Believe it or not, there’s a lot of time to fill in the offseason.

We essentially have 8 months to try and find ways to get the same rush that fall Saturdays give us. Some people make productive use of their time by helping around the house, spending more time with loved ones or volunteering. Others choose more illegal ways to make the days go by.

Three LSU fans accomplished the latter this week.

According to The Advocate, a trio of LSU fans were accused of stealing a John Deere vehicle from the Tiger Stadium locker room at 2:30 a.m. LSUNow.com reported that the 3 men were stopped on campus driving the vehicle, which had LSU markings on it, and the driver failed a breathalyzer test.

Tyler Jones, 22, Robert Nicklas, 22 and Daryl Lally, 21 were all charged with theft of a motor vehicle, while the driver, Lally, was also charged with a DWI. LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard confirmed the three men are not University students.

There’s allegedly video from the LSU security cameras of the incident occurring, too.

It almost sounded looked like some sort of fraternity initiation. But thanks to the real heroes who did the reporting on this, those weren’t even LSU students. And besides, they were 21- and 22-year old dudes. That’s not exactly pledge age even if they went to another school.

But that’s beside the point.

Now I could sit here and preach about why it’s dumb that college kids thought it would be funny to drunkenly steal a team vehicle — I was hoping it was a tractor when I saw it was a “John Deere vehicle” — to joy ride. I won’t bore you about the dangers of driving anything under the influence.

And not that one should, but I’ll admit that back in my younger days I’ve gone into a Power 5 stadium or two without permission late at night. Granted, I didn’t steal a team vehicle and drunkenly drive it around campus.

My question is not why a few guys would want to do that. Instead, it’s why does this type of thing seem to keep happening at LSU? Like, if a few drunk 20-somethings can waltz into Tiger Stadium and steal a vehicle in the middle of the night, how tight is the security really?

Sure, having cameras is cool. But that’s after-the-act stuff. How has LSU not figured out how to prevent something like this?

Goodness. The LSUNow.com report said the vehicle was valued at over $10,000 (!). That sounds a lot like what occurred when a Florida fan stole the injury cart from outside the stadium and was later stopped after its joy ride.

This is clearly a problem at LSU, though. A little over a year ago, 3 students were arrested for simple burglary after breaking into Tiger Stadium. One of the burglars was caught with 12 LSU collectors cups (of all the things to steal, collectors cups?).

Oh, but that’s just the beginning of it.

Four kids were arrested for breaking into the stadium last May after they were seen just sitting in the bleachers. Apparently they hopped the fence. There have been plenty of incidents like that, and I’m sure plenty that weren’t documented.

Who could forget the Alabama fans who broke into Tiger Stadium and damaged the Eye of the Tiger logo before the 2016 matchup?

That’s not even close to what someone with an ATV did after breaking into Tiger Stadium 2 years ago:

Credit: WBRZ

The most interesting of all the LSU break-ins might have been the guy who was arrested after sneaking into Tiger Stadium with a prostitute. Double whammy.

It’s unbelievable that one of the best football programs in the country can’t figure out a way to keep people from getting into its stadium. Many of the people who were arrested for breaking in admitted to simply hopping a fence.

(If I wanted to make this political, I’d make a joke about how putting up a fence or wall doesn’t exactly solve your problem. But instead of making that joke, I’ll stick to sports.).

Do something, LSU.

That’s a message on behalf of anyone who has ever dealt with a call in the middle of the night because somebody broke into Tiger Stadium. That shouldn’t keep happening. There’s too much money in that program for this to be a thing.

Do you think LSU has ever heard of “Ring?” That app sends a message to your smart phone whenever someone steps foot on to your property. I’m not sure if they do stadium-wide type stuff with that, but I have to think attempted that would work better than the current system. I’d be fascinated to know what really goes into that. Is it just cameras set up and if someone makes a big enough scene, the cops are called?

I don’t know. What I do know is that full-time security guards around the stadium are probably in the budget if you’re able to pay an assistant coach $2.5 million a season. You know. Just a thought.

Here’s another thought. Double Ed Orgeron’s salary and tell him that he has to work some night security shifts in the offseason but … he gets to tackle any burglars.

Ah, who am I kidding. Even I’d want to break into Tiger Stadium for that kind of opportunity.