Will adding Texas and OU help or hurt LSU?

It will hurt in the sense that it will make Texas a much more formidable force in recruiting. It will impair our ability to scoop up some of the best players from Texas.

The positive side - $$$$$

I feel like it helps ou and Texas more than it helps us

Who knows if it helps or hurts recruiting, path to playoffs , rivalries, etc. That stuff is all secondary to being part of THE MEGACONFERENCE. Think about all the other conferences. Everyone in the Big 10 not named Ohio State, Michigan, or Penn State will wish to God they could be friggin’ Vanderbilt, for God’s sake. The SEC will control college football for the foreseeable future, and LSU doesn’t have to worry about being left behind - unlike every team in the Big 12, PAC 12, ACC, etc. That means everything.

All in all it probably helps. With no undefeated Oklahoma rolling into the playoffs for their annual beat down there's a spot open for a second SEC team. It's a very slight negative to recruiting but Orgeron will never have any problem pulling in elite talent to LSU.


And all those old rivalries aren't going away, they'll just be biennial going forward. That's not my preference but I can live with it.


I'd still vote no if I had a vote. Mostly because of how humiliating it would be for Texas.

I don’t really see how it’ll impact recruiting much. We’ll still land most of the top in state kids with bama the biggest threat. If anything that kid who gets overlooked or doesn’t get a commitable offer ends up with one of them versus say Miss state or Arkansas

We’ll still always be in the mix for Texas kids in our sweet spots. Maybe this’ll shore up things for them a little

Everyone assumes this means more money - but how much are we actually looking at? Not worth saving Texas's sorry arse for 2 or 3 million per year.

Hurt, so the SEC will do it.

Money: helps

Excitement: hurts
Strength of schedule: hurts
National relevance now that we won’t be the team every one expects to give Bama their toughest test: big hurt
Recruiting: hurts really bad
Losing biggest and best games every year: astronomical hurt

I see no upside to this move as it is EXCEPT for the program to make a lot of money which is obviously their man concern.

As a product, it ONLY has upside if SEC is leaving the NCAA.

Not playing Bama every year is bad for LSU. You’re either a pussy, a dumbass, or a combination of both if you think otherwise. You don’t “happily” take the #1 team off your schedule. Arguably the biggest game in the nation every year. It gives us publicity. National recognition. A competitive goal to achieve. Think of all the fringe schools that would kill to get a home and home with Bama for national attention. And here a bunch of you idiots want to get rid of that game so we can be in a pod with Ole Miss. give me a break.

To the idiots that are thinking that way. You’re dead wrong. It makes LSU no better than UCF by dodging big games. And we’ll be a lot like UCF (left out) come playoff time if this really is the decision

The biggest negative is that the SEC is losing its identity. LSU is going to be LSU no matter who is in the Conference but with so many new teams in the last 10 years the SEC is really not a Conference as we have known Conferences in the past. I really think that 14 was the absolute Maximum to retain the SEC Identity but with 16 teams it is really unmanageable.