re: Alleva interview right now on 104.5.......

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What possible reason would the SEC want to place a game in a time slot that is assured a smaller audience?

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So you think this is all A&M's doing? You think the SEC, CBS, and LSU are all getting screwed in this deal, but still decided to go along with A&M wishes?

Everyone who was involved in the decision has been quoted as saying A&M specifically requested to play on thanksgiving. Its not hard to understand

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I don't claim to know their motivation behind the move, maybe it's a market/time slot they're trying to get into. I can't speak for their reasoning, I can only speak for what we know.

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My only question in all this, which has remained unanswered, is that given we know CBS can and does dictate which games get played when and at what time (the Friday game was their deal from the get go) why on earth would they willingly give up the Friday game every other year so that A&M can play a game on Thanksgiving forcing CBS to lose the game? If CBS can be told to go piss up a rope in odd years, why can they be told the same in even?

I actually don't hate the Friday games, though I understand why some do. As I won't likely be making many trip to Aggieville, I have no dog in the fight about what day it's played there... As I said, my only real question is why it seems that A&M got precisely what it wanted, while LSU only seems to get a bye week the first time and who knows what later. I'm not seeing what A&M gave up in this negoation.

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Everyone who was involved in the decision has been quoted as saying A&M specifically requested to play on thanksgiving.

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So, you think that LSU, the SEC and CBS wanted it to be on Friday or Saturday, but ONLY aTm wanted it on T-Giving so it got moved? Really?

So many Alleva balllickers in this thread. At the very least he should have demanded that our home games against A&M are Sat. night games. Or at least a garunteed number of SEC night home games per year.

Alleva doesn't get paid to do what's best for the SEC or CBS, which is apparently what most of you think he should be doing.

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So, you think that LSU, the SEC and CBS wanted it to be on Friday or Saturday, but ONLY aTm wanted it on T-Giving so it got moved? Really?

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Do you really think there was NOTHING Alleva could do? Really?

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you hold out hope it will be any different in 2016, i wont though.

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Why do some even think that it isnt possible we start playing our home game on thanksgiving?

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So you think this is all A&M's doing? You think the SEC, CBS, and LSU are all getting screwed in this deal, but still decided to go along with A&M wishes?

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In what way would this be CBS's call? They have traditionally gotten 2 games that weekend, Friday and Saturday. they pay huge dollars to the SEC for the rights to televise these games so that they can charge huge ad rates. We also know that, given how many times we've been told this when complaints arise, that CBS gets to make these calls. So...in what way does CBS benefit from A&M playing a game on a day that CBS can not/will not televise the game?

In what way does playing on Thanksgiving benefit LSU? Regardless of whether or not you agree with the arguments for why it sucks, is there any reason why this would be a net positive for LSU? You can't even point to a larger audience, because the game will be up against a prime time NFL game.

As for the SEC, I'm not saying they are getting screwed. They may well be indifferent to when this game gets played. The only concern I'd have is how this works with the current deal the SEC has with CBS. Has anyone heard anyone address how/why CBS has seemingly willingly given up their hold on what would normally be the Friday game in college station?

A&M gets precisely what it wants. Unless we ought to give them some sort of credit for agreeing to not playing the return game on Thanksgiving in Tiger Stadium, in not seeing how they didn't get 100% of what it was they wanted from this situation.

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Reasons none of us really know, but we can specualte about until we're blue in the face.

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then our AD should address it and clear it up. Because that shite needs to be explained.

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We got something we wanted, a bye week before the game

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oh joy!

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Again, there is literally no way that the SEC, if they were opposed to the game being on T-giving for whatever reason, that they would allow it to happen just because aTm asked. They have reasons. Reasons none of us really know, but we can specualte about until we're blue in the face.

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Why can't we know. Is it some sort of state secret. If it's fair and equitable then why not just tell everyone the reasons.

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Why do they have to give something up? We got something we wanted, a bye week before the game, so it doesn't screw up our schedule. Also, we won't be playing on thanksgiving in Tiger Stadium next year.

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Do you honestly believe we won't be playing on thanksgiving in the following years?