Ok here goes
Bayou Classic 1998
I was in my last year of law school and I had studied so hard to be able to take the entire weekend off to kick it, so I was ready to have a blast. My LS(a Su grad) and I had made plans to go together. We rode down to New Orleans with the GSU flag on one window and the Su flag on the other. Cars were blowing at us all along I-10 pointing at the flags like what's up with having both schools flags. We just laughed it off. We stayed at the Ramada on Canal that year. As soon as we got out the car, we started seeing people we knew checking in too. We got to the Battle of the Bands late so we were sitting wayyyyy at the top hollering and screaming. She hollered when Su played and I hollered when Gram played. We hung out walking up and down Bourbon Street all night. The weather was perfect. There were so many people we saw that we knew it was ridiculous. I saw folks from Gram that I hadn't seen in years. We took so many pictures with our sorors and frat brothers. We ran into my former sweetie pie's brother and I was so excited because he said my sweetie pie was gonna be coming down on Saturday.
Saturday came quick, since we got in at around 4am and only had a few hours of sleep. We got ready for the game. We were looking toooo cute. One of the best things about New Orleans is walking everywhere and seeing folks. So, of course, we walked to the game. It was my responsibility to get the game tickets. Of course, I got tickets that were on Gram's side. My LS was too upset when she saw we were gonna be sitting surrounded by Gram folks. All game the folks were attacking her when we scored and then she was up screaming when Su scored. We had so much fun. The rivalry is awesome between the two school's fans. They won, but she didn't tease me too bad in the end. We hung around the mall and vendor area awhile afterwards seeing more people we knew and taking more pictures.
NOW THE DRAMA STARTS
We went back to the hotel, ate, slept, and changed clothes for the night ahead. We went back to Bourbon again. Not only did I run into my former sweetie pie but both, my LS and I, saw two or three of our prospects from home too.
They were all jocking too hard (you know how men can be when they're trying to holla) and we had to keep shaking 'em 'cause we wanted to just do our thing on Bourbon like we did the night before. That we did. My LS and I stayed out there until like 1 and said we were gonna go back to the room to rest awhile and come back out later. Well when we got back to the hotel, one of my prospects that I had shook on Bourbon was waiting outside the hotel for me. I'm thinking why did I even mention where I was staying. My LS was laughing so hard at me. So we all 3 get on the elevator to go up to the room. Well, low and behold, my LS' former sweetie is waiting right outside our door when we got off the elevator. How did he get our room number??? I just fell out laughing at her since she had just laughed at me for getting caught. Now we're thinking we both are tied up and we've got to shake them 'cause we're going back out to Bourbon it a little while. My LS and I are so in tune with one another that we both knew to act veryyyy sleepy and like we were getting ready to retire for the night. We took our showers and dressed for bed and everything. Both guys were like well guess we better go since y'all are that tired.
GREAT. We waited like thirty minutes after they left, got dressed and went back out on Bourbon. We were having a blast hanging out until we ran right into my LS' former sweetie on Bourbon. He was out there by
himself looking like he was looking for her to be out there. We both couldn't say anything. He just followed us around until we went in for the night and kept her in the hallway talking until the next morning. I kept waking up periodically to check on her and she was so mad it was hilarious. We packed up about 12pm Sunday, checked out the hotel, went and ate a big breakfast and headed back home.
New Orleans showed me that year that Bayou Classic is the best black event and will forever be. It will never be the same anywhere else. No other place can you walk around the whole weekend with almost no sleep, see so many people, and enjoy a good rivalry.
NOTE: You definitely have to be single and/or go without a significant other to get the full effect of walking all night on Bourbon footloose and fancy free. Either go with your girls or for men go with your boys.
I can't wait until this year's. Gonna have to see if I can go without sleep like that again in my elder years. :jump: :jump:
