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re: Should we end our rivalry with Tulane?
Posted on 9/10/09 at 10:38 pm to 99PBalloons
Posted on 9/10/09 at 10:38 pm to 99PBalloons
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Drop Tulane and bring back Texas A&M
Yes! This.
There has not been a Tulane/LSU rivalry in football in decades. It exists only in the minds of older guys in New Orleans.
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Posted on 9/10/09 at 11:04 pm to BengalBeaux
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Yes, and we should also quit playing every in state team unless they at least guarantee the sell of their ticket allotment in exchange for their rent-a-win check. I don't think Tulane, ULL, ULM, or LaTech have yet to sell a measly 6,500 seats in Tiger Stadium and it's ridiculous, especially for Tulane and ULL considering their close proximity. If we're going to schedule any of them, I'd just soon schedule Southern University. As for the game, I think playing Southern University would truly be absurd. I'd rather watch an intramural flag game. But it would at least be fun having their fans and band in Tiger Stadium and I bet they'd sell their ticket allotment.
ULL whined for years and even tried to get the state legislature to mandate a game because LSU wouldn't schedule them. Then we finally schedule them and ULL returns tickets to LSU because they can't sell them. Of course, Tulane can't even sell 6,500 seats for a home game in the dome much less sell 6,500 seats in Tiger Stadium. And as far as helping them meet their attendance numbers to remain Div-1, that's one of the problems with Div-1. The NCAA needs to strictly enforce the rules regarding what a program needs to do to be D-1, then appropriately kick the wannabees who are just calling themselve D-1 in order to get a bigger check down. And for you fans of a playoff, slimming down the number of D-1 teams would probably go a long way to opening that door.
The loss of these ticket sales costs LSU money. Most other Lower Tier more geographically distant teams would not be able to sell their ticket allotment either, but the fans they bring would at least be much more beneficial to the local economy. Arkansas State, North Texas, Troy St fans would at least spend a couple days and some bucks in our city.
I've yet to understand the logic in LSU playing these in-state teams. ULL, ULM, Tulane, and LaTech can go and get their rent-a-win checks from Texas, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Auburn, etc.. Unless these teams can help sell out Tiger Stadium on a consistent year in year out basis (not just in a single year when they think they might win), I see nothing but negatives in playing any of them.
Rivalry wise, we have all we need in Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn, and Florida. The last thing we need is a bitter in-state rival. I think one of the main reasons LSU football has managed to stay off of probation is that we don't have to recruit against a bitter in-state rival who'll constantly report us for anything and everything in order to get a recruiting edge.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 11:09 pm to hobo with a rolex
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3 rent a wins from Louisiana seems excessive
Boy, you got that right. Unless we are having problems getting teams to come here, I see no reason in the world for us to play 3 La teams in a season.
I liked the Washington game and I like the NC thing. I would like to see more of that and less La teams in the future.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 11:54 pm to Lonnie4LSU
We should drop Tulane because we need to move toward a more competitive OOC schedule. LaTech as has already been said might be on the way to being a more viable rivalry. I would also like to see us play Texas at least every few years. I'm tired of hearing all the trash talkin'. That shoulda ended with the CWS.
Posted on 9/11/09 at 12:04 am to LSUfanaddict
quote:Why?
we need to move toward a more competitive OOC schedule.
1958: Rice, Hardin-Simmons, Miami, Duke, Tulane
2003: Louisiana-Monroe, Arizona, Western Illinois, Louisiana Tech
2007: Virginia Tech, Middle Tennessee State, Tulane, Louisiana Tech
None of those is a particularly tough OOC.
quote:Yeah, and my hair will start growing back tomorrow.
LaTech as has already been said might be on the way to being a more viable rivalry.
Posted on 9/11/09 at 12:05 am to Scandalous
if they dont make a bowl in 3 years we should end it.
Posted on 9/11/09 at 12:14 am to Scandalous
play them once every 4 or 5 years, and on our terms.
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