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We all know that LSU has a good athletics program...it just isn't as good as ours. That is just a fact. Nice jab about our women's sports but if I remember correctly we kicked your men's butts in track last year as well.
That is only if you count every single athletic program as equal. If you guys want to do it to make yourselves feel better, then go ahead. Like the vast majority of college sports fans, I couldn't care less about sports like gymnastics, women's soccer, volleyball, swimming, tennis, etc...
Like most college sports fans, I care about:
- Football - LSU defeated A&M and finished ahead of them in the SEC West.
- Basketball - LSU defeated A&M twice and finished ahead in the SEC standings.
- Baseball - LSU defeated A&M 2 out of 3 and went to the CWS.
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Texas A&M has better academics than LSU but you know that. We also have a much larger endowment but you know that as well.
I didn't know this was an academics board.
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We are also a larger school than LSU but you know that too.
Congrats?
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We have a better football coach
Your coach is in his second football season at A&M and is doing very well, but to say he is better than a coach who has:
- 1 BCS Championship in 2 appearances
- 2 SEC Championships in 3 appearances
- 5 top 10 finishes in 8 seasons at LSU
- 5 11 win seasons in 8 seasons at LSU
is jumping the gun a little bit. Sumlin is a good coach, but slow down before you say he is better than one of the top coaches in the country.
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and starting in 2014 we will have a larger football stadium and will never look back as far as facilities go.
Oh no, you guys will have a larger stadium? So does Tennessee, who cares. Our facilities will always be on par, if not better.
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It is the opinion of many here that A&M's rise is going to hurt LSU the most of all SEC schools. Once Lies Miles gets canned for paying players at Okie State then what are you going to do?
A&M has had one good season and a trip to the Cotton bowl and are off to a nice start. Manziel will go pro after this year, and Sumlin will take an NFL job. Your "rise" is going to be short lived.
Even if it does continue, LSU will be fine. We will continue to pluck a few top Texas recruits each year and get whoever we want minus 1 or 2 guys from LA each year.
Did you see how quick the Oklahoma St story died because it was so poorly researched? Many more players have refuted the accusations than have come out and made them. That story was a hack job and mostly nonsense.
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Most of us agree that LSU is a good school but don't come over to Texags and act like LSU is all that because it's not! Texas A&M is not inferior to LSU.
All That? Is this 1997? It may still be in College Station I guess.
A&M is inferior to LSU in football, basketball and baseball.
In 2009, ESPN ranked the college football programs on the previous 73 seasons based on prestige. This was before LSU had one of the greatest regular seasons ever and lost in the bcs championship. LSU was ranked 13. A&M was ranked 20. It would be even more of a disparity if it was done today.
In basketball, we have had some final fours and players like Shaq, Chris Jackson, Bob Petit and the greatest college player ever in Pete Maravich.
In baseball, we have numerous national championships and a bunch of CWS appearances.
Congrats on your cross country and diving programs. Keep hanging those banners.