LSU

Bayou State flagship

LSU is Louisiana State University, a public research university in Baton Rouge.

In casual use, LSU almost always refers to its athletic programs, especially football: LSU is playing Alabama this weekend.

The team name is the Tigers, and fans are known for their purple and gold colors and raucous home stadium atmosphere.

university

campus

Institutional grounds and buildings

graduate · scholarship · tuition · professors · alumni · admissions · research · diploma · degree · curriculum

athletics

SEC

Stock market regulator

basketball · softball · track · swimming · Heisman · coach · championship · tailgate · recruiting

Louisiana

Cajun

Louisiana's French descendants

  • CreoleFused language, stabilized
  • bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway
  • gumboSpiced Louisiana stew

crawfish · beignet · po'boy · zydeco · Acadiana · swamp · jazz · plantation · voodoo · boudin

mascot

tiger

Large striped Asian feline

paw · roar · gameday · sideline · Bengal

Categories
Opposites
SEC athletic rivalry

LSUAlabama

Deep South state

Ole Miss · Auburn · Texas A&M · Florida · Arkansas

institutional type contrast

LSUHarvard

Prestigious Cambridge university

Yale · Princeton · MIT · Stanford

in-state rivalry

LSUNew Orleans

Louisiana's largest city

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G