Alabama and LSU meet in a high-stakes football game Saturday night, but Alabama is ripping some fans for taking the rivalry too far.
During the week, a banner was spotted hanging from an off-campus apartment encouraging the Crimson Tide to finish what Hurricane Katrina started in Louisiana.
Bama bros pic.twitter.com/0rQtGXkzY5
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) November 7, 2015
The banner was bad enough that the university itself chimed in via the school’s official Twitter account.
UA is appalled that anyone would display a banner with such an inappropriate and offensive statement. (1 of 2)
— The Univ. of Alabama (@UofAlabama) November 7, 2015
It’s our understanding that the banner was hung at an off-campus apartment complex and it has been removed. (2 of 2)
— The Univ. of Alabama (@UofAlabama) November 7, 2015
The school went on to criticize other offensive banners and encouraged a welcoming environment in Tuscaloosa for the big game.
LSU took notice of the banner too. Star running back Leonard Fournette, a New Orleans native who lost his home in the storm, fired off a warning.
Inspire us to go harder love my savages…….
— 7⃣ (@_fournette) November 6, 2015
LSU alum Odell Beckham Jr. also had something to say about that banner. “Katrina never broke us,” he wrote on Instagram. “It made us savages.”
Not that LSU needed any further motivation – they’re playing for a playoff spot – but that horrible banner may have made them even more determined to take out Alabama.
