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The prior link is to the study that I based my numbers on in the methodology that they used.

The narrative on this board is that LSU is poor and they are at a disadvantage in NIL versus other schools like Texas, Alabama,Texas a&m,and Oregon. I think a lot of people conflate LSU the university with LSU the football program. Funding for the University might struggle but the LSU football program is universally considered to be one of the five most valuable college football brands in the world.

In the last college football NIL analysis from a company that does this for a living, LSU is ranked third nationally with their NIL fund. It had Texas at 22 million, Ohio State at 20 million, and and then LSU at 20 million. LSU exceeded Alabama by 5 million and they doubled Oregon's NIL fund.

LSU's rank was driven by the second highest amount nationally in donations from the community at 75 million to the football program. This pushed your total support to 122 million yearly for the football program. This is practically tied for first in the country with Texas number one at 123 million.

Face the facts: LSU is not actually a victim of NIL at all, they are one of the winners, one of the schools that have a huge advantage on everyone else. This does not mean that they'll win out on every recruit. I imagine they have a budget and they're sticking to it. Their strategy is to stick with their budget and not throw huge amounts of money to any particular recruit.

Anecdotally, I've lived in all parts of the country and I see LSU fans everywhere. We truly are a national brand.

I am travelling from out of state to go to the Florida game. We did this a couple of years ago for the Arky game and it was super easy to find tix outside of the stadium. Is this usually the case with Florida also? Is it a near certainty?

Or do you suggest I go to Stubhub?

Thanks!

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Never talk to police. Especially if you are innocent.

Are there usually tickets for sale outside the stadium on gameday?

It seems like you guys hate everybody if they don't suck on LSU's knob with every breath.

to make plays on the ball? It's hard to argue with 2 forced fumbles.

But we've done OU. I want a little bit of strange. But Wisky would be cool. Oh and the bama game was so bad that McCarron actually fell on his knees at midfield and started crying. Saban had to come out and tell him to "settle the frick down".

I agree. LSU will have a very hard time winning. Even if all of those stats were reversed, LSU would have a very hard time winning. You have a great team. We have have a great team. Anything can happen on the field!

Our two programs are at the pinnacle of the college football world and we get to meet on the field. These are excellent times brothers!

I was at the top of Grand Mesa in western Colorado yesterday and I ran into a couple of German tourists with LSU shirts. They catch all the games on the internet. I was in Kohl's today in Grand Junction and a kid yells out 'Go Tigers!'. This happens everywhere I go and I've lived in Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, and Alabama.

I think in terms of fan support and on field results LSU is regarded as the powerhouse program. Think about it: we have 2 national titles, a quirky kick-arse coach, the best stadium, the best field with that menacing tiger eye, the best unis, perennial bowl beatdowns, the meanest defense, a bunch of last second crazy wins, and the best, most active college football forums.

Just this year we will be ranked top 3 and have the premier matchup in the first half of the year. I can't even get tickets to LSU-Oregon without paying a shitload.

I don't post much but I've read this board everyday since 2001 and it seems that that there is too much 'are we elite' and 'who has the best tradition' bullshite. I think that fans of other teams are scared shitless of us. We'll either give them a VT style arse whipping or Miles will pull some voodoo shite in the last second. I'll bet Oregon fans are secretly quaking in their boots right now.

Nobody wants to play us because we're big, mean, physical, ugly, and we might let Mike out of the cage at anytime. Are we elite? Of course we are.

What say you?