re: How different would LSU and the SEC be if Tulane stayed in the SEC?

Would hv been interesting becuz these kids a lot of them grew up playing against each other; so you have an extra incentive to play even harder. Probably a good thing they don’t play against each other in some aspects.

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At the time, Tulane truly thought that by leaving the SEC they would become what Notre Dame was and be an independent school free to schedule nationally. Seriously, Tulane was trying to duplicate what Notre Dame was doing. They wanted to be the Notre Dame of the south and it backfired.

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I dont think that is true at all

I am pretty sure they left the SEC because they didnt want to put as much focus on athletics. Tulane voluntarily cut a decent amount of their athletic scholarships during the 1950s becaue of this. By the time the 1960s came along, they had pulled even more schloarships and money away from athletics, and playing in the SEC didnt make sense


Make fun of Tulane all you want, but they actually took a stand against college sports becoming only about the athlete and not about the student athlete