re: Was Sunday Considered for making up the game?

It very well could have been mcneese that couldn't pull it off(or didn't want to)...and you know Les and alleva weren't going to call them out in front of the entire nation.

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I don't care if the TV stayed or not.

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You don't care? So this is all about your juvenile selfishness?

TV has contracts with LSU If a game is played they are bound to cover it. They pay LSU for the privilege.

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But I bet they would have, they signed contracts with their customers also.

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Of course they have signed contracts. What you suggest is absolutely insane. You would have everybody that has a contract to do anything regarding an LSU home game contractually obligate themselves for....what exactly? To hang around just in case? I am guessing that you have never negotiated a contract.

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I didn't say it would be easy to implement, but when we have the power to pick and hugely pay our opponent... which is only a few a year... we have the power.

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To properly PLAN everybody involved would have to agree to your idiocy.

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If LSU offers me a contract and I like the money, and then they throw in Plan B, which is a RARE occurance, it's my decision to take it or leave it.

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What about the people that don't have contracts with LSU, like the hotels? Do they have to hold a certain amount of rooms available for the people who have contracted with LSU to use? Every game?

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There are some games that are crowded into the middle of the season that a Plan B may not be possible

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Oh so maybe you don't have to PLAN.

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A team that's less than 2 hours away, on a Labor Day weekend... I think there was room.

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You think? But you don't know?
What about the other people involved? The cops for example. It is a big holiday you want them to promise to hang around LSU instead of patrolling? Yeah that is smart.

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FWIW, I do live in the real world, and run a company and other crazy stuff, and even engage in contracts with LSU.

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Somehow I seriously doubt everything but th crazy stuff.. I'd like to see your game day contract with LSU.

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It's not like running a country.

People who excel in their field have contingency plans.

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A plan must be workable or it is useless.
Assuming and hoping that all the pieces of the puzzle might hopefully possibly work isn't a plan.
Having all of the pieces needed to properly and safely run a game in Tiger Stadium on less tan a day's notice isn't possible.

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Others choose not to excel, and many find that acceptable.

Knowing what is possible and what is not is a component of excellence.

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And some choose to live in some unrealistic castle in the sky. And that is regrettable.

I'm NOT saying you can plan for virtually ALL contingencies ! The exception would have to be a season opener with a team from less than 130 miles away on a long holiday weekend !
We PAID McNeese to come here...simply put it in a contract/contingency plan...i.e. your team will be required to overnite in the area...WHAT is soooooo difficult about that ? The same can be done for the needed "services" the next day...JUST LIKE NASCAR ! They even botched the "we'll play the game IF we can start by midnight"...THEN cancelled at 10:35 WTH ? Don't need full concessions the next day...go bare bones with water/popcorn etc.,etc.,
INSTEAD....the LSU athletic Dept. looked much like Governor Blank-face during the Katrina debacle....agreed ?

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Look I'm asking a simple question. How would you handle housing the opposing team and the officials? If you have a better solution than blocking off nearly an entire hotel every single game (wasting thousands and thousands of dollars), then please share.

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Housing of the opposing team?
They live 2 hours down the road. See y'all back here tomorrow at noon.

Officials?
For all I know, they spend the night anyway. If not, there's room at Alleva's house.

As you pointed out, this isn't a common occurance. People can afford to be inconvenienced every once in great while.

And maybe you can't for EVERY game, but many you could. This is one of them.

And as far at the TV, they could stay if they wanted, or leave. Their choice. I wonder what they had scheduled for SEC-2 yesterday.

That's why you develop a contract which some-what "protects" you ! REMEMBER, McNeese got paid and handsomely....I don't think they would have said no, if required to spend the nite in B.R.
Listen, you can't possibly cover ALL contingencies...however, this game vs. this nearby opponent on a HOLIDAY weekend...we absolutely should have used some better planning...why is that sooooo difficult to understand ??

They more than likely did a lot of the game planning for state in training camp. Last week however, they focused on Mcneese. In fact, nearly all coaches use two a days to work a little game planning of every opponent on the schedule.

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They live 2 hours down the road. See y'all back here tomorrow at noon.

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So have McNeese leave Baton Rouge close to midnight by the time they packed up everything, get home and in bed by 3 am, then have them back up in BR by noon the next day? That's your solution? Also, since we are talking about planning, does this plan mean we can never schedule any out of conference game by any school farther than a couple hours away?

The medical staff got involved and said they didn't think players should play. Players hadn't eaten all day. AD also said they even talked about playing in the INDOOR facility and couldn't work it out. That tells me the 2 sides couldn't agree. Not much LSU could do.

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You don't care? So this is all about your juvenile selfishness?

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I would like the game to be played, primarily for the experience that our players would get in preparation for next week. TV, or not. If TV opted out of Sunday's game, that's their choice. Is that hard to understand?

If you choose to accept mediocrity in your life, feel free to carry on.

Joe gets your vote.

I assume you find the condition of our roads acceptable also? I mean it rains here a lot.

He expects us to force every opposing team to sign a contract that they have to stay overnight hahaha. Let's just forget about the teams that fly in and have scheduled flights.