Gamecocks fan Scott Sopke, of Charlotte, N.C., adjusts the pro-LSU Tiger scarecrow that greeted him on arrival at girlfriend Mary Bonfanti’s family home in Baton Rouge. Sopke was ‘trapped’ with a slew of Tiger fans, left to right, at his LSU campus tailgate site, including girlfriend Bonfanti, Laura Davis, of Denham Springs, and Leigh Bonfanti, of Baton Rouge.
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Bernadine McFadden, left, and Juanita Taylor joke with their friends under a plastic tarp to stay dry while tailgating at Southern University Saturday. The group of friends brings the plastic tarp to every game, even using it to stay dry in the stadium where umbrellas aren’t permitted. They cut holes in the plastic to watch the game. Taylor said, ‘We’re like the Boy Scouts: We’re prepared.’
LSU, Southern faithful ignore inconvenience of a little rain
By
JOHN A. COLVIN
Special to The Advocate
Published: Sep 23, 2007
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