Geaux Tigers

It’s a big weekend for the Liggett household, and not just because it marks the beginning of football season for us.
Well, it’s partially because of that.
Saturday, we’re heading to the Georgia Dome to watch the LSU Tigers in their season opener. What will make it special for us is they’ll be taking on our adopted team in the east — the UNC Tar Heels.
Yes, we’re Tar Heel fans, but that allegiance comes nowhere near the LSU allegiance in our family (I became an LSU fan after meeting Jennifer since I had no real “allegiances” on the college level).
And in preparing Hayley (who’ll be 11 months old on Game Day), we’ve sort of brainwashed her. She’ll have an LSU Tigers dress on. We burned a CD full of LSU fight songs and school songs. Jennifer’s even taught her the sound a Tiger makes.
Yes, UNC’s slightly favored, and yes, there’s a chance (tiny chance) LSU could lose it. But that’s really all secondary (to me, anyway). We’ll be taking in college football and we’ll be doing so with Jennifer’s parents, who’ll be driving to the Peach State from south Louisiana.
Geaux Tigers … (and geaux Hayley).

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