re: LSU to the Big 12?

If LSU leaves and this becomes Big12Rant.com, what would you do all day?

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Great question.

The answer is that the other teams get something they want.

A&M got a Thanksgiving game, we are cool.

USC got a schedule deal that works well with their Clemson rivalry

Everyone gets at least one thing they want except for LSU.

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We didn't get much of anything we really cared about, as far as I know -- keeping in mind, though, that I, unlike most fans on the Rant, can't actually speak for my university's administration, and nobody here will tell me how to earn that privilege .

Part (not all, just part) of LSU's fans' problem, I think, is they are a bit too proud of the "no rivalries" thing. They trivialize other rivalries while simultaneously getting whacked over the head by the fact that they don't have a "tradition" to protect on the same level as the TSIO or DSOR or even the intra-division rivalries like WLOCP, the Iron Bowl, or the Egg Bowl. In order to accommodate LSU fully, the program has to convince far too many people to raze their traditions without having much to offer in return, not even a "hey, we lose a rivalry too!"

Frankly, I think the best bet for the program, and for the fans, is to open themselves up to the idea of developing a top-notch rivalry. That way, it won't matter who's up or who's down. They'll still have that rivalry whether Tennessee is up and giving Bama a fight, or Florida (just to use their current one, not suggesting it has to be their long-term one) is down and rolling over, or vice versa in both cases. I get that they're still going to take issue with all sorts of things, but it's better than nothing, and a whole helluva lot healthier, emotionally speaking, for the fanbase.