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LSU struggles with multimillion-dollar athletics deficit: ‘We’ve got to stop that bleeding’.....

This fight between LSU and the SEC reminds me of the fight between Harold Wolowitz and Raj Koothrapollie on the Big Bang Theory show, a lot of good barbs hurled out, but no harm really done.

rbiggarjr
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Posted on 7/2/26 at 10:55 pm to Woodlands Tigah
Charges to his lacarte card were suspicious and flagged. Triggered an audit of purchases. Alcohol cannot be purchased with a state issued credit card. All purchases must be itemized for reconciliation. The alcohol and other items were listed as room rentals on the bank statement. Therefore someone falsified the invoice. Alcohol can be purchased through a foundation. A separate route that does not require the lacarte card. This was not a simple clerical error. He was able to resign but stay employed until the end of the fiscal year. Any other person would have been terminated. I’ve seen loyal employees with many years of service let go during the budget crisis. Most were give less than 24 hours notice. This guy got off easy. Those taking up for him are friends and have little understanding about the guidelines, requirements and reconciliation of charges to state issued charge cards. I saw him on the local news yesterday. A PR tour. The reporter asked no tough questions. Par for the course. The have done zero investigative reporting on the 50 million dollar budget deficit




Which is now a $3.6 million surplus. Kudos to Kolluru.

Kolluru, Louisiana entering new fiscal year with surplus
06-30-2026, 09:37 PM

After a year of financial shortfalls and cuts, UL is entering the new fiscal year on July 1 with a $3.6 million surplus.

University President Ramesh Kolluru made the announcement June 25 at the UL System Board of Supervisors meeting.

The university entered the current fiscal year on July 1, 2025, with a $50 million deficit that included a $25 million structural deficit, he said, and $25 million in unpaid bills, and another $25 million in recurring bills pending.

Vandergriff
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"So the Dodgers bought another championship..."

And what do you think college sports is doing now?

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Rick fremin LSU’s next coach
TigersBy90
Dude is loyal to southeastern. He won’t leave for any amount of money unfortunately. We’d be lucky to have him though

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Isn't that what they said about Yvette Girouard?

Golf is more mentally harder than physically hard. As pointed out, Tiger was a beast both physically and mentally. However, it was later found out that Tiger had a release mechanism before each match that helped him to concentrate on golf better.

I love the game. And I'm just an average player at best. But sometimes I can shoot in the upper 70's for months at a time followed by can't break 100 for months. Can't explain why, except for the mental game.

But if I were to play professionally, I would want to be the 30 to 40 range on the PGA tour. Why might you ask? Because if you are in the 30-40 range on the PGA , you will make roughly 5 million a year, playing 40 -50 of the best courses in the world, but no one will ever know who you are. You would be able to keep your PGA card and play every year and not worry about having to re-qualify for the tour. Yet, you could walk down the street, go to a restaurant, ....without no one knowing you are a PGA professional. Tiger, Scottie, Rory, Xander.....can't even go to a grocery store without being mobbed by fans. But can you name any golfer from the 30-40 range?

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Why is Kyren Lacy playing over more talented WRs?

Wasn't Lacy the ONLY highlight in the 2nd half? If if wasn't for him and a pretty good move, the score would have remained at 17. What were the other receivers and running backs doing during the 2nd half....not scoring TD's, that's for sure.

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Pettifogger

ATL Thread 10/3: @ Marlins
going down with a whimper tonight

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Look at the bright side, the teams the Braves struggle the most with, the last place bottom dwellers, will not make the post season. So the Braves should do quite well again.

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62Tigerfan
So is this where ULL fades back into irrelevance
I would estimate that within Lafayette city limits, the Cajuns have 50% support at best. In my neighborhood five miles away from campus, its maybe 25% . In places like Opelousas and Crowley, probably less than 10%. And that's no different than 20-30 years ago.

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I live in Abbeville and can't disagree with anything you said there. I'm originally from the northeast and moved here in the 80's. Fell in love with south LA. Never understood why there is so much animosity in this state. I have read the history going back to the Huey p. Long days. And this state really has had its issues, but you would think it could move on from those days. Obviously not. The same mentality that existed then still lives today. Sad.

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CitizenK
So is this where ULL fades back into irrelevance
The issue is that still in the same class with every other state college not named LSU, they tried a political ploy to become the sole rep for the state as a university. Power brokers in NE Louisiana could see that coming and got Northeastern to share the "Louisiana" name.

But no no no the frauds call themselves Louisiana.

I don't know of anyone who had issues with them as USL, except the one time rivalry with McNeese in sports. FTR, all of my relatives prior to myself and my sister opting for McNeese, went to SLI/USL. Buildings and scholarships have been named after relatives there, so I have never been anti USL or Laffy. Additionally, most of my teachers and all but one of my high school coaches were USL alum. Every last one of those alumni were admirable.

FWIW, the laughing stock of the football world was USL deciding to go "big time" in football after going 0-10 against the likes of McNeese, Northwestern, Northeastern, Southeastern and Lamar. LA Tech had at least a legitimate reason to make the step up in class back then.

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I bet you hate your next door neighbor who went on to become a doctor while you still work as a waiter at your local chain restaurant. Sorry that some have a better vision of their life and are not complacent mediocrity. That vision takes hard work, something I guess McNeese was not willing to put in the effort to do.

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Sharky McStevenson
So is this where ULL fades back into irrelevance
Louisville?

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You must really have a small pecker. Explains the insecurity.