re: Did you know, that LSU has only won once at College Station?

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It used to be much more prevalent for colleges located in smaller towns to play a lot of games in their state's larger cities. Such as Alabama in Birmingham, and Ole Miss/Miss State in Jackson, for example. I'm sure that explains a lot of that for A&M. It still gives a pretty lopsided edge to games in BR, even considering that factor.

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I'm not sure how they did the contracts back then, if A&M got a guarantee from LSU or, perhaps, a share of the gate. That's how the SWC used to operate--visitors got half the gate. As a result, Bear Bryant signed a contract for A&M to play 10 consecutive years at Rice, where there was a decent chance of 70,000 being in attendance (and the majority A&M fans), as opposed to a crowd of 30,000 or less at Kyle Field (which had about 32,000 permanent seats back then).