Rain is the least problem when you're playing in the afternoon in August. Those mountain boys may wilt in the humidity. Hell, I may wilt in the humidity.
Better, faster, stronger players. Better prepared and coached. Home field. Huge advantage in depth of talent. Conclusion: We could play in a rice field and win. (As long as we are focused) :geauxtige
Is it my fuzzy memory, or didn't it monsoon the last time these guys came to town....LSU 24-0? And they said the rain is the only reason it wasn't worse! :wave:
We definitely don't have the humidity to deal with up here! It's actually been so dry that we haven't cut our grass since mid-May. I'm looking out the window at the first rain I've seen in I can't remember when. It looks marvelous! Yes, LSU wins the humidity war. Hopefully, App's been practicing with the heat turned on high and fog machines going in the new indoor practice facility to prepare. As nearly as I can tell, the only statistic in App's favor is that LSU doesn't have a winning record for day games at home.
Since May ? I have to mow my yard once a week !!!! Well the wife mows it, but I have to hear about it !!!!
Honest! In good years I mow the grass at least once a week. We've even laughed about growing dried blueberries this year since there hasn't been enough water for them either. Looking forward to seeing some green grass and good football!
I hope they come in a day or two ahead of time and get acclimated. More than one northern team has come in here in Septemebr and been ambushed by the temperature/humidity combination. Not to call you Northern, you understand, but you definitely aren't in the semi-tropics as we are.
It's a well known fact that LSU fans don't like day games. It ruins tailgating, forces all the traffic to arrive at the same time, it's hot & humid, provides less time to have a few drinks, etc. The win/loss record may have something to do with the fans level of "readiness" but probably has more to do with the competition. We're reluctant to move the start time but will do so for television. The networks won't be interested when when play North Texas, Troy, or Tulane so the lighter competition rarely plays a day game. Over the years our daytime competition has been tougher than the average night game. (although nothing's easy once we reach the conference schedule) That probably accounts for a lower winning percentage. I don't have time to research the numbers but I don't believe we have a losing percentage at home for day games.
As long as you don't call us yankees ... must've been 20 or so before I knew dam_ yankees was 2 words
This is from www.football.ballparks.com/NCAA/SEC/LSU/index.htm "Part of the lore of Tiger Stadium is the tradition of playing games at night, an idea that was first introduced in 1931 against Spring Hill (a 35-0 LSU victory). Since then, LSU has played the majority of its games at night and the Tigers have fared much better under the lights than during the day. Since 1960, LSU is 182-61-4 (.745) at night in Tiger Stadium compared to a 14-20-3 (.419) record during the day over that span." I don't know the publication date, but the whole article on Death Valley is pretty nice. I'll certainly grant you that the caliber of daytime opponent may make a huge difference since many of those would be conference games. The SEC is a beast!
