re: Message to LSU Athletics...

too bad none of those had an open date yesterday.


have to find someone to fit the schedule, whoever it may be


stop while youre behind

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Even though, LSU could have found a Southern Miss, or Rice, Or Utep of some kind out there to come play...

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WRONG. Did you notice that State played at Troy this year, or that Baylor went to Monroe? Do you know why? If you don't give a lower tier FBS program a two for one to get a discount for giving them a home date, then they will hit your program up for a BIG chunk of change. There is more demand than supply, and they know it. It's how many programs fund their football team. This problem is why the rule to count an FCS game toward your bowl total once every few years was put into effect. There aren't enough teams in the WAC, CUSA, the MAC and the Sun Belt to pad everyone's schedule.

All that said, we had a team drop us from their schedule late because of conference uncertainty. That pretty much doomed us to pick up an FCS team. Here's my question. If you are going to do that, is it smart to bring in a good one? One that has a good coach and players and can do some damage if you don't show up to play. It's one thing to schedule great OOC games, because players get up for them and fans pack the stadium. No one cares about any FCS team. Scheduling good ones just isn't wise. Just ask Michigan. Next time, get a SWAC or MEAC team and sleepwalk all you want.