re: Oregon opener next year a mistake

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The game is played in an area that can be a huge pipeline area for recruiting.

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The recruiting impact from this game is very minimal. This isn't 1980 when only one game is on TV every Saturday. LSU plays 7-8 or more nationally televised games every year.

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How in the world can this be a BAD thing?

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LSU could lose, and then drop another SEC game down the road, and play themselves right out of the NC race; whereas, they'd be in the discussion with just 1 SEC loss.

I agree that this game is a mistake from a football standpoint. We already play one tough OOC game next year, and it's on the road, and that's plenty tough enough to compete for a NC. In this college football world, it doesn't make sense for an SEC team to have a schedule as tough as ours next year. You can call it shying away from competition; I'll call it smart scheduling. If we go 10-2 next year, that would be a great accomplishment with the schedule, but it likely won't have LSU playing for a championship. Also, I'm not happy that we only have 6 home games next year. Are TAF/Tradition Fund fees going to be reduced to account for the home game that we're missing out on?

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Lsu would not have scheduled this game if they did not think they could win it.

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I don't think that has anything to do with it. This is all about the $. LSU is making more money off this game than they would have on a home game against a patsy...that's why we're playing this game.