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Welcome to this week’s Tale of the Tape where the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Fighting Tigers take on the Syracuse University Orange. And off we go…
Born on Date
LSU A&M: 1860 vs SU: 1879
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… the school started as the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy.
GPS
LSU A&M: Baton Rouge vs SU: Syracuse
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… since the red stick is the state capital
Speaking of which…
State
LSU A&M: Louisiana vs SU: New York
Otto’s Edge: SU… our state capital is so nice they named it twice
While we are on names…
Team name
LSU A&M: Tigers & Lady Tigers vs SU: Orange
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… why did we drop the men again? Although they ripped off their team name from Auburn.
School Colors
LSU A&M: Purple and Gold vs SU: Orange
Otto’s Edge: SU… they like to wear white jerseys though at home.
Staying with the home…
No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around
LSU A&M: Tiger Stadium (102k) vs SU: Dome
Otto’s Edge: SU… they wish they had a place like the Loud House and are lucky it isn’t a night game. Their field has every 5 yards marked off instead of the usual 10. Their stadium is nicknamed Death Valley, a rip off of Clemson.
The stadiums are filled with…
Students
LSU A&M: 25.5k vs SU: 15k
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… more to fill the student section with.
Those students will often use a...
Cheer
LSU A&M: Geaux Tigers vs SU: LGO
Otto’s Edge: SU… we should hear that a lot Saturday.
Also heard is the...
This is my fight song
LSU A&M: Fight for LSU vs SU: Down the Field
Otto’s Edge: SU… and hear this as well.
Staying with music…
Musicians
LSU A&M: Better Than Ezra vs SU: Lou Reed
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… although former member Travis McNabb did not attend LSU A&M
While we are on McNabb…
QB who couldn’t win a title
LSU A&M: YA Tittle lost 3 straight title games
vs SU: McNabb lost 3 straight NFC title games followed by a Super Bowl
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… Tittle is the co holder of the most TD passes in one game at 7
Speaking of Eagles…
RBs
LSU A&M: Steve Van Buren, Charles Alexander, Jerry Stovall
vs SU: Floyd Little, Joe Morris, Jim Nance
Otto’s Edge: SU… and that is only some of our greats
While we are running…
Track Star
LSU A&M: Lolo Jones vs SU: Jim Brown
Otto’s Edge: SU… maybe the greatest athlete of all time
Staying with history…
First year of football
LSU A&M: 1893 vs SU: 1889
Otto’s Edge: SU… we have been around longer
All time wins
LSU A&M: 762 vs SU: 707
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… they barely beat us out
National Champs
LSU A&M: Three vs SU: One
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… although they are a Johnny come lately program
Conference Titles
LSU A&M: 11 vs SU: 4
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… pretty impressive
Their titles came in the…
Conference
LSU A&M: SEC vs SU: ACC
Otto’s Edge: SU… when is the last time the SEC won a title?
Staying with titles…
Other Sport
LSU A&M: Baseball 6x Champ vs SU: Lax 11x Champ
Otto’s Edge: SU… the best program around
Final Fours
LSU A&M: Four vs SU: Five
Otto’s Edge: SU… we have a title too
While we are on BBall...
Basketball Greats
LSU A&M: Shaq, Pistol Pete vs SU: Melo, DC
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… those two were truly great
I feel like I forgot someone for SU…
Politics
LSU A&M: Hubert Humphrey, Donna Brazile, James Carville
vs SU: Joe Biden, Dave Bing, Donna Shalala
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… a President beats a VP
From head of the country to head of the NCAA…
Mark Emmert
LSU A&M: former chancellor vs SU: graduate degree
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… we started his journey of terror
He is not someone you want to see unlike…
Guy you want on your fantasy team
LSU A&M: Odell Beckham Jr vs SU: wish we had one
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… Geaux Giants
Wide Receivers are covered by…
DBs
LSU A&M: Tommy Casanova, Honey Badger vs SU: Donovin Darius, Shamarko
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… he don’t care
The honey badger is not the school…
Mascot
LSU A&M: Mike the Tiger vs SU: Otto the Orange
Otto’s Edge: SU… Mike is a real live tiger. I wonder what they feed him?
Speaking of which…
Let’s put the women and children to bed and go lookin for dinner
LSU A&M: Cajun, Creole, Gumbo, Po Boys, Crawfish
vs SU: Salt Potatoes, Spiedies, Buffalo Wings
Otto’s Edge: SU… higher quality
Sticking with food...
Alumni a founder of
LSU A&M: Ruth’s Chris Steak House vs SU: Foursquare
Otto’s Edge: SU… no one checks in at Ruth’s Chris
Someone who ate a lot…
Wrassling
LSU A&M: John Tenta (Earthquake) vs SU: Mike Rotunda (IRS)
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… a win for the WWF WrestleFest star
The IRS wants to tax a large…
Purchase
LSU A&M: Louisiana Purchase vs SU: Purchase, NY
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… it doubled the size of our country
A representative of the country…
Miss America
LSU A&M: winner Amanda Joseph and runner up Jennifer Dupont
vs SU: Vanessa Williams
Otto’s Edge: SU… she went on to be successful afterwards
While we are on pretty women…
Dance Team
LSU A&M: Golden Girls vs SU: Dance Team
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… who isn’t hot for Blanche Devereaux?
