In an article titled “You can’t spell ‘lush’ without L-S-U,” The Wall Street Journal says when it comes to drinking, Tigers fans top every college poll. “This weekend, thousands of Louisiana State fans will swarm New Orleans to watch the Tigers take on Alabama in Monday’s BCS Championship game. But before, during and after the contest, these celebrants will gather in the French Quarter to engage in the one activity they’re better at than perhaps any other group of football fans: drinking,” the article reads. “Year in and year out, regardless of how well their team is playing, LSU supporters make other college tailgating crews look like Baptist choirs.” In a study of beer sales and shipments over the last decade by the Beer Institute, a Washington, D.C., industry group, Louisiana has ranked as high as No. 5 among all states in per capita beer consumption. That makes it the thirstiest state in the South. Tin Roof Brewing Company co-owner William McGehee puts it this way: “I don’t want us to look like raging alcoholics, but I don’t think there’s any more passionate fans.” Read the full story here.
Today’s poll question: How do you think the LSU-focused article in today’s Wall Street Journal, and others like it, reflects on LSU and Baton Rouge?
