First, unlike most of you, I have attended BOTH schools. I would not like to see this game for a few reasons.
1) LSU treats everyone they play like isht. PERIOD. but too many Southern fans and Baton Rouge residents will take it waaaay more personal that it is. For example, who does an LSU fan hate more Alabama or Southern. Alabama by a landslide. But many SU fans will think they are going out thier way to discrimnate against SU.
2) Too many people will not just let the kids play a game. they will make this into a political crusade with bandwagon jumpers all over the place.
3) LSU ain't givin up no tickets. They don't to anyone (No SEC team does except maybe Vanderbilt) but to many black folks will put horse blinders on and act like they do understand that. Folks that don't even go to games at Mumford will make an issue out of it.
4) About 1/4 of LSU fans will act like assholes (they do it for everyone) but many of the black community will take them and thier ignorance and label everyone with it. The rebel flag issue is a perfect example. Less than 5% of the LSU fans have one and most don't support it, but we will put that 5% on shine and act like they speak for all white folks. Half of the ones who have them rebel flags just do it to make black folks mad anyway and some of us fall for it hook, line, and sinker.
5) Football is whole different animal than basketball or baseball. So the fact that will play in those sports have little to do with football. The sad part is how many black folks go when we play LSU at LSU and cheer their hearts out for us to beat LSU, and NEVER go to a game at Southern. Moral, they hate LSU more than they love Southern.
IMHO, they need to just leave this alone for now, and if we want to play a BCS level D1A team, find another one.
P.S. In my opinion Tony clayton, as a board member, should not be pushing this up like he is. just image, there are 19 board members, I guess all of them should be demanding official letters from the AD concerning scheduling. That would make the 9 game mandate look real small.