OT: The first big post-Alliance OOC game has been scheduled
August 26th, 2021 at 3:59 PM ^
I'm sure that the answer to my question is money, but why play in Las Vegas when you could play at the Coliseum or in Tiger Stadium, which is supposedly one of the unique places to play in college football (at least at night)?
August 26th, 2021 at 4:05 PM ^
I'd be shocked if Vegas doesn't eventually wind up hosting a game annually on Labor Day weekend. They have a lot of $$$ to throw around.
LSU starts this particular season at UCLA --- so they are getting to SoCal once at least.
August 27th, 2021 at 8:59 AM ^
And a major bowl at some point.
Maybe not CFP...but there's no reason the Vegas Bowl can't put the #2 Pac-12 team vs. the #3 SEC team.
Which could be a USC/LSU type of match-up on any given year.
August 26th, 2021 at 9:47 PM ^
totally agree Erik - one of the best parts of CFB is the on-campus atmosphere. Home and home on each campus vs some sterile pro stadium neutral site.....not even close which I prefer.
August 27th, 2021 at 12:27 PM ^
Couldn’t agree more but the game is much more money driven now than it’s ever been. Throwing a game in Vegas has to make both schools boatloads more of money than having a home and home ever would. Which is a shame.
I’d love to see Michigan play a game in Death Valley one day.
August 26th, 2021 at 4:03 PM ^
Love the matchup, hate that it's at the Death Star (although I want to go to a Raider game there sometime). Coliseum and/or Tiger Stadium (NTTS) would have been better.
August 26th, 2021 at 5:39 PM ^
I disagree because nothing is better than Vegas. It’s why I’m going to Vegas for the Michigan basketball games. This is a few years away but I would love to go
August 26th, 2021 at 4:12 PM ^
2 iconic teams with 2 iconic stadiums. Let's play it in Vegas. If you don't think college football is dead and never coming back, I don't know what to tell you.
August 27th, 2021 at 9:09 AM ^
It's one fucking game versus two teams who never play each other, relax.
Is college basketball dead because we play neutral site games versus UNC in the Bahamas and not in the historic Dean Dome?
No.
Come back to me when all or even half of games are neutral site games.
Do Florida/Georgia or Texas/OU ruin college football?
Of course not.
This isn't Michigan/OSU playing in Atlanta or Auburn/Alabama in Vegas. It's not Florida/Florida St. or Florida St./Miami in Indy.
It's two big brands who never play each other in a neutral site game...we call that, a regular season bowl game.
Having 10, 15, 20 of these aren't evidence of anything other than college football is capitalism and money hungry like everything else in this country.
College football is so dead, that you need to post on a college football board to say so. Meanwhile, on the Stegosaurus Fan Board, something that is truly dead...you're surprising quiet on that one. SMH.
August 27th, 2021 at 2:17 PM ^
Last year was the lowest viewed championship game in 20 years. Outside of 4 or 5 schools, no one gives a shot anymore. Clown.
August 26th, 2021 at 4:39 PM ^
Two iconic college football teams playing in a generic ass NFL stadium. Yeehaw!!
August 26th, 2021 at 4:52 PM ^
I’m hoping someday soon they announce Clemson at Kinnick at night. That will make me happy.
August 26th, 2021 at 10:11 PM ^
Late in the season, so it's cold.
August 26th, 2021 at 5:04 PM ^
SOFI Stadium would be a cool place to have an annual game, that thing looks like a UFO from the outside.
August 26th, 2021 at 6:57 PM ^
Notre Dame in talks for a game at SoFi
August 26th, 2021 at 5:05 PM ^
Seems like the “alliance” should be scheduling everyone except the SEC. Same thing with Notre Dame, they’ll never join a conference if people keep tripping over themselves to schedule them. I don’t see how it’s gonna show em who’s boss by giving them prime time matchups? They get lots of good in conference matchups and then get the great ones out of conference as well.
August 27th, 2021 at 10:01 AM ^
Showing ND who’s boss? Lots of luck on that.
August 26th, 2021 at 5:23 PM ^
So, I assume one of the reasons for the Alliance was to freeze out the SEC from big-time games like this, right? Aside from traditional in-state, inter-conference games, the SEC wouldn't get juicy matchups with the Michigans, Ohio States, USCs and Clemsons of the world that drive ratings. And as someone else pointed out, the Alliance would move those games out of neutral sites that were primarily in SEC country (Atlanta, Dallas, etc.) and preferably to home stadiums.
Will Alliance schools start pulling out of these agreements? I imagine that if you were an AD/HC in the B1G looking to schedule a big September OOC game, you're no longer considering Texas, Florida or Georgia but are instead looking at teams like Miami, Oregon or even an Oklahoma State or Iowa State, anyone but an SEC team.
August 26th, 2021 at 6:22 PM ^
It all makes more sense when you just accept there is no point to the alliance and it’s a pr stunt mostly targeted at ensuring the sec/espn isn’t stopping the playoff contract from going up for a bid in 2026
August 26th, 2021 at 11:17 PM ^
One week in, and it looks like the Alliance isn't working.
August 26th, 2021 at 7:05 PM ^
OP getting DV'd to bejeezus but the majority of the comments are all about the venue. Is OP LSU's AD?
August 27th, 2021 at 12:26 AM ^
Agreed.
It's relevant point, this would be like Bama traveling to Camp Randall in November. Instead they choose New Mexico State.
August 27th, 2021 at 12:41 AM ^
As long as the downvotes aren't hitting my bank account, I'm cool.
A philosophical rant ............. but as regards message board upvotes and downvotes: if it was up to me people could vote but the results would only be visible to the mods (who could use the info to delete as necessary).
The votes being visible to all leads to bias being introduced into people's minds before they even read the post. Some folk will just follow the crowd as well.
August 27th, 2021 at 9:54 AM ^
Is it too early to hope our buddies at Southern Cal beat the crap out of LSU?
August 27th, 2021 at 9:31 PM ^
It's odd pulling for USC to win anything given Michigan's history with them.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, I guess.
But I draw the line at Clemson and Dumbo Swindle.
August 27th, 2021 at 9:27 PM ^
Alliance to end Hulkamania