?
Posted by jacquespene8
Nashville, TN
Member since Sep 2007
4418 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:55 pm to
It's traffic. Plain and simple. Nobody wants to sit in a line of unmoving traffic for 3 hours just to get to bluebonnet.

The funny thing is...leaving early doesn't really help. Unless you leave really early like halftime.
Posted by Lsu tiger maniac
Member since Nov 2012
250 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:55 pm to
Because football is a scary sport
Posted by Big Moe
Chicago
Member since Feb 2013
3989 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:57 pm to
I never left early except for a couple non-conference blowouts.

In case the OP missed one of the many quality threads on this topic, it's a combination of many things. The only good answer is that your generation is better and would never have let this happen
Posted by Alltheway Tigers!
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
7956 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:57 pm to


Dunno. I left the stadium to catch the internet. I watched streams of fans, lots of blue, but LOTS of LSU fans, leave the gates.

I could not understand why as I walked back to my seat.
Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
Member since Jan 2011
68377 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:58 pm to
quote:

Need to keep calling the leavers out IMO. This fanbase needs a talkin to.

what makes you believe that "calling them out" will stop this?
Posted by teeMike
In my mind, I'm already there.
Member since Feb 2007
7574 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:58 pm to
In no particular order:
-Post game traffic
-LSU rank
-Opponent rank
-Style of play (LSU)
-Apathy
-Expectation level
(many others)



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Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
134284 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:59 pm to
quote:

what an original, thought provoking question?

Thank you. Do you have an intelligent answer to my question?
Posted by mmonro3
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2013
4186 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 5:00 pm to
quote:

40%-50% empty midway through the fourth quarter and we were winning an SEC game that we needed to win to become bowl eligible, not exactly an unimportant feat.


Those 40-50 percent of students are drunk and don't want o be standing in Tiger Stadium for three and a half hours. This is the honest truth. I have been there seen this and even done this.
Posted by abitabrewed4LSU
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2009
1078 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 5:00 pm to
I don't really get it either. I've always stayed for the whole game. Traffic is a lame excuse too. That is something that just comes with going to a game.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
134284 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 5:01 pm to
quote:

years ago games weren't televised and typically lasted aroud 3 hours...now, there is an additional hour of dead time while tv commercials are played...games typically last around 4 hours, which is too long.
You make good points. Thanks.
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