Cotton Bowl Wrap Up

How ‘bout dem Tigers !!! We can only hope that the complete Tiger team that demolished A&M in the Cotton Bowl is indicative of what we have to look forward to next fall. 11-2 is nothing to sneeze at in the SEC and if Auburn can complete the BCS Championship, we’ll personify the excellence that the SEC commands, especially the Western Conference. With a list of top 10 recruiting classes including this year’s, the bar has been raised for a continuation of excellence at LSU.

The bar has been raised. 2010 was the most successful in our chapter’s history in a number of ways. From the 156 members in 2006, we ended the year with just over 600 paid members. These memberships helped us to contribute over $10,000 to LSUAA Scholarships for DFW students and earned our chapter the Purple & Gold Award for Philanthropy from LSUAA. You also helped us to contribute over $13,000 from the Crawfish Boil for scholarships.

The number of students from the DFW area continues to climb and the honors that are being earned by them at LSU indicate that we are attracting more of the brightest students to our campus. Your help in HS recruiting has been a major factor in that success. Watch for the listings of locations in the fall where you can help our Scholarship Chair, Linda Young, to increase that number even more. But with the increase in out of state students comes a need for more scholarships. And you can contribute on our website throughout the year with your tax deductible contributions to our 501©3 organization.

Just as the 2008 LSU Specialty Plates campaign attracted alums and fans to our Dallas chapter and our website, the recent Cotton Bowl did likewise. The MOST IMPORTANT DATE for your calendar is Saturday, September 3^rd as our Tigers will play Oregon in Cowboys Stadium. As information becomes available, it will be posted on our website so stay tuned. And a special thanks to all who gave of their time and energy to see that the DFW chapters had such a successful hosting of our Cotton Bowl activities.

Our Board meets the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm at the Hilton Lincoln Center on 635 & the Tollway. With the retirement and relocation of several Board members, we welcome all who would like to serve on our Board as well as participate in planning activities to join us at that time. What YOU put into your membership determines what you get out of it and serving on the Board, which requires all of 2-3 hours per month, is the most satisfying of all. So join us and let your voice and suggestions be heard.

Thanks to those members who have joined each of the last four years as you have helped solidify the Dallas Chapter as one of if not the largest chapter outside the State of Louisiana. If you have been a former active member but have not renewed, now is the time to come home! If you’re contemplating joining our chapter, click on the website and choose the membership link. Your participation will create a vast number of friendships here in the DFW area who share your passion for LSU. You’ll never regret it! If you’ve been wanting to give back to LSU, your membership is a perfect starting point.

Here’s to a GREAT year in 2011. Come along for the ride with us! Geaux Tigers!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year from the Board of your LSU Alumni Dallas Chapter. We want to thank you for the successful year that you helped us to achieve and wish you continued success in 2011.

On Feb. 11th, our Dallas Chapter will receive 2 awards at the Alumni Leadership Conference at Baton Rouge and it's because of you. As we come to the end of 2010, our goal of $20K contributions in 2010 for DFW Scolarships was met in 9 months. Our membership goal of 500 active members was exceeded on Dec. 2nd. And we are only 3 memberships short of 600 active members in our Dallas Chapter.

Bowl Season is Almost Here!

Hi Ho, Hi Ho. A Bowling we will geaux! But where we're playing, no one knows! Even though we're not going to the Sugar Bowl, our 10^th ranked Tigers will be playing in a January bowl and that will be determined Sunday evening. So watch our website next week for any announcements of Cotton Bowl interest if that's our destination.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Have a safe and blessed Thanksgiving whether you're traveling to be with family or friends this week. The football calendar in Dallas sandwiches around an LSU Alumni Power Hour from Thursday thru Saturday. First, the World Champion Who Dats visit our Cowboys on Thursday at 3:15 PM and all of our watch party locations will be showing the game. Come out even if you have divided loyalty as many of us do!

LSU vs. Ole Miss

2 more victories needed to secure a BCS Bowl Bid! With nine victories under their belt and Senior Day this Saturday in Tiger Stadium, the next goal is to finish the season with definitive wins over Ole Miss & Arkansas. Fifteen seniors will be playing their last home game in Tiger Stadium Saturday afternoon and if you're not going to be yelling for them in Death Valley, don't just sit home. Come out to one of our watch locations and bring your passion and pride with you. Wear your colors! We can never have too many rabid fans pulling our Tigers on the victory no. 10! Kickoff is 2:30 PM so come early and yell loud!!!! And in case you've forgotten the cadence, it goes like this- "Go to Hell, Ole Miss, go to hell!!!"