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Controversy Over Katrina Sign Hung During Louisiana University Football Game

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When the ESPN College GameDay traveling roadshow rolls into town, an inordinate amount of time and interest is paid to the signs that litter the crowd. This Saturday, though, the sign that caused the greatest uproar and/or furor wasn’t even on location.

At some point ahead of the huge matchup between No. 2 LSU and No. 4 Alabama in Tuscaloosa, photos of a rather classless sign began making the rounds on social media. The sign, apparently put together by a handful of genius-level Alabama bros, took the biggest natural disaster in American history and attempted to turn it into a punchline, with…

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