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Should LSU vs. Texas be delayed?
Posted on 7/6/20 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 7/6/20 at 12:53 pm
I ask this because it's our premier non conference game and it's one of those once in a generation games. Normally Tiger Stadium would be lit for a game like this but now Texas is going to get the better end of the deal. They got all the economic impact of the game in Austin whereas we won't get anywhere near the economic impact that we would've gotten in a normal year in Baton Rouge.
At this point there's no chance of college football having games right now with a full crowd. At best Tiger Stadium would be around 50% capacity for this game, most likely more around 20-30%.
For the economic impact angle as well as letting Texas fans experience Tiger Stadium, should the Texas game be pushed back to another year? It would just be sad to see this type of game in an empty Tiger Stadium.
At this point there's no chance of college football having games right now with a full crowd. At best Tiger Stadium would be around 50% capacity for this game, most likely more around 20-30%.
For the economic impact angle as well as letting Texas fans experience Tiger Stadium, should the Texas game be pushed back to another year? It would just be sad to see this type of game in an empty Tiger Stadium.
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 12:57 pm
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Posted on 7/6/20 at 12:58 pm to Sailor
Nah they let thousands of people protest in the streets. Why would filling Tiger Stadium be any different?
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:00 pm to Sailor
No
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:02 pm to Sailor
February baw.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:06 pm to Sailor
As much as I hate it, there probably wont be a football season this fall. No vaccine, no large sporting events...
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:06 pm to Sailor
Yes. Until all citizens of Earth can all achieve collective immortality.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:07 pm to Sailor
Nope
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:09 pm to Sailor
I wish we'd play conference games only this year and push the rest of the scheduled games back one. There would have to be agreements across FBS for that to happen though and it's unlikely.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:10 pm to philly444
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Nah they let thousands of people protest in the streets. Why would filling Tiger Stadium be any different?
Because you know and I know that JBE will never hold protestors the same standard that he would hold other events. JBE will say that the protests are far more important and therefor they have a right to protest. That on the other hand LSU fans do not have the right to attend a game at Tiger Stadium if it's not safe.
Look at Florida, they shut down Miami Beach over the 4th of July weekend. They didn't shut down any of the protests. The protestors are always going to be held to a different standard. Most of the media is still trying to convince us that the protests AREN'T the reason we're having a new surge of the virus when we all know it's the truth. It's sickening but it's the truth.
Guarantee you JBE will shut down college football in the state of Louisiana before he allows 100,000 fans inside Tiger Stadium this fall. And since LSU is a state university JBE does have the ultimate say. It'll be 25-35,000 allowed in at most.
I don't want Texas coming in and leaving thinking "well what's the big deal about Death Valley, it's no better than Darrell K. Royal Stadium. Death Valley is overrated". I want them going out of there literally shaking realizing that while the atmosphere at Texas games is big, Death Valley at night is a whole different animal. I want them going home with a loss and getting to have the complete LSU experience and never wanting to come back.
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:10 pm to LSUFanMizeWay
Many won’t like what I’m about to mention but best bet to have football in my opinion is do it like premier league. Have no fans and still televise each game just like normal. We could still have football and have a season. I understanding the protests and people are in large crowds so why not with football. I would think it would be safer just to have players only.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:12 pm to lsutigers718
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Many won’t like what I’m about to mention but best bet to have football in my opinion is do it like premier league. Have no fans and still televise each game just like normal. We could still have football and have a season. I understanding the protests and people are in large crowds so why not with football. I would think it would be safer just to have players only.
I would agree with this as long as Texas agreed that they still owe us a home game from the home-home. Otherwise I'd like to see LSU work with Texas to delay the game to another year.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:12 pm to philly444
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Nah they let thousands of people protest in the streets. Why would filling Tiger Stadium be any different?
I think you found the answer. People can hold a protest in tiger stadium, that just so happens to start at the same time the game does. Since protesting doesn't spread Covid, apparently, problem solved.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:16 pm to Sailor
It won’t be. Too much maneuvering would need to take place for just one game.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:18 pm to Sailor
Shut your whore mouth
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:20 pm to The Hurricane
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It won’t be. Too much maneuvering would need to take place for just one game.
It's one game. In the face of the virus the maneuvering isn't that hard. Where there's a will there's a way.
What's Texas going to do if the whole season is canceled? The contract with still stand, they will still owe us a game at Tiger Stadium. They'd have to maneuver to fit LSU in on a future schedule anyway.
Why not just make it easier now and start planning for it? It doesn't even have to be next year, it could be a few years in the future wherever both Texas and LSU have room. But it can be done and it wouldn't be that hard.
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:25 pm to Sailor
If we cancel the season or the SEC cancels the season, our contract with Texas is over. They would not owe us a game.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:34 pm to GeorgeWest
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If we cancel the season or the SEC cancels the season, our contract with Texas is over. They would not owe us a game.
Have you read the contract? I'm guessing there's easily some sort of natural disaster/act of God clause in there that would prevent that. And I'm pretty sure a global pandemic would qualify as a natural disaster/act of God.
I agree that if LSU or the SEC cancels the season the contract could become void. But what about if the Texas governor cancels Texas season? Or JBE cancels the LSU season? Or if the NCAA says no college football period? What happens then? I'll be honest, I don't know, but I seriously doubt it gets Texas out of the contract. Unless of course Texas is willing to buy their way out of the contract and with college athletics in trouble as it is I'm guessing Texas wouldn't want to do that. If the lawyers for LSU are worth anything (and who knows on that, lol) I'm guessing a buyout for either side would be cost prohibitive.
My thing would be if I was LSU make a good faith effort with Texas to try to reschedule for a later year. It would be best for both parties involved and maybe even put in there that if Texas agrees to move the game to another year that LSU will play Texas in a neutral site game in Dallas at some point with all the money generated going to Texas.
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:37 pm to Sailor
Feb 13 - Mardi Gras in BR will have to move to Sunday
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:39 pm to austintexastiger
I don't disagree that the game might not ever be played. But Texas isn't getting out of it scot free either. They're either playing the game in Tiger Stadium (whether this year or a future year) or they are paying LSU a good chunk of change to get out of the contract.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 1:51 pm to Sailor
I don't give a shite if there aren't ANY fans in Tiger Stadium for that game as long as the Texas locker room is hot as piss.
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