Georgia can keep it's state-of-the-art practice facility.

LSU is taking it to another level.

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The school unveiled plans for a man-made “lazy river” as part of an $85 million rec center project they hope to complete by fall 2016.

The recreation project on the Baton Rouge, La., campus will includes an outdoor adventure center, a rope-climbing course and a 21,000-square-foot sun deck – not to mention the “lazy river” which will spell out “LSU” letters.

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All that fun will be paid through student fees, the schools defends.

These schmanzy pools are nothing new.

Texas Tech University has a 645-foot “lazy river,” too.

At Auburn students can soak in a 45-person paw-print-shaped hot tub or scale a 20-foot wet climbing wall before plunging into the pool.

The University of Iowa’s recreation center features both a lazy river and a 25-person hot tub.

And the list lazily goes on, and on, and on …