cjohn

Terrible news. Godspeed and prayers for the family if true.

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Does LSU really have it in the pants to beat an SEC team by double digits this year?

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Kentucky was gashing us at will. I mean if Kentucky can do it, a brownie troop can do it, so LSU might be able to do it.

Nice fantasy but pretty sure LSU has it in the bag this weekend. They been body bagged the last 2 years so they are more desperate.

From that pic, it looks like they should change the scarlet A to a scarlet I for Inbred.

Those are some seriously attractive challenged people.

There are several other QBs I would like to have. None of them are named Manning though.

Pot, meet kettle.

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The stands behind the field being off center with the field bothers me though

May just be the angle.

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The field has been adjusted a few times during different renovations. I believe it is lower than it was when I was in school by 5-8 ft and it is shifted by about 5 yds off of symmetry with the stadium in the current configuration with the 2nd and 3rd student levels having the north end aligned with the back of the endzone and the south end aligned with the goal line roughly.

Not an optical illusion or camera angle.

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Are your ticket prices the same for both?

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Yes.

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Official face value single-game ticket prices through the 12th Man Foundation depend strictly on your seating tier rather than changing per opponent, but secondary market and resale prices create massive cost differences based on the game.

Face Value vs. Resale DynamicsBase Face Value:
When bought directly from the school or the 12th Man Foundation Evenue Portal, a specific physical seat has a fixed face value price (and a corresponding required seat contribution tied to season ticket contracts) for every regular-season home game.

The Resale Market Difference:
On secondary ticket marketplaces like StubHub or SeatGeek, the exact same seat fluctuates wildly depending on the opponent's draw, national ranking, and rivalry status.

Works out for about $10M per game on ticket sales alone without concessions and parking. The athletic dept does not get the parking revenue anyway, that goes to the university directly. Since all season tickets sell out leaving only those reserves required by the conference for the opponents fans and their band there is really no need to have a separate price per game as there really is no walk up or game week ticket sales per se. There are some. Sometimes the student pool is not all taken. I do not know what the student reserve is, but the Missouri State game set a record with 41,000 student tickets pulled. So between any student pull and visiting leftovers might be sold during the week of the game, but that number is going to be very small if any these days.

Truth is adding a 9th conference game actually costs A&M about $8M-$10M per year in revenue loss due to the extra road game every other year once you take into account tickets, concessions and parking.

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LSU has five away games this season. That’s five SEC schools that lose not only ticket revenue but everything associated with the game day experience.

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Your math is not as solid as you think. For any SEC team that sells out all of their games, they won't lose a cent if LSU is not there.

For example, A&M just had 107k for Missouri St. We could replace LSU with Missouri St every other year and make the same money. Hell, probably more as we would have a lot less vomit to clean up than when LSU is in town.

LSU makes money for schools who do not sell out all of their games. That part is true, but how many schools are we talking about really?

As for TV money, if we negotiate a new contract now with LSU leaving or one when this deal expires, either way it is going up - with or without LSU.

You would probably help schools in your new conference sell tickets because most other leagues don't sell out every game - hey to Big XII and ACC. But the LSU tv appeal won't be the same with no Bama, A&M, Texas, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee as the opponent.

Hopefully sanity comes soon and this is all past us in the next day or so. But man, you LSU fans are thin skinned The abuse you have taken here the last day or so is a fraction of what Aggy takes on here day in and day out.

In the wise words from Sgt Hulka - Lighten up Francis!

I want Sankey out probably more than you guys, but the truth is you got pants'd, and the only reason that happened was because of Kiffin. A good AD would have kept him out of it and this all would have been handled quietly behind closed doors like pretty much everything else is. Kiffin leaning into it, right down to the Dr Pepper commercials just throws gas on the situation.

LSU relented. I don't think there will even be a vote. Maybe a meeting with a strongly worded letter.

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I don't expect any special protection for LSU as a charter member. I do expect special protection from the other members going full retard.

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Well, Florida wanted Kiffin and Ole Miss had Kiffen so they are out.

Alabama and Auburn would probably piss on your grave if given the opportunity.

I don't really think expulsion is in the cards though. I think the SEC wants that as a viable threat.