re: Once and for all. Declining college football attendance is NOT just an LSU problem

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We had about 85k in the stadium last night.

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Stadium looks embarrassing on TV with wide swaths of empty seats. And those are sets in the bowl on the east side. The crowd was flat for most of the first half last night.

But LSU's administration doesn't care about that at this point. They want the money of sold tickets and increased concession prices. They don't care if the food sucks and the service is bad because enough sheep will still buy it.

And the TV money is the big thing. LSU has played 11 a.m. home game recently because TV told them to do it, and they have to do it because of the money TV game them. USC and UCLA aren't moving to the Big Ten because they want better opponents for better home attendance. They're leaving because they're guaranteed a huge increase in guaranteed TV money.