With Oklahoma and Texas set to join the SEC this fall, those two programs are set for some road trips to environments they aren’t used to.
Every returning member of the league draws at least one of those two squads, and for LSU, that’s a matchup against the Sooners in Tiger Stadium to conclude the regular season. Speaking at SEC Media Days, OU coach Brent Venables detailed the reputation Tiger Stadium has built up within the league.
“I’ve heard it from any coach that’s coached in the Southeastern Conference, they talk about playing in Baton Rouge at any time, let alone a night game,” Venables said. “And the challenge of that, the difficulties of that are very real. We want to go to those venues, we want to be on the biggest stage in the biggest games, so we don’t shy away from that as a program… Glad that that’s on the schedule.”
OU head coach Brent Venables on playing vs LSU at Tiger Stadium this season:
“I’ve heard about it from any coach who’s coached in the Southeastern Conference, they talk about playing in Baton Rouge” #LSU #SECMD pic.twitter.com/vEWpxkIcH2
— Brian Holland (@BHollandSports) July 16, 2024
This will be the fourth matchup between the two programs in their respective histories with the last two coming in 2003, when LSU beat the Sooners in the Sugar Bowl to clinch a national title, and in 2019, when the Tigers smoked Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff semifinal round.
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