The wife IMs me a bit ago and says “hey, my boss has two Peach Bowl tickets for you if you”re interested.”
I”ve been an LSU fan going on 30 years now. I was at the Sugar Bowl two years ago. I was at Sugar Bowls in the 1980s when we got the shit kicked out of us by Nebraska, too. I was at the SEC Championship Game two years ago – and the one last month.
Last year I flew back to Atlanta from L.A. overnight and got in my car at 5:30 in the morning to drive down to Baton Rouge for a game. I was at the “earthquake game” in 1988. I even drove down for the North Texas game this year.
I have a game-used LSU helmet, a signed Matt Mauck mini-helmet, a framed Advocate (the Baton Rouge daily, not the national gay newspaper) front page from the 2003 National Championship and an LSU Peach Bowl pennant from the 1960s, among other Tiger memorabilia. My mailbox has an LSU flag instead of a standard red one, and my car has two LSU decals and an LSU license plate frame.
LSU is 10-2, ranked No. 10 in the country and is playing the No. 9 team three miles from my house tonight.
My answer to the wife – only if they”re great seats and only if they”re free.
That is what Leslie has done to my enthusiasm about LSU football.
Enough said.
P.S. They”re first-row club level seats on the 45 yard line, and they are free. So I”m going.
