If you build it, they will come. 
It’s a bit cheesy and not even the exact quote, but the phrase fits exactly what LSU athletics is trying to accomplish. The athletic department has done everything in its power to supply its teams the resources to perform at a high level. 
Now it’s time for the payoff.
Take a walk around the campus, and you can see construction being done for new facilities all the time. The ground breaking for the new gymnastics facility occured Tuesday morning and the work on Tiger Stadium’s south end zone will be completed in about one month.
The athletic department has already made plans for either new training facilities or arenas for less notable sports like tennis, golf and sand volleyball. Say what you want about Tiger Athletic Foundation, but it cannot be denied the money they receive is going somewhere.
The facilities will serve two purposes once completed. One, they’ll meet the needs of the athletes or fans they were specifically designed for. Two, they’ll be the first things possible high school recruits see when they tour the campus. 
Gymnastics coach D-D Breaux spoke after the ground breaking about the rebuilding of so many facilities and how proud she was to see her sport taken care of.
“It’s gymnastics’s turn and I think [Athletic Director] Joe Alleva has given a new face to LSU athletic facilities,” Breaux said. “I’m just so proud to be here and I’m going to be able to coach in this facility.” 
The University of Oregon is the prime example of how well money can translate to success at a school. Ever since Nike owner and Oregon alum Phil Knight started pouring money into the program, the changes have been almost immediate.
People know Oregon by its colorful football uniforms, which Nike makes more ridiculous every season. As dumb as it seems, the jerseys attract many high school stars and plant the team in their mind.
The Ducks football team made only four BCS bowl games before 2000, but have now made four of those games in the last five years. 
Oregon then began providing facilities to other sports like LSU has begun doing, and the results have been obvious. Eleven of the Ducks’ 24 national championships have been won since 2007.
Oregon revived its baseball program in 2009 after a 27-year absence and has made the regional three out of the five seasons. The softball team is also in a golden age, making two its first three Women’s College World Series appearances in the last three seasons.
The most remarkable thing about Oregon’s run is the location of the school. Oregon never tops the nation in recruiting but the Ducks revert to stealing players from recruiting gold mines like California.
The good news for LSU is that Louisiana is already a recruiting hotbed. The better news is that the new facilities allow LSU to steal more recruits from Texas. 
LSU took a page out of Oregon’s book and is building the necessary facilities to complete to compete with anyone. If we’ve anything from Oregon, with facilities comes talent, and with talent comes performance.