Yes, the LSU trip will be a challenge, but it was not a home-and-away agreement, obviously.
Ohio State will also give us a good challenge, and fortunately they are traveling out here. It is after the end of Fall quarter anyway, so our travel restrictions would permit us to do home and aways during mid to late December, although that was not needed in this case.
I do think the most reasonable way to up our preseason difficulty would be with some former Pac 12 schools. We did do this with WSU and could with others. I was actually a bit surprised that WSU was the only one this year. Maybe Kate just wanted an easier preseason given all the changes to the team.
Ohio State will also give us a good challenge, and fortunately they are traveling out here. It is after the end of Fall quarter anyway, so our travel restrictions would permit us to do home and aways during mid to late December, although that was not needed in this case.
I do think the most reasonable way to up our preseason difficulty would be with some former Pac 12 schools. We did do this with WSU and could with others. I was actually a bit surprised that WSU was the only one this year. Maybe Kate just wanted an easier preseason given all the changes to the team.