Should LSU bring back the annual rivalry with Tulane?

November 1, 2008; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers running back Richard Murphy (26) carries the ball during the second half against the Tulane Green Wave at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. Mandatory Credit: Crystal LoGiudice-USA TODAY Sports

LSU wanders the rivalry wasteland.

The Tigers don’t have THAT game on their schedule.

One game that’s always circled when the schedule is released. Or a game where the schedule release doesn’t matter because you already know when that game is going to be played.

LSU doesn’t have ONE rival. LSU has a handful of rivalry games, but LSU isn’t the main event on any opposing schedule.

The LSU – Ole Miss rivalry is real, but the Rebels’ Egg Bowl date with Mississippi State is far more important.

The LSU – Alabama game always has juice, but that rivalry is driven by stakes rather than tradition. LSU will never mean as much as Auburn or Tennessee does to the Tide.

LSU plays Arkansas for the Golden Boot every year, but how many fans, players, and coaches in the LSU program prize that trophy? There’s no real hate there.

You have the Florida and Auburn games, but the LSU – Auburn game didn’t even matter enough to keep it on the schedule this year.

Every year when rivalry weekend comes around, most teams prepare to face their most hated opponent. For LSU, it’s just another game.

LSU spent about a decade facing Arkansas on rivalry weekend before the next 10 or so years playing Texas A&M.

This year, with Texas joining the SEC, the Aggies are once again occupied. That leaves LSU playing Oklahoma.

It’s a helmet matchup with two historic programs, but it’s not a rivalry. LSU and OU could play on this weekend every year and it would never live up to Oklahoma’s Red River Rivalry with Texas.

LSU playing Oklahoma this weekend was predictable. With every other team playing a traditional rival, the Tigers and Sooners are…

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Publish date : 2024-11-28 15:03:00

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