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Alabama fan trolls LSU fans with hurricane relief billboards

Ryan Young
Staff writer

Shortly after word came that LSU linebacker Devin White will miss the first half of their upcoming matchup against No. 1 Alabama after he was ejected for targeting two weeks ago, Tigers fans started tackling every possible angle to try to get the suspension lifted.

Some fans even erected multiple #FreeDevinWhite billboards in Birmingham, Alabama, where the SEC headquarters is located.

While that didn’t work, and White will still be suspended for the first half, one Alabama fan decided to return the favor.

Two Alabama billboards went up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this week, just days ahead of perhaps the biggest regular season game of the year.

The message, naturally, takes its shots at LSU fans. A giant elephant sits on the right side of the billboard, which claims that Alabama quarterback and Heisman Trophy frontrunner Tua Tagovailoa will drop “half a Benjamin” on the Tigers.

It does, though, have a positive spin that fans of both teams should be able to get behind.

“Before Tua drops half a Benjamin in Death Valley, be sure to donate half a Benjamin to Hurricane Relief!” the billboard reads, including a link to the American Red Cross. “Roll Tide!”

Blake Averette, the man behind the billboards, started a GoFundMe page to help collect the funds to help the victims of Hurricane Michael — which became the third-most powerful storm to ever hit the United States mainland when it made landfall earlier this month in Florida with sustained winds of 155 miles per hour.

From Averette’s GoFundMe page:

While LSU fans waste their money on meaningless billboards based on a conspiracy theory between The University Of Alabama and the Southeastern Conference offices in Birmingham, we are starting this campaign to raise money for hurricane relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Michael, which devastated parts of the Eastern United States in early October.

This hurricane has not received anywhere near the amount of media coverage it should’ve and these people still need help! It caused damage in excess of $8.1 billion.

Stop giving money to meaningless conspiracy theories and give it to people who need your help!

The campaign has raised $2,800 as of Tuesday afternoon, more than half of its initial goal. All funds raised by the campaign will be donated to the American Red Cross.

No matter which side you stand on ahead of the Alabama-LSU game, the campaign is one that should be able to bring fans of both sides together — if only for a brief minute — before the action kicks off on Saturday night in Baton Rouge.

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