LSU's season wasn't enough to get out of the Group of Six SEC bowls where pairings are decided by the conference in consultation with ESPN. The group consists of the Music, Texas, Belk, TaxSlayer, Outback, and Liberty Bowls with no pecking order. LSU has reportedly been placed into the Texas Bowl at NRG Stadium in Houston (the Texans stadium in the Astrodome parking lot) where they will face Texas Tech from the BXII on Tuesday, December 29th at 8pm CT.
With this bowl, LSU will have played an OOC opponent in the State of Texas for 5 out of the last 6 years, which while great for LSU's sizable alumni base in that state, has to be wearing thin on Louisiana residents looking for interesting travel destinations.