LSU baseball was nothing until the football team went AWOL for about 10-11 years. They didn't even fill the Box this year. Football's back and the baseball crowd is the real hardliners(no pun intended).
We realize softball won't finance our athletic dept. but it's a nick in the armor and Tiger fans can't stand to lose to another in state school in anything. State always tries to pick the right times to play the other state schools.
Doubt if we'll ever compete in football but already to in baseball and if we can get basketball back to resembling our glory days, we'll give you all you want in that arena too.
I think it would be good for the state to make sure financially that at least 2-3 schools can compete on the same level. Most states have at least 2.