Judge rules in favor of LSU football

[macjoe53]

Only in Louisiana...

In LSU country, football trumps trial date
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer
December 21, 2007
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Justice can wait until after the LSU game.

A state judge near the home of the Tigers has agreed to postpone a trial scheduled to start on the same day LSU plays Ohio State in the BCS national championship game.

Stephen Babcock, an attorney defending Imperial Casualty Insurance Co. in a lawsuit over a car crash, requested the delay because he has tickets to the Jan. 7 game at the Superdome in New Orleans. He and other LSU fans have rented out the second floor of a Bourbon Street bar for a pre-game tailgate party.

In his written request for a new trial date, Babcock refers to Ohio State as "Slowhio" ("due to their perceived lack of speed on both sides of the ball") and notes that Allstate, sponsors of the Sugar Bowl, are not a party in the insurance case.

"All counsel to this matter unequivocally agree that the presence of LSU in the aforementioned contest of pigskin skill unquestionably constitutes good grounds therefor," Babcock wrote. "In fact we have been unable through much imagination and hypothetical scenarios to think of a better reason."

Babcock, whose law office is in Baton Rouge, said lawyers for the plaintiff in the case also have tickets to the game.

"We might disagree on the merits of the case, but everyone was in agreement on this, for sure," he said during an interview Friday.

That includes West Baton Rouge Parish District Judge Alvin Batiste, who agreed Thursday to postpone the trial but didn't immediately set a new date. Babcock said he doesn't know if Batiste is an LSU fan, "but most people around here are."

Louisiana already has a legal precedent for football trumping a trial date. In January, a judge agreed to postpone a trial due to a conflict with last season's NFC championship game between the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears.

[Mark C]

Didn't Congress shutdown last year during the national championship game? I think it should be a federal holiday

[ATLHARP]

At least they have their priorities straight!

ATL

[TEAK]

This is time when you smile at people who don't understand all of this and tell them "Its a Southern thing"

AND WERE PROUD OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Korean]

I dont' see anything wrong with that

[ragin' cajun]

Damn right! The US Constitution, the Bill Of Rights, none of that matters when the Saints and the Tigers are playing, anything goes

[Mbraud4]

If this is serious, I sure get a kick out of the "Slowhio" comment. What balls he must have haha. Would have been even funnier if the Judge was a Buckeye Alumnist.

[ToddziLLa]

We do the same kind of stuff for the Michigan game.

I love that people think we are slow.

[whiteboard]

Originally Posted by ToddziLLa

We do the same kind of stuff for the Michigan game.

I love that people think we are slow.

Yup. That's certainly happened before.

Love being the underdog.

[Mbraud4]

Originally Posted by whiteboard

Yup. That's certainly happened before.

Love being the underdog.

Tim PM me if you wanna make a wager, I have a couple sticks to send u anyways.

[LSU_Stogie]

Originally Posted by whiteboard

Yup. That's certainly happened before.

Love being the underdog.

Your right, the last time ya'll were the "slow" you guys got whooped 42-14 by a "faster" Florida team.

Just remember...Ohio St is 0-8 in bowl games against SEC teams.

So, really, "Ohio St bleauxs"

Or, as I heard and thought was funny, Buck the F**keyes

[whiteboard]

Originally Posted by LSU_Stogie

Your right, the last time ya'll were the "slow" you guys got whooped 42-14 by a "faster" Florida team.

Just remember...Ohio St is 0-8 in bowl games against SEC teams.

So, really, "Ohio St bleauxs"

Or, as I heard and thought was funny, Buck the F**keyes

Oh yea...I remember you. Back for more fun and games, huh? Guess some things don't change.

Yawn...

[LSU_Stogie]

Originally Posted by whiteboard

Oh yea...I remember you. Back for more fun and games, huh? Guess some things don't change.

Yawn...

Back for more? I think I've been around for awhile now...longer than you it seems and I'm not playing games either, just delivering cold, hard facts.

Your right, things don't change when we're rivals in the biggest college game of the season. It's called trash talk and if you can't hang then just sit on the porch with some chocolate covered buckeyes.

0-8 will soon turn to 0-9.

[whiteboard]

Originally Posted by LSU_Stogie

Back for more? I think I've been around for awhile now...longer than you it seems and I'm not playing games either, just delivering cold, hard facts.

Your right, things don't change when we're rivals in the biggest college game of the season. It's called trash talk and if you can't hang then just sit on the porch with some chocolate covered buckeyes.

0-8 will soon turn to 0-9.

"Back" as in...back with this kind of dialogue. I never said the bucks would win the game, bro. I was simply observing that the buckeyes seem to do better in an underdog role. So given the choice, I would always rather see them in a big game as the underdog.

As to trash talking, I can more than hang. I simply choose not to participate. And as to facts, your facts refer to past games and past teams.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by LSU_Stogie

0-8 will soon turn to 0-9.

Maybe you should let the teams play the game. SEC is my favorite conference, but......

Originally Posted by whiteboard

And as to facts, your facts refer to past games and past teams.

Exactly...last years (and prior years) games don't mean a thing. It's all about what happens in January 2008.