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LSU-Ole Miss series oddity
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:09 pm
looking at the series history, I noticed that Ole Miss played in Baton Rouge every game from 1936 until 1952 (no game played in 1943). Any of our resident historians know what the deal was with that? Also, LSU has had a huge home field advantage in the series (as far as location goes)
Baton Rouge- 63 games
Jackson- 16 games
Oxford- 16 games
New Orleans- 3 games
Vicksburg- 1 game
Meridian- 1 game
So thats 66 games played in Louisiana to 34 games played in Mississippi. I wonder if the Ole Miss fans back then bitched about how the SEC hated them and gave LSU all the breaks.
Baton Rouge- 63 games
Jackson- 16 games
Oxford- 16 games
New Orleans- 3 games
Vicksburg- 1 game
Meridian- 1 game
So thats 66 games played in Louisiana to 34 games played in Mississippi. I wonder if the Ole Miss fans back then bitched about how the SEC hated them and gave LSU all the breaks.
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Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:11 pm to Lsuhoohoo
LSU CHEATIN!!
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:12 pm to Lsuhoohoo
25 pages
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:12 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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(no game played in 1943). Any of our resident historians know what the deal was with that?
The Germans bombing Pearl Harbor set things back a bit.
This post was edited on 7/24/13 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:12 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Not sure if its the same sort of thing but SC and Clemson originally only played in Columbia for the first chunk of the series.
It had to do with just attracting fans. It was before football was big of course and it coincided with the state fair so to get people to go to the SC-CU game it would be played at the same time as the state fair, in Columbia, and Williams-Brice and the fairgrounds are neighbors to this day for that reason.
It had to do with just attracting fans. It was before football was big of course and it coincided with the state fair so to get people to go to the SC-CU game it would be played at the same time as the state fair, in Columbia, and Williams-Brice and the fairgrounds are neighbors to this day for that reason.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:12 pm to Lsuhoohoo
It makes it pretty impressive that the series is as close as it is.
I think it boiled down to our fans not minding coming to Louisiana so they could visit New Orleans, and us not having a legit stadium.
I think it boiled down to our fans not minding coming to Louisiana so they could visit New Orleans, and us not having a legit stadium.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:13 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Mississippi was too poor for a football stadium back in the day.
So when they got the money they decided to build a stadium instead of edumicate their residents.
So when they got the money they decided to build a stadium instead of edumicate their residents.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:13 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Ole Miss wanted to leave the state as much as possible.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:14 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Johnny Vaught liked the payday for playing in BR.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:17 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Maybe because Ole Miss did better than LSU in the series when it was being played every year in Baton Rouge
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:22 pm to Lsuhoohoo
quote:You are new to college football?
Any of our resident historians know what the deal was with that?
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:36 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Next 32 games should be played in Oxford.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:38 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Tiger stadium had more seats is pretty much the reason.
Ole Miss got a pretty fair share of seats, it wasnt all LSU fans and 2000 Rebels
Not that anyone really would seem to care judging most if the post
Ole Miss got a pretty fair share of seats, it wasnt all LSU fans and 2000 Rebels
Not that anyone really would seem to care judging most if the post
Posted on 7/24/13 at 9:19 pm to Lsuhoohoo
We actually played om in BR two yrs in a row.
Early 2000s
Don't see that often with western sec teams.
Early 2000s
Don't see that often with western sec teams.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 9:19 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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looking at the series history, I noticed that Ole Miss played in Baton Rouge every game from 1936 until 1952 (no game played in 1943). Any of our resident historians know what the deal was with that? Also, LSU has had a huge home field advantage in the series (as far as location goes)
Because Tiger Stadium was the biggest in the south (alternating with Tulane stadium) and visiting teams could make more $ here than at their home stadiums.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 10:57 pm to Lsuhoohoo
I think the reason OM was willing to play all those games in Red Stick was because TS was bigger than theirs and the purse was split 50-50.
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