re: LSU and Texas A&M - Primetime on Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving night is just a fantastic atmosphere for a game. You have a choice of either doing an early Thanksgiving dinner, doing a Thanksgiving tailgate, or worst case doing a Friday Thanksgiving. We usually do the tailgate and it is pretty special, there is something really cool about getting together with friends and family in the shadow of Kyle Field and eating traditional Thanksgiving food mixed in with a few special tailgate items. Watch the Cowboys game and then it's showtime. BTW, every other year CBS will broadcast the Cowboys and would likely pick this game as well meaning that at every commercial break they would be hyping the game since the NFL night game is on NFL Network.

I do understand that some people don't like the idea of the "short week" but what you forget is the "long week" if you make the Championship game. Play on Thursday night and you have an extra day or two on whomever else you are playing. Typically schedule a patsy or do a bye week prior anyway.

It's laughable that people think it would hurt attendance as well. As if LSU fans will pass up going to a guaranteed night game on national telecvision against A&M because it is inconvenient. For Ags it is part of our DNA to play on Thanksgiving. It's also great to play Thanksgiving night so that you can really enjoy the rest of the weekend. Either sit back and enjoy rivalry weekend from your couch or sports bar or go hunting (still got a 3 day weekend) or go shopping if you must.

Playing on Thanksgiving is special, playing Friday or Saturday is just like everyone else.