re: FSU having a "week 0" game last year- Why is this brought up so much??

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I keep reading this so-called advantage FSU had last year by playing a game before LSU,

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I haven't read much about that in quite a while

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but did it ever occur to anyone the advantages that LSU might've had?

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No, because there isn't really much of one.

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For one, that week 0 game gave LSU actual game film on FSU, while FSU had nothing for LSU which was made even more challenging due to LSU's entire new staff and quarterback.

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An advantage that is significantly offset by the lack of actual game experience by LSU's entirely new staff, multiple players including two freshmen O-linemen, several transfer players on defense and a transfer quarterback.

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In addition, several FSU players got dinged up in that week 0 game while LSU was obviously completely fresh.

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Players get dinged up in practice and every game of the season.

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In fact FSU's most dependable LB Amari Gainer suffered an injury and was out for LSU. If you watched UNC beat South Carolina last night you saw how good Gainer is.

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The same thing could have happened on FSU's first defensive series. I am told those things happen in games, seems like something like that happened to LSU.

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It's very doubtful Jayden Daniels has the rushing performance he had if Gainer played

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It's very doubtful Jayden Daniels has the rushing performance he had if Gainer played.

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It's more doubtful he has any real impact on Daniels.

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So the advantages work both ways. I call it a wash.

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And you would be wrong.

There is a reason virtually every coach prefers to open with a team they have an advantage over.