re: If LSU never existed.......

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I don't see where you are getting at on this, not everybody has to root for the flagship school, just the school they like.

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LSU isn't LSU because it is called LSU, and the core of what makes LSU what it is isn't its location. If LSU never existed in BR under its name, ULL would look very much like LSU, or La. Tech, or whatever university would have become Louisiana's flagship.

LSU being Louisiana's true flagship university is the main defining characteristic of the school. Therefore, most of us would be fans, alum, or students of whatever school was Louisiana's flagship.