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[BigBadVol]

LOL! LSU fans are salty. Complaining about our fans booing their coach. Well, if he hadn’t made those comments after we swept them maybe, he wouldn’t have gotten booed!

 

[OrangeTsar]

I hate Vanderbilt also, but they are at the level of Alabama in football. They send out invitations to the best players all over the country and they come there to play. We can only hope to get to their level one day.

Smart players too

 

[kcvols1]

Yep, Tulane Law grad as well (earlier class, I started in Jones Hall then we moved over to the then new Weinmann Hall). Absolutely- Cooter Brown’s was always fun! When I attended, the football program was pretty sad and the basketball program was constantly ranked (the opposite of UT at the time). During a football game in the Dome, you could carry on a conversation at a normal voice level because the crowds were so small. OTOH, the combination of alcohol and a crazy small Fogelman Arena made life miserable for the opponents (Denny Crum got caught talking about how much he hated playing in Fogelman). GB & Roll

Yep, Tulane Law grad as well (earlier class, I started in Jones Hall then we moved over to the then new Weinmann Hall). Absolutely- Cooter Brown’s was always fun! When I attended, the football program was pretty sad and the basketball program was constantly ranked (the opposite of UT at the time). During a football game in the Dome, you could carry on a conversation at a normal voice level because the crowds were so small. OTOH, the combination of alcohol and a crazy small Fogelman Arena made life miserable for the opponents (Denny Crum got caught talking about how much he hated playing in Fogelman). GB & Roll

I can’t set this down, as you’re one of the few other UT-TU guys I’ve met. Shoot me an email - kendallwcarter@gmail.com

For some reason my conversations functionality is disabled on VN

 

[Volstylexx]

LSU fans are trash.

 

[Volstylexx]

Meanwhile, the Texas Aggie forum is full of Vol supporters. I like those folks.

 

[Y9 Vol]

I think you need to do a little more research.

Still waiting

 

[Wireless1]

Saying things like we’ll win and take their coach is false confidence to me.

May the bats sound like Thunder and the runs come like a heavy rain

prophetic

 

[Wireless1]

Cajuns had nothing to do with that. The French founded New Orleans long before the Cajuns got there. You were right about one thing though. It was dumb.

The French Quarter is above sea level, it's all the sprawl around it that's below. If you look, none of the historic buildings are ever damaged, its the ones built from 1950 on.

 

[Dudleys87]

prophetic

I get lucky sometimes.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Cajuns had nothing to do with that. The French founded New Orleans long before the Cajuns got there. You were right about one thing though. It was dumb.

Building below sea level is not NECESSARILY dumb. A large portion of the nation of the Netherlands is below sea level and has been for centuries. It does require vigilance and good engineering. And New Orleans was a fantastic location for a port. The problem has been its expansion into a major metropolitan center. Agricultural land (Netherlands) or basic port facilities can be quickly put back into service after flooding. Homes, factories, and retail centers cannot.

 

[volman128]

Building below sea level is not NECESSARILY dumb. A large portion of the nation of the Netherlands is below sea level and has been for centuries. It does require vigilance and good engineering. And New Orleans was a fantastic location for a port. The problem has been its expansion into a major metropolitan center. Agricultural land (Netherlands) or basic port facilities can be quickly put back into service after flooding. Homes, factories, and retail centers cannot.

It's dumb given its location. New Orleans, unlike The Netherlands, is in the line of fire of tropical systems, that bring storm surge and heavy rains. Not to mention, Lake Pontchartrain is right to the north of the city. That's actually what flooded New Orleans during Katrina. The levies that broke only exist mostly because New Orleans is below sea level. That could've been remedied some with better engineering and upkeep, but that's more being reactive vs. being proactive. Bottom line is having a city that essentially sits in a bowl next to a large lake and is also near the Gulf of Mexico was never a good idea.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Netherlands doesn’t have Hurricanes, true. But the North Sea isn’t exactly known for calm waters either! They get some hellacious storms there. But I agree, allowing what was a great port location to expand into a major metropolis was not the height of planning wisdom

 

[vavolfan6]

I drove through Louisiana on Interstate 10 on my way to Houston. I have to say, the whole state looks like a decrepit wasteland. Everything looked like a Swampland. I was surprised at how much of an eyesore the state is. Not sure why anyone would want to live there or what they find appealing about that state.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

Bottom line is having a city that essentially sits in a bowl next to a large lake and is also near the Gulf of Mexico was never a good idea.

But that was never the idea beforehand. i.e - historical foresight is rare. Organic economic pressures are sometimes irresistible forces. Win some, lose some.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

I drove through Louisiana on Interstate 10 on my way to Houston. I have to say, the whole state looks like a decrepit wasteland. Everything looked like a Swampland. I was surprised at how much of an eyesore the state is. Not sure why anyone would want to live there or what they find appealing about that state.

1) debauchery, and 2) the food.

 

[Wireless1]

1) debauchery, and 2) the food.

Depending on the time of day those can also be swapped.

 

[Halph66]

I get lucky sometimes.

Something about blind squirrels and finding nuts?

 

[txbo]

I drove through Louisiana on Interstate 10 on my way to Houston. I have to say, the whole state looks like a decrepit wasteland. Everything looked like a Swampland. I was surprised at how much of an eyesore the state is. Not sure why anyone would want to live there or what they find appealing about that state.

There's a good part of the state that is still messed up from last year's hurricane season.

 

[Dudleys87]

Something about blind squirrels and finding nuts?

Exactly

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

There's a good part of the state that is still messed up from every hurricane season for the last 15 years.

fyp

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

1) debauchery, and 2) the food.

both on Maslow's Hierarchy

 

[Volstylexx]

What coach would field an interview from Omaha days before the CWS? I smell BS

 

[Zues1]

What coach would field an interview from Omaha days before the CWS? I smell BS

Lol.
Circling Omaha daily

 

[Wireless1]

What coach would field an interview from Omaha days before the CWS? I smell BS

Word is LSU will make an all out push for Corbin...... of course the obnoxious Tigers would have filed a flight plan months ago expecting their "rightful" place in Omaha the next two weeks.

 

[Christian Lowe]

LSU radio shows are all saying it's Vitello