The opposite of love is…
Let the hate flow through you
LSU A&M: many rivals vs SU: no rivals
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… they have a rivalry with every SEC West team, Florida, and Tulane. They have played Miss St the most times (109). Tulane is their oldest rival playing just about every year from 1893-1996. However they played only a few times after that and haven’t played since 2009. Oh and we can both agree that Auburn sucks.
Both Auburn and LSU A&M prevented SU from winning its only Sugar Bowl appearances, speaking of which…
Bowls
LSU A&M: 23-22-1 vs SU: 15-9-1
Otto’s Edge: SU… much better record.
We also played LSU A&M in the Hall of Fame Bowl, which brings us to...
Head to Head
LSU A&M: One win vs SU: One win
Otto’s Edge: Push… this week will be the 1st regular season tilt
Another area we are even on is…
Heisman Trophies
LSU A&M: Billy Cannon vs US: Ernie Davis
Otto’s Edge: Push… Cannon won the award the year we won the title
Leading LSU A&M to their last 2 titles were…
Nick Saban
LSU A&M: former HC vs SU: former assistant
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… he had more success there
and…
Head Coach
LSU A&M: Les Miles vs SU: Shafer
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… although he does have twice as many losses as Shafer
But who cares about sports these are higher learning institutions…
Edumacation
LSU A&M: 129th vs SU: 61st
Otto’s Edge: SU… quite a difference
But that education didn’t make these guys any smarter...
Shoplifter
LSU A&M: Rex Reed vs SU: MCW
Otto’s Edge: SU… at least MCW was still a kid without a job. Maybe they teach you to rip others off at LSU A&M. I mean you have their team name (Auburn), their stadium nickname (Clemson), and they have also ripped off the NC State promo video.
And finally the category of the year…
Sports Family
LSU A&M: Kevin Faulk (Marshall’s cousin) vs SU: David Bavaro (Mark’s brother)
Otto’s Edge: SU… loved both of them
And there you have it folks. The Bayou Bengals will beat the Orange 20-19. Remember LSU is just SU with an added L. See you in 2 weeks.
Born on Date
LSU A&M: 1860 vs SU: 1879
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… the school started as the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy.
GPS
LSU A&M: Baton Rouge vs SU: Syracuse
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… since the red stick is the state capital
Speaking of which…
State
LSU A&M: Louisiana vs SU: New York
Otto’s Edge: SU… our state capital is so nice they named it twice
While we are on names…
Team name
LSU A&M: Tigers & Lady Tigers vs SU: Orange
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… why did we drop the men again? Although they ripped off their team name from Auburn.
School Colors
LSU A&M: Purple and Gold vs SU: Orange
Otto’s Edge: SU… they like to wear white jerseys though at home.
Staying with the home…
No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around
LSU A&M: Tiger Stadium (102k) vs SU: Dome
Otto’s Edge: SU… they wish they had a place like the Loud House and are lucky it isn’t a night game. Their field has every 5 yards marked off instead of the usual 10. Their stadium is nicknamed Death Valley, a rip off of Clemson.
The stadiums are filled with…
Students
LSU A&M: 25.5k vs SU: 15k
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… more to fill the student section with.
Those students will often use a...
Cheer
LSU A&M: Geaux Tigers vs SU: LGO
Otto’s Edge: SU… we should hear that a lot Saturday.
Also heard is the...
This is my fight song
LSU A&M: Fight for LSU vs SU: Down the Field
Otto’s Edge: SU… and hear this as well.
Staying with music…
Musicians
LSU A&M: Better Than Ezra vs SU: Lou Reed
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… although former member Travis McNabb did not attend LSU A&M
While we are on McNabb…
QB who couldn’t win a title
LSU A&M: YA Tittle lost 3 straight title games
vs SU: McNabb lost 3 straight NFC title games followed by a Super Bowl
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… Tittle is the co holder of the most TD passes in one game at 7
Speaking of Eagles…
RBs
LSU A&M: Steve Van Buren, Charles Alexander, Jerry Stovall
vs SU: Floyd Little, Joe Morris, Jim Nance
Otto’s Edge: SU… and that is only some of our greats
While we are running…
Track Star
LSU A&M: Lolo Jones vs SU: Jim Brown
Otto’s Edge: SU… maybe the greatest athlete of all time
Staying with history…
First year of football
LSU A&M: 1893 vs SU: 1889
Otto’s Edge: SU… we have been around longer
All time wins
LSU A&M: 762 vs SU: 707
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… they barely beat us out
National Champs
LSU A&M: Three vs SU: One
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… although they are a Johnny come lately program
Conference Titles
LSU A&M: 11 vs SU: 4
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… pretty impressive
Their titles came in the…
Conference
LSU A&M: SEC vs SU: ACC
Otto’s Edge: SU… when is the last time the SEC won a title?
