freehouse

You could add the Auburn/LSU 2004 football game where we got screwed for the personal foul for jumping on the Aubie missed point after, only time in NCAA history that was ever or will ever be called.

The Tulane rivalry lost its luster years ago. It will never be the same as it was when I was a kid in the 70s and early 80s. Any game day is a great day in Tiger Stadium, but if you really reflect on the OOC games you have enjoyed the most in the last 10 years, how often does Tulane come to mind? The VA Tech game was awesome, the PAC-10 games were fun. I'll always remember my first game as a student against A&M in 88. The Tulane games fade into memories of Arkansas State, New Mexico State, and other boring matchups. Also, for the last few years, look at the excitment the road trips to Washington State, Blacksburg and Arizona generated on the message boards. I think LSU would make more money in the long run if they scheduled even more than one "quality" OOC a year. Big time games get the most news coverage, it helps recruiting, and it fills the stadium. It also helps with the voters at the end of the season if the title race is tight after that last week of regular play. (We would not have had the chance to play for the title in 07 if we didn't play VA Tech.)What many Tulane fans and others are missing is that a crappy match up in a crappy Superdome in no way compares to a night game and a campus packed with 150,000 fans to tail gate and watch a game with national implications. No road trip to New Orleans before January will beat a good night in Tiger Stadium.