re: Coming to Baton Rouge for the UCLA game, advice please

What is the over/under on how many times Bruin fans will hearTiger fans mentioning the words “sissy blue”? The modern UCLA unis are more of a Royal blue than the uniforms of the 60s and 70s. A better shade of blue in my opinion.

I'd rent a car, walk, hitch hike, pay for Uber, raw dog prostitute....before riding the Greyhound from NOLA to BR. All advise provided seems legit. Stay in NOLA until friday evening. Rent a car, stay near campus, or downtown and get to campus early Saturday morning. Like early early and just walk up to tailgates and be friendly. You won't have to pay for food or beer the whole day. Tailgaters love being friendly. Geaux Tigers!

That game is September 21st. If it is a night game all is good, but if it’s a day game you want to be on the west side in the shade. It’s going to be hot and humid during the day. Maybe at night, too.

Do you even Welsh baw?

Just wanted to piggyback off this post because I had some similar questions. A group of my college friends are planning a trip this fall to go to a Saints game, and I am trying to convince them to do an LSU game the same weekend. Right now, it is looking like being the weekend of the Ole Miss game.
There will be about 15/20 guys, ages 35-40. The majority of us live in Ireland. I live in NYC. I moved to the States after college (lived in Fort Worth for just over a year, hence the TCU tag next to my name, before moving to NYC), but most of the guys are back home in Ireland. We all played American Football together in college.
The provisional plan for the trip is for people to arrive in New Orleans on the Thursday/Friday, and fly back on the Monday.

I know people have said the best way to travel from New Orleans is to drive, but..... we all plan on sampling Louisiana's finest beverages, so I don't think any of us should really drive back that night. I did see a bus service (Baton Rouge Blitz) that does a bus service the day of the game. Leaving New Orleans five hours before kickoff, and returning one hour after the game. Has anyone used this before?
This is $110 per person, which at possibly 20 people, would end up being around $2,000 total. Are there any other options that would make sense? I don't think all of the group would plan on staying in Baton Rouge, but a few of us might if it made sense. The Saints game the next day would be at 1:00pm, and we would have already paid for hotels in New Orleans.

As far as tailgating, I've heard if we walk around people are pretty welcoming, but with that many of us, we wouldn't want to completely crash/dominate someone's tailgate. What would be our best option as far as tailgating? If anyone has a big enough tailgate, we would be more than willing to bring booze/snacks!

Most of the group have been to multiple NFL games before, but most have never been to a college game. None of the group have ever been to an SEC game.

There are some good options on here, but if you want the REAL South Baton Rouge experience and not the typical Cajun this Cajun that:

Find an AirB&B in the Southdowns area. Plenty of them to choose from. Friday nights near the Perkins Rd. Overpass is probably the only actually cool place to go. There are multiple bars and restaurants to choose from.

These eateries are excellent and they are all on Perkins Road within walking distance from each other:

DiGiulio Brothers is a place you don’t want to miss. It’s Italian and delicious but on Friday nights it is bumping.

Overpass Merchant is great with a very cool eclectic menu and it’s very lively as well. Great cocktails great apps.

Chow Yum, an Asian fusion joint is VERY cool and the food is spectacular.

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BLDG5 another staple in the area which has amazing food and its own cool little market.

After hitting any of these eateries, theses bars


Zippy’s(great food too elevated taco)
Ivar’s
Duvic’s
Zee Zee’s

are all fun place to go all within walking distance.

Friday night in this are is where you need to be. It’s safe and there’s lots of options!

If you’re coming in on a Thursday, I’d stay in New Orleans Thursday and get some of the big city and then come to Baton Rouge Friday. You don’t want to be in Baton Rouge three nights in a row.

Couldn’t resist- El CID

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