re: How much would a tune up game have helped us?

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we should have moved Southern or New Mexico St to week zero.

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That was not possible.

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Should have been in the contract that this had to be game 1 for both teams

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When these contracts were signed, this had never happened to LSU before, to my knowledge. Why would you write something into a contract you had no reason to think you had to worry about. The deal was closed in February of 2020 for the FSU games. Ucla was closed in 2018 I believe.

We have a contract with Clemson in 2025 & 2026 for openers. 2025 schedule (and 2024 for the return match with FSU) are set with little possibility of either team being able to get a week 0 game on their schedule. 2026 is not so, Clemson has a minimal schedule set up and Hawaii has open slots on its schedule including week 0. That is the only concern going forward and I don't really know how much of a concern it is.