Football. @LATechFB Announces 2018 Non-Conference Game at LSU - latechsports.com

[Blue Dawg]

I don't understand some of the negativity. This is GREAT NEWS! If we sincerely want to advance as a university athletically, we MUST play, and be competitive, at this level.

Kudos to TMac for getting this done.

I'm not negative. I'm just ambivalent.

[HogDawg]

Have we completely given up on scheduling home games????

Right now, we have 3 OOC games scheduled to be played in Ruston in 2017. That means if Miss State doesn't cancel, we'll have 7 home games in 2017.

[RhinoDawg]

Right now, we have 3 OOC games scheduled to be played in Ruston in 2017. That means if Miss State doesn't cancel, we'll have 7 home games in 2017.

Dang. That's a lot of tailgating!

[LeggoDawgs]

I thought the South Carolina game was that year, but I like this game better anyway.

[HogDawg]

Dang. That's a lot of tailgating!

I'm ready though. I know a guy that throws a great tailgate party every week under the Edward Jones tent. He's a hell of a cook, too.

[inudesu]

Can't beat 'em til we play em.
Thumbs up. (And keep that elessewe money in the state!)

The same money stays in Louisiana either way. If LSU played UTSA and we played Florida, then LSU pays 1.5 million and Tech gets 1.5 million (assuming the money was the same). No difference on net gain for money spent in Louisiana.

[maverick]

I thought we had a game scheduled at South Carolina in 2017 as the 4th out of conference game. We were getting $1 million for that game from the initial reports. Has that game been axed?

I thought the South Carolina game was that year, but I like this game better anyway.

They re-released it with the correct information.

[maverick]

Yes! Best deal Tommy has done since he's been at Tech.

Cue maddawg: "That's not who we are."

[boxerdog]

I've heard that one of Skip's greatest strengths is how he structures and implements his program. A previous assistant told me he's the most organized and deliberate HC he had worked with (and he's worked with many). I've begun to sense a degree of stability in terms of product. Of course, the biggest challenge will be hiring and retaining quality assistants. Holtz appears to have an abundance of good relationships with guys in the business so that helps. But we're going to need incremental infusions of money if Tech is going to continue to trend upward. Obviously, losing arguably the best RB and DL in Tech history the same year creates some question marks. However, I think the deliberate recruiting of good HS players at all position groups is going to pay off better than the patchwork methods we've seen before. All this to say, I don't expect us to be a worse team in 2018 than we are now. That said, LSU has the assets to be one of the best teams in the nation on a yearly basis. The only thing that would keep them from being vastly superior would be if they retain Miles or hire someone more inept than he is (conceivable but not likely).

[DogsWin]

Love the payout and the matchup. Great job TM!

[PawDawg]

Let's not go overboard. It's not like he had to negotiate the payout. That is the going rate.

[Blue Dawg]

Let's not go overboard. It's not like he had to negotiate the payout. That is the going rate.

Then how did Rice get more? If that's just the way it is then alright.

[Soonerdawg]

I don't understand some of the negativity.

Don't forget we have a lot of SEC fans (whatever the hell that means) on this board who are closet LSU fans. Those SEC fans (whatever the hell that means) do not believe we stand a chance against their beloved Tigers, and thus do not think it wise to schedule them.

[PawDawg]

Then how did Rice get more? If that's just the way it is then alright.

...well there you go. lsu probably called him and said, "we will pay you XXXX, and he said, let me ask Marco."

[DogsWin]

We're getting $800K to go to the edge of civilization (Lubbock, TX) and we're getting $1.1M to fly to South Carolina. So getting $1.15M for a bus ride game to Baton Rouge is a serious net expense improvement as well as a potentially huge recruiting benefit.