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re: Baseball permanents
Posted on 11/9/23 at 11:42 am to LazarusJohnson
Posted on 11/9/23 at 11:42 am to LazarusJohnson
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I'm a huge LSU baseball guy and I can tell you nobody in Louisiana cares or wants to care about Texas A&M.
LSU wants to have strong ties to the state of Texas. It doesn't have anything to do with A&M in particular, they are just what is available. The Longhorns out of state rival will always be Oklahoma.
There is massive population growth in Texas. The state does not have enough college capacity for all those kids so many are looking out of state.
LSU is in competition with other out of state schools to get their share of those kids. They want as many games in Texas as possible to increase brand visibility. Permanent games with A&M helps with that.
While the Ole Miss rivalry is fun for fans, it doesnt do anything to help grow LSU.
Follow the money and you find your answer.
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Posted on 11/9/23 at 11:43 am to Linoge
OU has the easiest by far love it .
Posted on 11/9/23 at 12:12 pm to Linoge
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While the Ole Miss rivalry is fun for fans, it doesnt do anything to help grow LSU.
LSU baseball doesn't need Texas' help to grow. LSU is probably the biggest brand in college baseball. They've recruited every corner of the country for decades. They don't need a permanent series with Texas A&M (or Texas) to "grow." They have no problem whatsoever with brand visibility. They take care of that with their trophy case.
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Follow the money and you find your answer.
If money was the answer, LSU and Texas would have a permanent series because they'll be the two biggest "brands" in the conference for college baseball
As I stated in my first post of this thread, this isn't football. Rivalries aren't the same. Exposure isn't the same. Recruiting isn't the same. However, the conference voted on permanent opponents as if they are the same. They're just not.
LSU' biggest rivals in baseball have historically been MS State, Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Florida. Of those, only Ole Miss is a true historical rival of LSU in football, with Florida coming next in that hierarchy.
This post was edited on 11/9/23 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 11/9/23 at 12:22 pm to Linoge
quote:In football, most definitely. In baseball and basketball, eh...
The Longhorns out of state rival will always be Oklahoma.
Oklahoma fans honestly follow softball a lot closer than they do baseball. Texas honestly has more contentious baseball history with Nebraska, Arkansas and Stanford as out-of-state opponents than they do with the Sooners.
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