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re: LSU has never beaten BOTH Auburn and Florida away in the same season

Posted on 7/27/16 at 4:09 pm to
Posted by CheerWhine
A little bit of Mardi Gras
Member since Apr 2014
72411 posts
Posted on 7/27/16 at 4:09 pm to
quote:

How did the SEC schedule work back in those days, pre the '92 expansion?


Since there were no divisions back then, there were more permanent opponents for each team, and Florida was one for us. Not counting Arky and A&M (who weren't in the SEC at the time), I believe Auburn is the only current West team who wasn't a permanent opponent back then, so we played them on a rotation. Looking at the series history, there's one point where we didn't play Auburn for 27 years (1942-1969), so it used to be far less structured than that.
Posted by KennabraTiger
Kenner, LA
Member since Sep 2013
6479 posts
Posted on 7/27/16 at 4:16 pm to
quote:

Another interesting SEC stat or trend is LSU has been to the national championship game in '03, '07, and '11.


Math is hard.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
155391 posts
Posted on 7/27/16 at 4:19 pm to
Both are tough venues regardless of the quality of opponent (see Aub 2012) and weird shite happens at both places.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25508 posts
Posted on 7/27/16 at 4:54 pm to
I can't decide which game is going to be tougher.

I look at Florida's offense and think that with their lack of firepower, we should easily be able to control the game.

Auburn excels when they come into a season with little fanfare, and seems to suck when expectations are large.

With that said, good execution or not, the ground and pound game plan doesn't lend itself to many blowouts these days without a defense that can get some takeaways.
Posted by CalTiger53
California
Member since Oct 2011
9034 posts
Posted on 7/27/16 at 5:21 pm to
Last 6 games:
2015/10/17 LSU 35 - Florida 28 W
2014/10/11 LSU 30 - Florida 27 W
2013/10/12 LSU 17 - Florida 6 W
2012/10/06 LSU 6 - Florida 14 L
2011/10/08 LSU 41 - Florida 11 W
2010/10/09 LSU 33 - Florida 29 W

Isn't this what Alabama has done to LSU ?
Posted by Will2nd
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2009
3931 posts
Posted on 7/27/16 at 5:47 pm to
quote:

LSU 27 UF 20
LSU 31 AU 17


I would flip these final scores:

LSU 31 UF 17 (Still can't stop Fournette and breaking in a new QB)
LSU 27 AU 20 (They've got a dual threat QB again)
Posted by Morgan56
Member since Jan 2006
1161 posts
Posted on 7/27/16 at 8:39 pm to
That being true, Les Miles in the only LSU coach to win against Alabama, Auburn and Florida in the same season. And he's done it twice...
Posted by Drillingman
Member since Feb 2015
1051 posts
Posted on 7/27/16 at 10:13 pm to

THIS IS OUR YEAR.

Maybe 1 loss in regular season.....win both Playoff Games...

NATIONAL CHAMPS with HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER !!!!!!
Posted by Number 31
St. Tammany
Member since Jul 2016
4178 posts
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:19 am to
Before 2014 Miss State hadn't beaten LSU since the 90's.

Nobody knows what if anything either team has at QB. Depending on what source you read, their respective transfers are either abominable or the next Cam Newton. The truth is probably somewhere in between.

Auburn got better as the season progressed last year while Florida tanked after their QB was suspended. Hopefully, neither QB will pan out, or at least not start to click before wr play them.
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
22271 posts
Posted on 7/28/16 at 9:21 am to
Math is hard, I have early onset dementia, or I'm still upset that A&M wasn't Miles' last game with Wisconsin being Fisher's first.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25508 posts
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:50 pm to
You can also argue this is the first time LSU is this much better than the other two (on paper at least).

2014: Auburn was the best of the 3
2012: This would be the year where you'd argue whether LSU was the best or not...but tough to knock UF's record.
2010: Auburn won natty
2008: UF won natty
2006: UF won natty
2004: Auburn was undefeated

You go before that and you start to get into the kickass Florida teams and shitty LSU teams.
Posted by Tiigers072410
Belle Chasse, LA
Member since Oct 2011
218 posts
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:58 pm to
Just play both at night. We always seem to beat Florida at night in the Swamp, and also Auburn on the plains. The Swamp's more dangerous for a CBS kickoff.
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17147 posts
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:46 pm to
This is crazy to me. I had to go back to verify this. Wow.
Posted by DrD
Houston
Member since Jan 2010
2609 posts
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:47 pm to
Hell YES! There is 1st time for everything..... We'll either have a woman President or a non-politician President for the 1st time in 2016. It's going to be an extra special football season for LSU football. Any other outlook and you're already defeated. NEXT! Bring on Wisky!
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