This is the season to get up out of your isolation and join a group of LSU fans to enjoy Tiger football. Here are the five 2011 Official View In locations spread around metro Atlanta. Just by patronizing these places for games you will be helping build our scholarship endowment fund. And the Tiger Prize Patrol will visit each location at least once during the season. Watch the weekly newsletters during the season for updates! Subscribe here if you are not on the list. Read on for locations and details...
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| LSU Atlanta Offers FIVE Football ViewIn Locations | |
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| 2011 SWEET SEND OFF PARTY | |
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What an exciting class of Freshmen we have for LSU from Greater Atlanta!! At our Sweet Send Off party held July 31st we had 35 students and 53 parents, siblings, friends and a group of 12 Atlanta LSU Alumni who experienced a great time of meeting, sharing, and seeing that LSU TIGER spirit. A big thanks to LSU Atlanta board member Phil Adra for being Master of Ceremonies. |
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| Former LSU Players, Sports Writer Featured at 2011 Kickoff Party Sat. 8/27 | |
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Get ready for a special afternoon of Tiger football talk and other activities at our 2011 Kickoff Party to be held at Buckhead Saloon (3227 Roswell Rd.) starting at 3 pm Saturday, August 27th. The gathering, a joint effort of LSU Atlanta and TAF Georgia Chapter, will include informal football talk/Q & A with former LSU football players and sports media representatives, video features, Tiger Prize Patrol raffle and a Silent Auction with some great LSU collectibles and merchandise. Admission is FREE!
Scheduled to participate to date are: Liffort Hobley was a celebrated defensive back for LSU in the early ‘80s and was part of that vaunted Bayou Bengal defense that humbled Alabama in 1982, holding them to no first downs in the first half on the way to a 20 - 10 win. Hobley, who now resides in Ft. Worth Texas, was selected all-SEC 1983-84 and went on to play eight years in the NFL for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Dolphins. We are fortunate that we found out Liffort would be in town and he is excited to come share his memories and thoughts with us. Curt Gore and Jeff Fordham both played for LSU as offensive guards from 1982-85 and earned letters while blocking for Dalton Hilliard and Garry James a/k/a "The Dalton James Gang." Gore lettered all four years and was selected All-SEC in his senior year. Both men live and work in metro Atlanta now and are eager to talk about LSU football. Watch some highlights of that 1982 Bama beatdown here, one of the great games in LSU history. Bear Bryant proclaimed that it was the worst physical beating any of his teams had sustained and shortly later announced his retirement. Melvin Richey played on the defensive line from 1999 - 2002 and is a Decatur, Georgia native who played at SW DeKalb High School. After his playing days he returned to this area and currently is a co-defensive coordinator and D line coach as well as a teacher in Newton County. We'll ask Melvin about the transition from Gerry Dinardo to Nick Saban at LSU. Kirston Pittman holds the distinction of being the only LSU player to have National Championship rings for both 2003 and 2007. In 2003 the defensive end earned Freshmen All-SEC honors from the Sporting News and was named honorable mention Freshmen All-American by College Football News. Pittman redshirted after missing the entire 2005 season with a foot injury and then missed all of 2006 after tearing an Achilles tendon during an offseason workout. He got a sixth year of eligibility and in 2007 he started all 14 games and had 68 total tackles (29 solo) with 12.5 going for losses and 7.5 sacks. He also intercepted a pass. Yet another injury cut his NFL run short after one season with the St. Louis Rams, but Pittman persevered and played this spring for the New Orleans Voodoo in arena football. Read on...
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| 2011 Crawfish Craze Saturday April 16th | |
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4/17 UPDATE: Guaranteed crawfish ordering has now ended, the truck is on its way to bayou country. You can still order admission online until Thursday at 5 pm. Walkup admission is $15. We may have a limited amount of extra crawfish that will be released for sale after 1:30 pm. There's plenty of other great food as listed below included in your admission, so you can still have a great time. Tiger Fans and Friends - Get ready for a whole afternoon of fun on Saturday, April 16th at “Bayou Allatoona.” Please read all the event details below. As always, you need to order in advance for your required admission and any quantity of 2 lb. and 4 lb. platters of crawfish you desire. Admission includes a sumptuous Cajun Buffet, live music by The Squirrelheads (sponsored by Duffy Realty of Atlanta), and one free raffle ticket. EVENT INFO:
The 2011 "Crawfish Craze in Red Clay Country" returns to "Bayou Allatoona" from Noon – 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 16th. Event goes on Rain or Shine. Buffet food service begins at Noon and goes until 2:30 p.m.
"Bayou Allatoona" is our affectionate name for Lake Allatoona's Corps of Engineers Riverside Park Pavilion A, 45 minutes NW of downtown off Red Top Mtn. Rd exit of I-75 North (Directions HERE) The expansive park features paved parking, a covered pavilion with lots of table seating, permanent bathrooms and a playground area. Catering Cajun will once again be bringing the crawfish from Louisiana and cooking them hot 'n spicy on site. Read on for more info. |
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| Mardi Gras - FAT TUESDAY Entertainment | |
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Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Activities with our great sponsors! |
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| King Cake Party Feb. 19 - It's Mardi Gras Time | |
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| Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble - ACZA Cajun Dance Event | |
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SATURDAY -&n| SEC Alumni Clubs Gathering -Toys for Tots/Food Bank Holiday Social Dec. 16 | |
Come mix and mingle with fellow SEC young alumni at a combined alumni social event at Buckhead Saloon on Thursday, December 16, 2010, from 6:30-8:30pm.There is no cost to attend this event, but we are asking that you donate to the TOYS 4 TOTS organization and/or the Atlanta Community Food Bank. We will be collecting toys and canned food items at the event, so please do your part in helping to spread some holiday cheer to those in need. Cash donations will also be accepted for these charities.
Other college alumni groups are: Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Ole Miss Black Bears, and the South Carolina Gamecocks. Buckhead Saloon will offer all alumni drink specials and complimentary appetizers for attending: $5.00 Red Bull Vodka, $3.00 Martinis and $2.00Miller Lite Draft |
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| Atkins Park Smyrna Hosts Abita Po Boy Dinner Tues. Aug. 31 and Tailgate Blowout Sept. 4 | |
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Atkins Park in Smyrna is gearing up to be our Cobb County View In Location and is hosting a special event with Abita Beer next Tuesday that will be the perfect preseason kickoff party, followed by an all-day tailgate party atmosphere this Saturday for LSU and all college football fans |
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| Tiger Band Members, Golden Girls to Perform at Tabernacle Kickoff Concert Friday Night | |
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