re: Origins of Apathy: LSU Has Not Won a Big Game in Three Years

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It's such a laugher to me that MSU, a team that, since I was a Freshman in 1995, we've lost to once--in our worst season, 1999--is now cited as a big win. We never lose to MSU. No disrespect to MSU, but they're MSU.

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And I'm sure most, including myself, consider such a win an expectation. But when they are 7-2 and playing well, I think in retrospect it will be a big win. Now they could sputter down the stretch and be mediocre, but right now that's a better win then we expected. I'm sure at the beginning of the year, most would have found Auburn to be a bad loss, as nobody was expecting them to be this good offensively with Cam. Now, the loss certainly sucks, especially considering how we played, but I wouldn't categorize losing to a top five team on the road as a bad loss.

This is really just arguing theories at this point. I'm upset over the loss to AU. We should have won and the offense was pathetic. Just noting that expectations of how a team is and how they actually are changes a perspective about the "value" of a win or loss.