Still worried about "climate of austerity"

Hope I'm wrong, but still have a hunch that this is effecting things. Remember the state of the art nutrition center that was a supposed to be a stand-alone facility? It ended up being relegated to a floor in the football stadium.

This is going to take a lot of money, and the boosters that want to pay ultimately won't have the final say. It's going to be the board of supervisors and president of the university, and remember this is a conglomerate of politicians, academics, and business leaders. I have a bad feeling this "Sexton" talk, as well as rumors that LSU is "making a big offer" is damage control to make the public think LSU made a good offer.

They were prepared, and purportedly hoped, that Ed Orgeron would "make it easy on them." Worried that all the decision makers, outside the big money boosters, aren't willing to do what it takes. Of course it's short-sighted, but this is Louisiana.