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Sure, but that's obviously not an option. We can't force good teams to come to Tiger Stadium. It's a 2-way street. You're setting up a false dichotomy. It's not BYU in Houston or Baton Rouge. It's BYU in Houston or McNeese in Baton Rouge.

This is not true. Historically good teams have always come to Tiger Stadium. The list includes, Notre Dame, USC, Florida State, Ohio State, West Virginia, Arizona State (game moved due to Katrina), Virginia Tech, Texas A&M (prior to being in the conference). Those are just the big name teams I can name off the top of my head that have visited Tiger Stadium IN MY LIFETIME (Born in 85). That doesn't include the mid-level, Washingtons and Arizonas that have visited here as well. Hell Oregon State came here and didn't ask for a return trip.

This neutral site game crap started when Joe Alleva arrived on campus. We all know he is lazy as frick and we know that ESPN does all of the work to organize these neutral site games. It doesn't take a genius to put two and two together.

ETA: You think if we picked up the phone and called Michigan and asked for a home and home that they would say no? You are fricking kidding yourself if you think they would turn that down.

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Posted by Hot Carl

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Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:52 pm to camplsu

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This is not true. Historically good teams have always come to Tiger Stadium. The list includes, Notre Dame, USC, Florida State, Ohio State, West Virginia, Arizona State (game moved due to Katrina), Texas A&M (prior to being in the conference). Those are just the big name teams I can name off the top of my head that have visited Tiger Stadium IN MY LIFETIME (Born in 85). That doesn't include the mid-level, Washingtons and Arizonas that have visited here as well. Hell Oregon State came here and didn't ask for a return trip.

This is 2017. The playoff(and BCS before it) and tv monies have changed college football. Florida State coming to Baton Rouge in 1992 could not be more irrelevant.

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This neutral site game crap started when Joe Alleva arrived on campus. We all know he is lazy as frick and we know that ESPN does all of the work to organize these neutral site games. It doesn't take a genius to put two and two together.

Let me ask you 3 questions: what school has far and away separated themselves as the class and standard of college football the last 10 years? Do they regularly play neutral site games? Do you think it's more intelligent to do things differently than them or close to the same?

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ETA: You think if we picked up the phone and called Michigan and asked for a home and home that they would say no? You are fricking kidding yourself if you think they would turn that down.

Michigan is playing the University of Florida to open the season. In Arlington, Texas.