Ray,
I love the slams you are so sorry about delivering. Regardless of what the "Baton Rouge perception" is of Tech, the I-Bowl blows and it was the worst bowl of the season in my opinion. You're right about LSU never agreeing to play in Shreveport. One, because LSU makes a killing at home, and 2 because Shreveport is one of the worst sports cities in America (soon to be the worst after all of Evangels recruits transfer out). There are some other reasons LSU won't play Tech. The people with brains in BR (not the lsu crazy dumbasses who'll surely fall off the bandwagon after Lesly Miles leads you to a 7-4 season) know that if Tech establishes a continuous rivalry with LSU, they could lose recruits. The perception in BR may not acknowledge it, but Tech is LSU's closest thing to instate competition and the Administration won't do anything to give Tech a foot-hole.