SEC football ventures north...

**mccoyrj** · 02-26-2009 04:01 PM

[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3937054"]LSU, West Virginia to play home-and-home series in 2010-11 - ESPN[/ame]

I can hear you yankees now:

- It's still south of the Mason-Dixon...
- Why didn't they schedule them when they were still good...
- Let me know when you schedule a team in the middle of winter in a state bordering a Great Lake...

Hey, it's a step in the right direction.

**jwfgeol** · 02-26-2009 04:05 PM

That's a few years before Tennessee's home and home with Ohio State starting in 2018.

**mccoyrj** · 02-26-2009 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by jwfgeol

That's a few years before Tennessee's home and home with Ohio State starting in 2018.

Hey! SEC growing some gonads!

**HD MM** · 02-26-2009 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by mccoyrj

Hey! SEC growing some gonads!

Bout time you wimps buck up and head North.

**mccoyrj** · 02-26-2009 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by HD MM

Bout time you wimps buck up and head North.

Getting tired of you northern boys and girls making excuses.

**The Insider** · 02-26-2009 05:12 PM

It doesnt matter, the sec haters will make some excuse.. Something about playing football in the snow is the only way to play it etc... As if two teams playing in perfect weather condition is not a true test of their ability..

What is it now 3 in a row for the SEC? How many since the BCS started? I'll let the records speak for themselves thanks.

**mccoyrj** · 02-26-2009 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by The Insider

It doesnt matter, the sec haters will make some excuse.. Something about playing football in the snow is the only way to play it etc... As if two teams playing in perfect weather condition is not a true test of their ability..

What is it now 3 in a row for the SEC? How many since the BCS started? I'll let the records speak for themselves thanks.

Actually, having lived up here now for several years (and before that in Denver), football played in the snow is a kick in the ass!

**Jimbo** · 02-26-2009 07:30 PM

[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3937054"]LSU, West Virginia to play home-and-home series in 2010-11 - ESPN[/ame]

I can hear you yankees now:

- It's still south of the Mason-Dixon...
- Why didn't they schedule them when they were still good...
- Let me know when you schedule a team in the middle of winter in a state bordering a Great Lake...

Hey, it's a step in the right direction.

**SamCdbs** · 02-27-2009 05:09 AM

"LSU has not played a non-conference game on the East Coast since facing Virginia Tech in 2002."

Umm, both Blacksburg and Morgantown are located several hundred miles from the ocean, and in fact, both are located in the Ohio River drainage, west of the eastern continental divide. Would not Gainsville, Athens, and Columbia, not to mention Atlanta, the site of the 08 Peach Bowl, be way more "east coast" than either of those places?

In any event, this makes no sense for LSU, either economicaly or on the field. As it relates to football, if LSU wins by 40, then it should have. If it loses or even wins by a small margin, then its a massive upset. As it relates to money, it makes no sense at all. LSU can sell out every game versus anybody, and under the SEC contract that will be in effect at that time, if it plays an non-cartel team, could syndicate the game itself within Louisiana and keep all the money. WVU can sell of its own accord, about 30K seats. The other 35K seats at its stadium only sell if the team is really good (by Leastleftover standards) or by the away team. So it plays an away game and just gives the away team 35K seat sells it could not otherwise sell and gives a game involving the SEC to the non-SEC TV contract nationally, posibably to ABC.

Why would not LSU play Middle Tennessee State in Baton Rouge twice?

**Jimbo** · 02-27-2009 08:06 AM

"LSU has not played a non-conference game on the East Coast since facing Virginia Tech in 2002."

Umm, both Blacksburg and Morgantown are located several hundred miles from the ocean, and in fact, both are located in the Ohio River drainage, west of the eastern continental divide. Would not Gainsville, Athens, and Columbia, not to mention Atlanta, the site of the 08 Peach Bowl, be way more "east coast" than either of those places?

In any event, this makes no sense for LSU, either economicaly or on the field. As it relates to football, if LSU wins by 40, then it should have. If it loses or even wins by a small margin, then its a massive upset. As it relates to money, it makes no sense at all. LSU can sell out every game versus anybody, and under the SEC contract that will be in effect at that time, if it plays an non-cartel team, could syndicate the game itself within Louisiana and keep all the money. WVU can sell of its own accord, about 30K seats. The other 35K seats at its stadium only sell if the team is really good (by Leastleftover standards) or by the away team. So it plays an away game and just gives the away team 35K seat sells it could not otherwise sell and gives a game involving the SEC to the non-SEC TV contract nationally, posibably to ABC.

Why would not LSU play Middle Tennessee State in Baton Rouge twice?

Blacksburg and Morgantown on the Ohio river DRAINAGE !!!!

Your right, they are a long ways from the EAST coast .... still not up where the Big boy teams play ....come a little farther north and play someone that will give you a challenge.

As for your last paragraph ......
LSU cannot play ALL thier games at home.
Yes they could go play the Little Sisters of the poor if the wanted to, and keep the money ....
Yes, they will sell the rest of the seats for the home team .... just like other BIG time teams do for other schools.
Let's not forget, they are not the LSof the Poor, they are a real team playing, not a division 3 team.

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