re: Just got my Tradition Fund e-mail...........

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Bitch, bitch, bitch. Last year it was only 6 home games, including 2 cupcakes. This year it's 8 home games including Bama at night and Washington. The perpetually unhappy LSU fan is perpetually unhappy. Keep 'em or sell 'em. But stop yer whining.

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If we were paying $210/ticket (more for sideline) and getting Ole Miss (or even UGA) results, I can see people bitching.

But, Jesus, you can actually see where your money is going. Anyone who has been to a game in the last 3-6 years can see all the changes on campus. They're using that money on facilities and it's paying off big time -- IN WINS.

It's not like they're just taking it and blowing it. And, if it weren't for Title IX, we'd probably see a lot more of it in the football operations. But, one look at the facilities and you know where they're spending those donations.

And, it's something they've GOT TO DO to keep up with the Alabamas, the Oklahomas, the Longhorns. When an 17-18 year old kid comes to look at your school, LIKE IT OR NOT, that's what he's looking at -- the bling factor. He wants to see that your school has the game room, the pool room, the big HDTVs in the players lounge. The parents want to see the academic center, the tutoring program, the fitness/health facilities. If you don't have it and Alabama does -- guess where the kid (and his parents) is going to want to spend the next 4 years.

We may not like the "facilities arms race" in college football, but we have to live with it to compete.