re: Did you like playing Arkansas the day after Thanksgiving?

I hated the Arkansas game on the Friday after Thanksgiving for several reasons.

1. It generally created a poor atmosphere in and around TS. Many students, as well as the general public who attended LSU games were often out of town for Thanksgiving. Playing on Saturday allows those folks to return back to BR after Thanksgiving.

2. It was always a "forced" rivalry. Part of that forced aspect was putting the game on a day other than Saturday for no other reason than to try to make it a big deal.

3. Many times it resulted in some degree of sloppy play. It forced a short week of prep during a holiday week where the players, on both teams, at least wanted to celebrate some semblance of Thanksgiving. The players' minds are not completely on football on Thanksgiving...then they had to turn around and play a day game the next day. At least with a game on Saturday it gives the players a day to refocus before playing. It also forced the visiting team to travel on or before Thanksgiving.