The hero of the Kentucky game over South Carolina had a few words to say to the fans after the game via TWITTER!!
@rcobb18: To all the fans: loved seein Yall come late, love hearing Yall tell us we suck during the game love we have to play against our
@rcobb18: own fans too! Love that we can't pack the house when we play #10 team in the nation. It means that much more to me. I love my..
@rcobb18: .....my team! Brotherhood they got my back n I got they back. The rest of Yall can get ready for bball season!
More here at Randall Cobb leads landmark Kentucky win, unloads on Kentucky fans
Now to add to that article what is missing is how many fans had left at halftime.
Now truth be known I expect if a LSU Football player was allowed to tell his true feelings out he would be doing the same thing. Urban Myer is going to learn a lesson soon enough that Les Miles did. He needs to get his team the hell out of all the State and on the road. It appears The LSU Tigers perform better at times on the road in front of a "less hostile mob" than at Tiger Stadium. The same might apply to Florida soon.
There have always been boo birds but this year it is different. It is a lot more wide spread and vicious. For the record I think booing does nothing. It is counterproductive. Further under no circumstances can a Coach give a impression he is turning over Coaching decisions to the fickle mod of 90,000 in the stadium. In fact I am convinced that Coaches in order not to give that impression have to stick with a choices that are bad.
Why is this year different. I really think political and very much ECONOMIC anxiety is at play. The fans already insecure in these realities in real life are unleashing their frustrations at the games on the players and the Coaches. I think we are starting to see a pattern of this all over the SEC like we have not seen before.
In a sense this is no different than Imperial Rome and the Colosseum except for one crucial difference. The purpose of the Colosseum was to provide entertainment to the people of Rome so they would not start thinking about other things. Like why does the water and sanitation suck. However unlike 100 A.D. , Governor Bobby Jindal cannot come of his game box at Tiger Stadiun do his thumb down and have Jordan Jefferson and Les Miles killed on the spot to appease the mob. Therefore we have more booing and calls of FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE every five minutes.
In Louisiana this is even more at play because we had the BP oil spill and all the devastating related economic effects. Add to that the State Budget and the effects on LSU and well it get nasty real fast.
All I got to say is that I am glad we are playing Auburn on the road this week.
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