re: To what extent would LSU be more prestigious if it were in a safer location?

I have been lucky enough to visit places like university of Arkansas, Missouri, BYU, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Georgetown, etc.

LSU is so far behind these universities, that it is far beyond funny. It is a serious problem.

If Louisiana is serious, the entire university landscape must be changed.

Louisiana State - 60% all state funding
Louisiana Tech - 20% of state funding
Louisiana Lafayette-20% state funding

Maybe a small presence in NewOrleans.

The rest are absorbed into one of the 3.

That is the ONLY way for lsu to be anything more than a slum lord school.

Once the funding is there, LSU needs to follow Tech’s lead and acquire slum land and develop it into world class academic centers.