re: Does everyone now understand why Bonnette and Miles are against permanents?

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If we hadn't played like crap against UF and managed to win, the strong schedule helps us. I like the stronger schedule. We just need to be better prepared than we were for the first half of the season. It's hard to go undefeated regardless of the schedule when you don't play well. I would rather lose to UF than UK.

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Im sure oregon would have loved to beat us last year. They basically cost them a shot by scheduling us.

Its not how good the teams are. its the fact i want to see diff teams more often.

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I like the stronger schedule

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The strongest schedule in recent memory was last year's schedule. And look at how highly LSU was ranked nationally for most of the 2011 season, until we shot ourselves in the azz on 1/9.

For LSU, strong schedules = National respect. Weak schedules = Ho-hum nationally (unless you are Alabama, USC, or some other media golden child).

The other learning from last year is if you have a strong schedule and beat them all, like LSU did in 2011, nobody can make a claim ahead of you (except Alabama, which always gets a mulligan).

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If we hadn't played like crap against UF and managed to win, the strong schedule helps us. I like the stronger schedule. We just need to be better prepared than we were for the first half of the season. It's hard to go undefeated regardless of the schedule when you don't play well. I would rather lose to UF than UK.

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As a season ticket holder, I agree with you and I would prefer to PAY for good games. As a fan of LSU football, I want a fair opportunity to make it to the NC game. Us playing UF & UGA vs. Bama playing UT and Mizzu isn't providing the same test for both teams. They like the "eyeball test" because your coach can drastically influence the results. Polls are all about hype and I too believed that Bama was the clear #1...until they played LSU & aTm.

It's comical to watch these inbread Gump's making excuses when LSU keeps getting the tougher schedule. If the scenario were reversed, they would absolutely be complaining. What sucks is that at the end of the season, it doesn't really matter that we played #1, #2, and #3. It's all about wins and losses...and a biased "eyeball test".