01-08-2016, 05:04 PM
LSU rounds out 2018 schedule with Rice, Southeastern, Louisiana Tech
"In 2018, LSU will play Southeastern Louisiana for the first time since 1949, and the Tigers will host Rice for the first time since 1995, and LSU will play Louisiana Tech as well.
"LSU meets Southeastern in Tiger Stadium on Sept. 8 after the game against the Hurricanes, hosts Louisiana Tech Oct. 20 and Rice on Nov. 17 – the second-to- last weekend of the regular season. LSU and Southeastern, an FCS program based in Hammond, have met just the one time in 1949. The Tigers hold a 31-13-5 record over Rice and an 18-1 mark against Louisiana Tech.
"LSU will pay out a total of about $3 million for those three games. The Tigers are paying Southeastern $500,000. The Lions have an athletic budget of about $12 million this year. Rice will get $1.3 million, and LSU will pay Louisiana Tech $1.15 million, assistant athletic director Verge Ausberry said."
"In 2018, LSU will play Southeastern Louisiana for the first time since 1949, and the Tigers will host Rice for the first time since 1995, and LSU will play Louisiana Tech as well.
"LSU meets Southeastern in Tiger Stadium on Sept. 8 after the game against the Hurricanes, hosts Louisiana Tech Oct. 20 and Rice on Nov. 17 – the second-to- last weekend of the regular season. LSU and Southeastern, an FCS program based in Hammond, have met just the one time in 1949. The Tigers hold a 31-13-5 record over Rice and an 18-1 mark against Louisiana Tech.
"LSU will pay out a total of about $3 million for those three games. The Tigers are paying Southeastern $500,000. The Lions have an athletic budget of about $12 million this year. Rice will get $1.3 million, and LSU will pay Louisiana Tech $1.15 million, assistant athletic director Verge Ausberry said."