There comes a moment during the burning of a college football coach in effigy when even some intoxicated fans realize they've gone too far. It wasn't during the "Burn, Saban, Burn" chants Friday night. Or when the Mike the Tiger mascot paraded around the bonfire and lit the Saban scarecrow on fire. Or even when the flames got so hot they melted alway the police tape within seconds and forced the crowd to retreat a little.
No, the tipping point came when the Saban scarecrow vanished in flames within two minutes, leaving a couple hundred people cheering for a burning cross. It was at that moment that a few of the couple hundred LSU fans acknowledged how disturbing their ritual had become.
"This isn't my scene," one LSU fan said. "I'm outta here."
The Burning of Nick Saban
No, the tipping point came when the Saban scarecrow vanished in flames within two minutes, leaving a couple hundred people cheering for a burning cross. It was at that moment that a few of the couple hundred LSU fans acknowledged how disturbing their ritual had become.
"This isn't my scene," one LSU fan said. "I'm outta here."
The Burning of Nick Saban
