re: What does the nation outside of Louisiana say about LSU?

To be honest, I've been pretty impressed with the level of discourse and coherent thoughts from this thread. Granted, not everyone here is an LSU alum, but I had the prejudice/bias that LSU was a school Texas kids went to when they couldn't get into UT/A&M, they couldn't afford Baylor/SMU/TCU and didn't want to go Oklahoma State or Arkansas (the two schools which poach the 3 star academic Texas kids by offering in-state tuition to lure them from their fate in commuter-directional-school hell).

So, that sounds maybe a bit condescending, but to synthesize down to my point:

LSU is like a poor man's A&M, but the best option outside of Tulane especially if interested in O&G and having fun/Greek life.