re: Tulane just wants to play

First off douchebag, I said most not all majors LSU is equivalent or better. Tulane definitely has several elite programs.

Ummm... LSU engineering is much better than Tulane's and that is without question. Furthermore, Tulane realized this after Katrina and sacked all of its Engineering departments outside of ChemE (LSU is much better) and BME (LSU has BE since Mike Foster was a dumbass and let LaTech stop LSU from getting a full BME department).

As for business, their finance is great at Tulane, yet LSU has several programs highly ranked in Business. If I recall correctly, the LSU internal auditing program is tops in the country.

Furthermore, Tulane does give some assitance, but their tuition is higher than Harvard's and Yale's. While you may think their quality of students is the best of the best, I disagree simply by my interaction with Tulane Alums.

My overall point is that LSU is not responsible to maintain Tulane's athletic department. The school can collapse for all I care, because it is not a Louisiana school no matter how it tries to sell itself. It is a private institution and shouldn't need handouts from LSU for its football program, PERIOD.