Triple Option Podcast on August 8<\/a>. \u201cI remember saying that\u2019s one\u00a0place I\u2019ll never ever go again. So, I\u00a0could tell you story after story of\u00a0things that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWhat was the old\u00a0lady doing?\u201d Rob Stone asked Meyer. \u201cWe had eye\u00a0contact, and it was very clear. \u201d Welcome\u00a0to Baton Rouge, you prick,\u201d Meyer said laughingly, answering Stone\u2019s question.<\/p>\n
The fan intensity at LSU, and especially Tiger Stadium, is an unrelenting pressure cooker. When Meyer was a head coach, he acknowledged\u00a0Tiger Stadium\u00a0as one of the toughest venues in sports. For him, the environment is borderline toxic for opposing teams.\u00a0While usually the booing is directed towards the player, LSU fans have even targeted Meyer whenever he has been down there.<\/p>\n
This was also the era when the annual Florida-LSU rivalry was one of the most brutal fixtures in college football.<\/p>\n
One of the many instances he has had in LSU is of an elderly woman flipping him off. In the 2007 matchup when his defending national champion Florida Gators rolled into Baton Rouge, they were welcomed with a hostile environment. As the Florida team buses pulled up to the venue, Meyer looked out the window and noticed an elderly woman navigating the crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember the old lady; she\u2019s in a walker, she\u2019s walking, and as our buses come by, she stops and takes her hands off the walker and just [gives the middle fingers].\u201d The double bird, staring right at me. I was like, \u2018What in the h*ll?\u201d Meyer still remembers her face clearly and can even make her sketch.<\/p>\n
This was just the beginning. While walking with his team in a cramped, 10-foot-wide chain-link walkway,\u00a0he had an encounter with another crazy fan. <\/p>\n
A male LSU fan stood right against the fence, screaming and locking eyes with Meyer. As Meyer got closer, he dumped his glass on him. He believed it was just beer and physically went after him. Security intervened and stopped him as the fan disappeared. After reaching the locker room, Meyer realized the fan had actually thrown a cup of urine on him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meyer\u2019s Gators lost 28\u201324 in 2007. In 2009, he got his revenge with a 13\u20133 victory. But the relentless verbal abuse from the stands stuck with him permanently, very evidently. <\/p>\n
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