re: Unfrickingbelievable!!!!!!!

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it's true you whiners

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59-0 against BYU?????? Maybe UCLA should try to get a few of those weak OCC games.

That presentation was very confused.

If it just wanted to single out teams that didn't pick any OOC opponents from the big five conferences, fair enough. LSU didn't schedule any OOC opponents from the five major conferences this year like we normally do (Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon St, Virginia Tech, Washington, etc). Because LSU didn't do so for this season, yes, our OOC schedule is weak this year.

But the presentation says "These teams may all look strong, but pollsters might want to think twice before inviting them to a BCS bowl. Why? Because their schedules just aren't cutting it. Take LSU, for starters..."

That makes no sense. We play @ Auburn, @ Florida, and we play Georgia and Alabama at home. All of those teams are currently Top Ten. How do you get a schedule any stronger than that?

I also don't get how Ohio State made their list, when Ohio State's OOC includes #1 Southern Cal.

Same with Florida State, whose OOC includes #4 Florida and a Big 12 team, Colorado.

Same with South Carolina, whose OOC includes Clemson (ACC).

Same with Penn State, whose OOC includes Oregon St (Pac-10).

Same with Missouri, whose OOC includes Illinois (Big Ten).

Usually, if your OOC includes a team from one of the five major conferences, that's not too shabby.

Interesting that that presentation singled out 3 SEC teams, 3 Big 12 teams, 3 Big 10 teams, and 1 ACC team... but didn't say anything about, say Arizona (Pac-10), whose OOC schedule is Idaho, Toledo, New Mexico. How is that any better than the five above teams that at least scheduled a OOC team from another big 5 conference????

You could say Arizona is too small-time to single out for a poor OOC schedule, but then why did they single out Kentucky?

What an odd piece by Foxsports.

What really pisses me off is, they are implying that LSU used that "formula" last year. At least, to an extent (they imply 2 losses).

In 2007, nobody played and beat more top 15 teams than LSU. LSU was 5-0 against top 15 teams last year. As a measure of comparison, USC was 0-0.

They might have something of a point in 2008, but they need to get educated about 2007.