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The Benefits of a Strong Schedule...

Posted on 10/18/10 at 11:21 am
Posted by Chicken
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Member since Aug 2003
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Posted on 10/18/10 at 11:21 am
I don't know how this season will end, but it appears that LSU's strength of schedule will benefit us if we are in the hunt for the title.

There have been many on here critical of scheduling strong OOC teams:

"Why risk playing a tough OOC team and losing?"

"We don't need a strong OOC schedule. Just schedule a bunch of cupcakes, win the SEC and we will be in the hunt automatically."


This OOC schedule has been great...the UNC game was on national TV and garnered a lot of attention. The West Virginia game was on ESPN and also got us attention.

We won both, and those teams are having strong years thus far.

I am glad we are playing Oregon to start the year next season and hope we continue to play strong OOC schedules...

Posted by LSUzealot
Napoleon and Magazine
Member since Sep 2003
57656 posts
Posted on 10/18/10 at 11:23 am to
oregon, @west virginia + SEC = brutal
Posted by cggeaxtigers
Southeastern, North America
Member since Jan 2008
3264 posts
Posted on 10/18/10 at 11:28 am to
Our 'permanent' east opponent being Florida has helped both programs immensely.
This post was edited on 10/18/10 at 11:29 am
Posted by liquid rabbit
Boxtard BPB®© emeritus
Member since Mar 2006
61029 posts
Posted on 10/18/10 at 11:32 am to
Not only playing a strong schedule, but handicapping ourselves by playing starting with our "weak link."
Posted by tigerinridgeland
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2006
7636 posts
Posted on 10/18/10 at 11:35 am to
It certainly did in the 2007 season. We quite possibly wouldn't have gotten to the BCSCG without the Va. Tech win. And it was what hurt Auburn in 2004, with no BCS OOC game in the regular schedule.
Posted by bee Rye
New orleans
Member since Jan 2006
33970 posts
Posted on 10/18/10 at 11:35 am to
quote:

and hope we continue to play strong OOC schedules...
we already have some decent teams lined up for the future. I see this trend continuing
Posted by Mayhawman
Somewhere in the middle of SEC West
Member since Dec 2009
10100 posts
Posted on 10/18/10 at 11:37 am to
quote:

LSU's strength of schedule will benefit us if we are in the hunt for the title.
Nah, we could get to the top on style points alone.
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