Staying with titles…
Other Sport
LSU A&M: Baseball 6x Champ vs SU: Lax 11x Champ
Otto’s Edge: SU… the best program around
Final Fours
LSU A&M: Four vs SU: Five
Otto’s Edge: SU… we have a title too
While we are on BBall...
Basketball Greats
LSU A&M: Shaq, Pistol Pete vs SU: Melo, DC
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… those two were truly great
I feel like I forgot someone for SU…
Politics
LSU A&M: Hubert Humphrey, Donna Brazile, James Carville
vs SU: Joe Biden, Dave Bing, Donna Shalala
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… a President beats a VP
From head of the country to head of the NCAA…
Mark Emmert
LSU A&M: former chancellor vs SU: graduate degree
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… we started his journey of terror
He is not someone you want to see unlike…
Guy you want on your fantasy team
LSU A&M: Odell Beckham Jr vs SU: wish we had one
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… Geaux Giants
Wide Receivers are covered by…
DBs
LSU A&M: Tommy Casanova, Honey Badger vs SU: Donovin Darius, Shamarko
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… he don’t care
The honey badger is not the school…
Mascot
LSU A&M: Mike the Tiger vs SU: Otto the Orange
Otto’s Edge: SU… Mike is a real live tiger. I wonder what they feed him?
Speaking of which…
Let’s put the women and children to bed and go lookin for dinner
LSU A&M: Cajun, Creole, Gumbo, Po Boys, Crawfish
vs SU: Salt Potatoes, Spiedies, Buffalo Wings
Otto’s Edge: SU… higher quality
Sticking with food...
Alumni a founder of
LSU A&M: Ruth’s Chris Steak House vs SU: Foursquare
Otto’s Edge: SU… no one checks in at Ruth’s Chris
Someone who ate a lot…
Wrassling
LSU A&M: John Tenta (Earthquake) vs SU: Mike Rotunda (IRS)
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… a win for the WWF WrestleFest star
The IRS wants to tax a large…
Purchase
LSU A&M: Louisiana Purchase vs SU: Purchase, NY
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… it doubled the size of our country
A representative of the country…
Miss America
LSU A&M: winner Amanda Joseph and runner up Jennifer Dupont
vs SU: Vanessa Williams
Otto’s Edge: SU… she went on to be successful afterwards
While we are on pretty women…
Dance Team
LSU A&M: Golden Girls vs SU: Dance Team
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… who isn’t hot for Blanche Devereaux?
The opposite of love is…
Let the hate flow through you
LSU A&M: many rivals vs SU: no rivals
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… they have a rivalry with every SEC West team, Florida, and Tulane. They have played Miss St the most times (109). Tulane is their oldest rival playing just about every year from 1893-1996. However they played only a few times after that and haven’t played since 2009. Oh and we can both agree that Auburn sucks.
Both Auburn and LSU A&M prevented SU from winning its only Sugar Bowl appearances, speaking of which…
Bowls
LSU A&M: 23-22-1 vs SU: 15-9-1
Otto’s Edge: SU… much better record.
We also played LSU A&M in the Hall of Fame Bowl, which brings us to...
Head to Head
LSU A&M: One win vs SU: One win
Otto’s Edge: Push… this week will be the 1st regular season tilt
Another area we are even on is…
Heisman Trophies
LSU A&M: Billy Cannon vs US: Ernie Davis
Otto’s Edge: Push… Cannon won the award the year we won the title
Leading LSU A&M to their last 2 titles were…
Nick Saban
LSU A&M: former HC vs SU: former assistant
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… he had more success there
and…
Head Coach
LSU A&M: Les Miles vs SU: Shafer
Otto’s Edge: LSU A&M… although he does have twice as many losses as Shafer
But who cares about sports these are higher learning institutions…
Edumacation
LSU A&M: 129th vs SU: 61st
Otto’s Edge: SU… quite a difference
But that education didn’t make these guys any smarter...
Shoplifter
LSU A&M: Rex Reed vs SU: MCW
Otto’s Edge: SU… at least MCW was still a kid without a job. Maybe they teach you to rip others off at LSU A&M. I mean you have their team name (Auburn), their stadium nickname (Clemson), and they have also ripped off the NC State promo video.
And finally the category of the year…
Sports Family
LSU A&M: Kevin Faulk (Marshall’s cousin) vs SU: David Bavaro (Mark’s brother)
Otto’s Edge: SU… loved both of them
And there you have it folks. The Bayou Bengals will beat the Orange 20-19. Remember LSU is just SU with an added L. See you in 2 weeks.
