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MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #14 on:** October 03, 2022, 12:23:12 PM »

We don't have time to get all the jambalaya, pots of etouffee, brisket and ribs, etc. ready for an 11:00 a.m. kickoff. We don't even get up from the Friday night hangover til noon.

I almost got to go to a game at Neyland when I was a kid and my dad was living in Knoxville for a time. Still haven't been. LSU is a great tailgating scene and everybody should take in a game there at some point. What you want to do is wander from tent to tent and tell the people there that you've never been to an LSU game and you've heard the food is better here than other places and you're not sure that you believe that, because the food is really good at the other places you've been. They'll leap into action and stuff you full of the best they have to offer, trying to impress you with their culinary art. If that doesn't do the trick for you, or you're just greedy and gluttonous, just move on to the next tent and repeat the process.

Oh, and there's a stadium there, where teams will be playing a football game, if that sort of things interests you.

DunkingDan · « **Reply #15 on:** October 03, 2022, 02:42:36 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on October 03, 2022, 12:23:12 PM

We don't have time to get all the jambalaya, pots of etouffee, brisket and ribs, etc. ready for an 11:00 a.m. kickoff. We don't even get up from the Friday night hangover til noon.

I almost got to go to a game at Neyland when I was a kid and my dad was living in Knoxville for a time. Still haven't been. LSU is a great tailgating scene and everybody should take in a game there at some point. What you want to do is wander from tent to tent and tell the people there that you've never been to an LSU game and you've heard the food is better here than other places and you're not sure that you believe that, because the food is really good at the other places you've been. They'll leap into action and stuff you full of the best they have to offer, trying to impress you with their culinary art. If that doesn't do the trick for you, or you're just greedy and gluttonous, just move on to the next tent and repeat the process.

Oh, and there's a stadium there, where teams will be playing a football game, if that sort of things interests you.

We use to have some Cajuns contract in where I worked. Their cooking was excellent. A lot of nights all of us bought the supplies and let them do their thing.

jgvol · « **Reply #16 on:** October 03, 2022, 05:13:00 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on October 03, 2022, 11:46:15 AM

You didn't really explain what doesn't "jive," but on all accounts, I don't know what else to tell you. LSU fans do not like day games, it's certainly not their tradition, and the other statements are a matter of record.

You said this is only the 11th morning game in Tiger Stadium history, and then complained that the SEC goes to bat for everyone but you guys.

If someone wasn't going to bat for you, you'd have played a hell of a lot more 11 AM games than 11 in your history, like the rest of the SEC.

So yeah, that don't jive.

As for the rest, the part where CBS picks night games at Bama but not LSU, is the craziest bit of amnesia I can recall. Looked it up to be factual......EVERY GAME in Baton Rouge against Bama has been a CBS night game in the last 12 years with the exception of 2010.

So yes, a matter of record indeed.

2010 - LSU 2:30 CBS
2011 - Bama 7 PM CBS
2012 - LSU 7 PM CBS
2013 - Bama 7 PM CBS
2014 - LSU 7 PM CBS
2015 - Bama 7 PM CBS
2016 - LSU 7 PM CBS
2017 - Bama 7 PM CBS
2018 - LSU 7 PM CBS
2019 - Bama 2:30 CBS
2020 - LSU 7 PM CBS
2021 -Bama ESPN 6 PM

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2022, 12:04:06 PM »

I should clarify I'm not just talking about football time slots. There is a ton in the basketball and baseball department that the SEC has really irritated us with over the years. And I'm not just referring to the Alabama game in football. CBS has caused us to play a lot more day games than we used to. People like to say that's just what happens when you're a good team, CBS will pick you up more often. To which the attitude is generally "Don't care. Day games suck. 11 a.m. games are an abomination." CBS holds most of the power in it's time slot, obviously, but there is wiggle room, and it's unknown if the conference requested accommodations if anything could be helped. Nobody has ever cared to try, despite (supposedly) requests from the AD's office.

As far as football, CBS' schedule in 2011 must've scarred me, where we had 0 conference night games at home due to them. The fans were royally pissed. I didn't realize 12, 14, and 16 were on CBS. I do remember them being played at night.

Where'd you get that info? There's some other things I'd like to check but I don't know of a database that tracks networks and time slots for years gone by.

jgvol · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2022, 02:53:30 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on October 04, 2022, 12:04:06 PM

I should clarify I'm not just talking about football time slots. There is a ton in the basketball and baseball department that the SEC has really irritated us with over the years. And I'm not just referring to the Alabama game in football. CBS has caused us to play a lot more day games than we used to. People like to say that's just what happens when you're a good team, CBS will pick you up more often. To which the attitude is generally "Don't care. Day games suck. 11 a.m. games are an abomination." CBS holds most of the power in it's time slot, obviously, but there is wiggle room, and it's unknown if the conference requested accommodations if anything could be helped. Nobody has ever cared to try, despite (supposedly) requests from the AD's office.

As far as football, CBS' schedule in 2011 must've scarred me, where we had 0 conference night games at home due to them. The fans were royally pissed. I didn't realize 12, 14, and 16 were on CBS. I do remember them being played at night.

Where'd you get that info? There's some other things I'd like to check but I don't know of a database that tracks networks and time slots for years gone by.

I had to look up box scores from ESPN.