re: LSU, Florida State agree to 2-game neutral site series. NOLA & Orlando

These are the types of games that could make going to games interesting again. But, neutral site.

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Fire the athletic director for going the route that makes the athletic department more money? Not sure you know how this works

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you're continually biting the hand that feeds you, season ticket sales are waning for a reason.

I'm at the point where I'm likely going to just opt for buying tickets to the 3-4 home games worth a shite and stop paying to watch us scrimmage the SLU's of the world.

these neutral site games under the guise of "recruiting and exposure is bullshite.

Love this. Cheat the sweatbox and a night n the City.

Agree, this flex shite is dumb

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frick NEUTRAL frickING SITE GAMES! frick. PLAY THE DAMN GAMES ON CAMPUS!!!!

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Aramarkalleva getting his last shots in before departure is underway.

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this is true. Definitely not the way to get fans into Tiger Stadium. Give season ticket holders shitty nonconference games they have to pay for and it they want to go to a good nonconference game, that will cost them extra. I wonder why season ticket sales are falling. Also, the new flex plan is a true FU to the season ticket holders. I know that is a trial this year but if it continues why would anyone continue to pay for season tickets when they can get the flex plan and only attend the good games?

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all of this

Saban is right on when it comes to this, with every game on TV nowadays you need to give people a reason to go out there. Call it being a bad fan, but I just have 0 interest in watching us drub some in state program. I'd rather watch passively from home or a bar while watching the other games going on that don't suck. Its time to move towards an all P5 schedule

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Jesus you fricking people. New Orleans and Orlando are literally home and homes.

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I don't think you know what literally means.

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It’s a recruiting tool and exposure thing. LSU gets exposure in FL and FSU gets exposure in NOLA. It’s a win win for both sides.

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this is an outright lie, every game is on TV. The amount of extra exposure you get is negligible at best. Do you really think this factors into the mind of any recruit at all?

It sounds good but there’s a lot more pieces than just that.

Those G5 and FCS programs depend on their games vs P5s like us. We pay them big bucks and that goes toward facilities, scholarships and whatever else for these guys. It’s crucial that they get a game against an SEC team. Plus it’s cool for their fans and players.

If you really understand the bigger picture it’ll never change. The only thing that can happen is one extra SEC game.

1 FCS
1 G5
1 P5
9 SEC
12 games total.

That’s the model that needs to be used. It should be a rule. You don’t HAVE to play 1 FCS but if you don’t you have to play either 2 P5s or 2 G5s.

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Do you really think this factors into the mind of any recruit at all?

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Yes because if there’s a kid we’re recruiting right now or next year that happens to be from Orlando or NOLA, you can say that if you come to LSU you are guaranteed to play a game in your hometown against FSU.

Dude it’s no secret that Saban uses that model with Atlanta and Texas kids. It fricking works dude. Quit your bitching and wake up. It’s the way things are moving these days. It’s going to happen. We can either get on board with others doing it or be left behind.

Go look at Bama’s Past 8 years or so and how many neutral site games they played and compare that to their recruiting class rankings. We gotta get in that Atlanta rotation more often.

Getting stud recruits at a night game in Death Valley is a huge recruiting tool