On Sun, 9 May 2004, allwehaveisnow1917 wrote:

> Anyone interested in discussing which sites can be claimed as "home"
> fields away from home by college football teams? For example, I am
> particularly interested in LSU playing in New Orleans. Should it
> count as a home, neutral, or somehwere in between? Other interesting
> problems are Washington State playing in Seattle, Florida playing in
> Jacksonville or Tampa Bay, and Georgia playing in Atlanta.

I think a neutral site is defined as being the home site of neither team.
And the home site is defined as the place where a team plays 50% of their
games. (I am probably wrong on the number.) As such, the Super Dome
would count as a neutral site for an LSU game . . unless they moved a
whole bunch of home games there.

Keep in mind, this is the NCAA definition . . I think what people use as a
"home field" in their computer ratings system is entirely up to them.
Naturally, LSU should enjoy a decided home field advantage when playing in
New Orleans . . unless of course they are playing Tulane! (Of course,
even that might be open to interpretation . . )

- Pat

-- Patrick E. Fleming
-- Department of Chemistry
-- San Jose State University
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