BrunswickDawg
11-08-2017, 08:32 AM
I was looking at our future football schedules http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/sec/mississippi-state-bulldogs.php - which mainly shows our OOC match ups we have contracted and who is in our home/away SEC rotation.
I noticed something very interesting. Between SEC and OOC games, we will have played a game in Louisiana every year between 2016 and 2020. We also have an OOC Louisiana team on our schedule every year but 1 ('22) from 2017 - 2023 - and in that year we play @ LSU. I know some will bitch about "away games at piddly schools", but I think this is brilliant. This gives us a very visible recruiting tool in a talent rich state. The games are close enough - and we have enough alums in LA - that we bring a strong road crowd. Louisiana kids will see us a lot more than any other out of state school. When you combine that with the stars we have produced from LA, we are going to be very appealing to Louisiana players. I don't think this was an accident.
I noticed something very interesting. Between SEC and OOC games, we will have played a game in Louisiana every year between 2016 and 2020. We also have an OOC Louisiana team on our schedule every year but 1 ('22) from 2017 - 2023 - and in that year we play @ LSU. I know some will bitch about "away games at piddly schools", but I think this is brilliant. This gives us a very visible recruiting tool in a talent rich state. The games are close enough - and we have enough alums in LA - that we bring a strong road crowd. Louisiana kids will see us a lot more than any other out of state school. When you combine that with the stars we have produced from LA, we are going to be very appealing to Louisiana players. I don't think this was an accident.