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Louisiana Football = interesting if LSU had an In State Annual foe. Change my mind

Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:29 pm
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:29 pm
There are 41 states that have at least 1 program that could be loosely labeled as significant(very loosely). Of those, Louisiana is 1 of 14 that do not play a routine in state game.

There are 11 states with at least 1 Power 5 time that do not play another in state team. Louisiana is one of those.

And, before I hear the population argument, 7 of the states where in state schools play each other have smaller populations than Louisiana.

I've always found it odd how we LSU fans absolutely abhor the idea of doing it and think it would be so harmful. Nothing across the national landscape really exists to support that notion.


ETA: A REGULAR in state game that is
This post was edited on 11/27/18 at 8:30 pm
Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
11330 posts
Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:31 pm to
Posted by Tiger Tracker
Austin,TX
Member since Nov 2015
7266 posts
Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:31 pm to
Didn't we agree to play any in state team that wanted to play us?
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
14672 posts
Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:32 pm to
We should play the University of Louisiana at Lafayette every season for the rights to being called "Louisiana".
Posted by TigersAlways
Lafayette
Member since Oct 2018
44 posts
Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:33 pm to
I'm sure the University of Lafayette would love to be that rival. There's certainly enough hatred at that school toward LSU.
Posted by tigermed2
Houma
Member since Dec 2012
1527 posts
Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:35 pm to
Ok so give us a suggestion who that should be
Posted by ibldprplgld
Member since Feb 2008
26090 posts
Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:37 pm to
I think the problem with this that that there are no other P5 schools in Louisiana. This has a lot to do with it. Tulane fricked up by leaving the SEC; had they not, you bet your arse they'd be our rivalry weekend game and it would be consequential.
Posted by ABSK_007
Member since Feb 2018
247 posts
Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:40 pm to
Would suppose a N La versus S la would give it flavor..

So La Tech ..

BUT!! I am against this

We are LSU .. and we like being LSU ..

If this was the case, with the state dynamics being somewhat similiar to Miss...

I think we would have two schools with stadiums of 50-60,000 and not 100,000 ...

We'd be happy to be in the top 25, not top 10 ..

Let's let State and Ole Miss continue to divide those resources..

I rather hate on Texas yearly than another La team
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102259 posts
Posted on 11/27/18 at 8:42 pm to
We are a small, poor state. If LSU had a significant instate rival that we had to split recruits and donors with, we would be a perennial lower half SEC team. Our structural advantage gives us the resources to be a national power.
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