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There is a difference between "free speech" protection and "dumb speech protection."

Free speech protection ensures that the government, within reason, cannot infringe the rights of individuals to freely speak their minds (I say within reason because there ARE provisions in law that restrict speech that is harmful, in certain situations).

DUMB SPEECH protection does not exist - the government may let you say what you want, but that sure doesn't protect you from losing your job, friends and respect for being inherently stupid. Which is what these jerks did, to put it nicely.

I appreciate any help yall can give me Money Talk. I don't know what's legit out there and what's garbage.

FYI, @LSU told me they will check with the Athletics folks about this, but they like it ;)

Love the dude

Also cool would be #LSU13in13, meaning we'd get 13 wins to get the championship in 2013, but that's kinda complicated. Let's geaux with one and keep pushing it out.

Great idea by the way, kudos to the positivity.

@Alt26 was the "get over it!" directed to me? Did you actually read my post? I certainly wasn't complaining, I was actually saying that while a night game is preferred, in the end it's not the end of the world and LSU actually sees certain benefits. Yikes.

@LoyalTiger I agree with you. If the SEC is the dominant conference, a contract with ABC shouldn't preclude the games from being shown at night. But do we actually know the numbers on how many people watch which games? Do most people who might watch on TV go out at night, or do they watch during the day, or what? It's second nature to say the primetime game is the prime-est, but I would love to know the numbers on that.

But that said, the SEC may want to look at the way it structures the next TV deal and find a way to secure the primetime slot, since 1) we're the preeminent conference in football, 2) we almost always have a team in contention for the championship and 3) the other conferences are gunning for us and are looking for footholds in broadcast packages. We have to get there first, or at least, be the last ones standing.

Had a blast there last weekend, actually split the game between there and Arlington Rooftop. The crowd was diminished somewhat but I think a lot of people were out of town. Both places have been fun.

Okay so hold the phone - not necessarily saying CBS is the devil, although Verne Lundquist sometimes has that look about him like he could devour your soul and ask for a side of cole slaw...

But anyways, I like most of you despise the CBS day games. On the ground in Baton Rouge, it's just the most annoying thing that could happen during football season, aside from clock management issues, triple overtime losses, Lafellian fumbles...

I mean you get it. They suck. We are creatures of the night and we like our night games. A side of us comes out when "the sun finds its home in the western sky" Saturday nights in Death Valley. It's like feeding Gizmo after midnight...we become rabid monsters. And it feels so good!

So when we're forced to cut our days in half, postpone the tailgate for a few hours and start back up afterward, it just doesn't make as much sense as tailgating all day and picking up the late-night party after a win. It doesn't feel as good. It's hard for me to side with anything that takes away our beloved night games. But I'm going to try:

As an alum now living in Washington, D.C., I enjoy having the games broadcast nationally. There are two bars here - 18th Amendment and Arlington Rooftop - who graciously host LSU watch parties every game day, so it's rarely an issue that I can't watch the games. If I can't make it to one of these sites, however, knowing that the games are on TV is reassuring, and so far it's worked out to have the games played during the afternoon.

Who cares, you say? A lot of folks up here don't get college football, but people like me are in cities all over the country selling LSU and LSU football to people like them, and to tell you the truth they've started to watch. Games on CBS increase the national profile of our team, and folks have seen some DOMINATING performances. And if normal people are watching, players and coaches are watching, and they'll want to steer talent our way. All good in the end, right? No?

Let's settle, then, on cold hard cash. There's money involved, and we're getting it. And that's always a good thing.

Just think about it this way if you're still not convinced (truly, I'm not, but it helps me sleep at night if there's not a game on): CBS is picking up our games because we're playing great football. Would you rather watch what's shaping into an all-time great team during the day or those 90's teams at night? Think about it.

I also realize that since there's thousands of threads on here that most if not all of what I've said has possibly already been said. Which leads me back to Verne Lundquist. Is there anything he won't eat?