re: LSU, Tulane talking about playing 2015 season opener in Superdome

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I don't mind playing Tulane if it makes financial sense

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I have a theory that literally any college football rivalry can be worked out if each party is honest regarding what it brings to the table.

The Superdome and Tiger Stadium combine for 165,750 seats, meaning that's how many tickets will be put up for sale in any 2-year, home&home series between the two. I looked up the total attendance for the past four seasons between the two schools, and here's what we have:

LSU 2009-2012: 2,594,648
Tulane 2009-2012: 558,377

If we sold the tickets to the two games combined in proportion to how many fans each school brings to its last four football seasons (a fair sample size, I'd say), then LSU would get 136,397, and Tulane would get 29,353. I would be comfortable with LSU going to Tulane, saying that we'd play them home&away as much as they like and sell the tickets according to this ratio. We could give Tulane 5,000 for the games in Baton Rouge and 24,953 to the games in New Orleans, and take the rest for ourselves. Mathematically, and regarding what each school brings to the table, this is a fair offer.

Another option would be to split the games themselves with regard to this ratio. If we wanted a 10-year contract, we could offer 8 games in Tiger Stadium and 2 in the Superdome, and let each home team sell the tickets however they usually do for their home games.

Like I said, anything can be worked out if both parties are honest and secure with the value they bring to the deal.