Thoughts on adding SEC teams to the schedule.......

Many pros and cons here. More big games is good, but don't you think our teams get beat up enough in the SEC?

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Many pros and cons here. More big games is good, but don't you think our teams get beat up enough in the SEC?

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Agree. Ok split the difference. Play 9 SEC, 1 cupcake (ULL), 1 so-so (Wash.), and 1 decent or better (GT, PSU).

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it would negatively affect LSU and/or the SEC. Which I believe cutting out the smaller programs would not.

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Actually it would.

Those football games float not only the football teams, but those programs basketball, baseball, and other programs.

LSU does need those teams to have baseball and basketball teams because we can't afford extra road trips in those two sports.

Especially considering the lost revenue from losing a home game or two every year.

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You're saying w/o the LSUs of the world playing and paying them, all the smaller programs would closeup shop?

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Basically. Renting a win 4x per season pays for a very larger portion of a school's Athletic Department budget.

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IMO they'd just operate on a much smaller budget.

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Of course some sports would be kept, but they would have to cut other sports and baseball is often a significant loss of revenue for most schools.

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Besides, we'd still play 1 rent-a-win a year, just not 3.

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Which means that some smaller schools would survive, but imagine if two of ULM/ULM/Tulane closed their baseball program our baseball schedule would go haywire.

Then add in the bad PR from stories about the SEC squeezing out smaller programs..........

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What about playing 10 SEC games

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if we are adding SEC games, we might as well go the whole way and make it a round robin 11.

also, 10 SEC games means an extra 12 loses within the SEC making it near impossible to get a team into the national championship.

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Which means that some smaller schools would survive, but imagine if two of ULM/ULM/Tulane closed their baseball program our baseball schedule would go haywire.

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Good point. But currently we're trying to pull the plug on the Tulane contract. What if LSU or any other SEC school never plays Tulane again who usually schedules 2 SEC opponents/year. There are still major D1 programs throughout the southeast to consider; UF,FSU,Miami,GT,Clemson,UNC,UV,WV,etc. I think given our current economic condition your going to see the top programs (ie the SEC) trending toward scheduling 2-3 revenue generating games rather than the Tulanes and ULLs that fans are just not buying tickets to; on both sides.

With 10 SEC Games every team would be so beat up the SEC would have no shot at the title game. Every team beats the crap out of each other. I think 8 games is plenty. What the point of having the best team in the conference go 8-2 in conference play every year.

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Good point. But currently we're trying to pull the plug on the Tulane contract.

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We're trying to pull the plug on a home/home deal we signed with Tulane to keep them from dropping a division post-Katrina. It has been a huge PitA during scheduling because playing two away OoC games in a year(As we would be if we stuck to the contract this coming year.) is basically undoable.

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I think given our current economic condition your going to see the top programs (ie the SEC) trending toward scheduling 2-3 revenue generating games rather than the Tulanes and ULLs that fans are just not buying tickets to; on both sides.

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We generate more revenue with those games than a home/home with UW.

People might not show to Tulane, but almost all of the tickets are already sold anyway, and the revenue from 2x home games with Tulane is greater than the revenue from an extra packed big OoC game(Since we would get nothing from the trip to that opponent.)

The simple fact is that 3-4x rent-a-wins is a win for everyone involved in CFB.

The small schools survive. The big schools get money, rest for their team, and a win.

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There are still major D1 programs throughout the southeast to consider; UF,FSU,Miami,GT,Clemson,UNC,UV,WV,etc.

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That still leaves someone out since FSU would have to cut a game against FIU or FAU. Multiply that across every SEC school. Someone is going to get pinched out.

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(not common in the maligned PAC10 for all of you naysayers).

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That is b/c you're forced to play those "poopy" opponents -- they're in your conference. The PAC10 sucks and it'll only get worst.

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