After the drama of the Wingard years, LSU contented itself to fall back into the middle of the pack of the SIAA. It wasn’t worth the headache to compete for titles. There weren’t as many parades, but there were less affidavits and disparaging articles in the rival press. 1911 also marked the return of Tulane to the SIAA and a resumption of the Battle for the Rag rivalry.
James Dwyer took over as football coach in 1911, and LSU finally separated the football job from the other programs. F.M. Long inherited the basketball and track programs while Bob Pender got the baseball job.