Rivalry Week Game

Id rather Oklahoma than Arky. I also think Arky and Mizz are a better rival that Arky and OK.

Tuck Fulane, they can STTDB
If they want to come to Tiger Stadium every year that's fine, but frick Tad Gormley or Pan American

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The Tigers are one of the four SEC teams with no in state rival to end the season.
OU, Arkansas, and Missouri are the other four.
Looks like we’ll be ending with OU until that changes.
I’d rather OU play OK St again and the Tigers pick up Tulane.

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Invite Oklahoma State to the SEC. Problem Solved.

Invite Tulane (Tuck Fulane) back into the SEC. Problem Solved.

Arkansas needs to continue closing out the season out with Missouri, since they have NO in-state rival. Problem Solved.

Occam's Razor here. The best solution to a problem is usually the simplest one. (Oklahoma State and Tulane should be in the SEC)

The LSU-Tulane rivalry used to be as intense as Bama-Auburn and Ole Miss-Miss. State. It was very similar to the current LSU-Southwest Louisiana Junior College situation. The fans of Tulane were extremely jealous/envious of "Big Brother" (Just like SWLAJC fans) and we didn't like each other. (But it was more intense with the Slime fans) Most of the jealousy came from this relatively small group of NOLA "Tumps" (Tulane version of an Alabama Gump and LSU Lump) that latched onto Tulane and made the Green Slime their team of worship and reverance.

The SEC needs to activate an Occam's Razor into reality and get OSU and TU into the Conference...........

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The SEC needs to activate an Occam's Razor into reality and get OSU and TU into the Conference...........

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Only you would say something this fricking stupid.

The SEC isn’t inviting two smaller programs in states already covered by the SEC. Tulame is a fricking joke. It would have to be a much bigger brand like Clemson or FSU for that to happen.

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I hate Tulane and don't think we should dignify them with game, but are you under the impression that a hypothetical LSU/Tulane game in New Orleans would be played at Tad Gormley or Pan Am?

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We should never play another game in the Superdome that isn’t the Sugar Bowl or a playoff game. Tulane is a lower program and doesn’t deserve that kind of support at the expense of LSU losing a home game and the money that comes with it. Ever.

No, sarcasm, I know Tuck Fulane plays at Yulman.
The seating capacity is where the problem lies and it will be their biggest gate.

Under the current 16-team configuration, there are 3 realistic possibilities.

1) If they go to a 1-7 scheduling model, LSU’s permanent opponent and rivalry week opponent would be A&M. That’s highly unlikely since a 1-7 model eliminates Alabama-Tennessee, LSU-Ole Miss, Georgia-Auburn, Texas-A&M, etc.

2) Under a 3-6 model, LSU will have A&M, Ole Miss, and one other top half opponent as permanent opponents. That means Arkansas cannot be the permanent rivalry week opponent. If the other permanent opponent for LSU is Oklahoma, then LSU will play Oklahoma during rivalry week. If it’s Alabama, then we have:

3) LSU doesn’t play the same team every year during rivalry week. Everybody acts like they have to have the same opponent every year, but there’s no reason that has to be the case. The most likely scenario is that they play Oklahoma and Arkansas in alternating years, while Missouri does the same. I hope this is the solution. I don’t want to lose Alabama for an artificial rivalry game with Oklahoma.

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OU, Arkansas, and Missouri are the other four.

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It's weird that they stuck us with the wrong teams for rivalry week.


OU-Mizzou all time meetings: 97

OU-LSU all time meetings: 3

Arkansas-Mizzou all time meetings: 16

Arkansas-LSU all time meetings: 70


When these 4 are left without natural in state rivals at years end, there seemed to be an obvious default pairing here and the SEC got it wrong.

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Since that was originally proposed a few years ago, UT, Ole Miss and Mizzou have risen from the bottom half to the top half of the conference enough to make those selections feel completely meaningless.

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The top and bottom half designations were based on how teams did over a 15-20 year period. It’s not based on who is the flavor of the month. Tennessee and A&M were always close. It just works better geographically for A&M to be a top half team and Tennessee to be bottom half.

Looks like LSU will be ending seasons against Oklahoma? True the SEC schedule for these lady two years are identical but they may not even play Oklahoma next year. More likely to play other SEC teams not played these last two years like Texas, Auburn, Moo State etc.