New Orleans po boy shop owner Mike Serio is the iron man of LSU fans as he’ll attend his 500th consecutive game tomorrow night when the Tigers host Georgia State. His incredible streak started in 1983 and there have been some close calls. In 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, Serio had to scramble after LSU’s home game against Arizona State was shifted to Tempe.
“The airport in New Orleans was shut down, so I had to drive to Houston,” said Serio. “I drove to Houston caught a flight to Phoenix, stayed at my ex-wife’s house, went to the game, and came home, that was pretty wild.”
During the 2020 COVID season, Serio watched the LSU-Vanderbilt game from a parking lot in Nashville next to the stadium. He also had to quickly pivot in 2021, when LSU’s game against Missouri was moved to Columbia because of a hurricane.
Not only does Serio go to every game, but he stays until the end, except for one game during a dark time for LSU football, the Curly Hallman years.
“We were playing in Jackson, Mississippi, we are getting beat by Mississippi State and I couldn’t take it anymore and I started chanting ‘I’m leaving early Curly,” said Serio.
Serio says his favorite trip in the SEC is Kentucky. He says LSU’s game at Washington was cool in 2009, but his favorite trip was to Green Bay in 2016.
“We lost, we played terrible, but it was a great trip, being at Lambeau Field, to me it was like going to Yankee Stadium,” said Serio.
The 72-year-old Serio doesn’t expect to miss a game anytime soon and is looking forward to next year’s season opener in Las Vegas.
His son, Mickey was on the 2002 LSU baseball team. His daughter, Madeleline is a senior at LSU majoring in sports administration. His wife is Patricia.
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