Yammering about Les's "10 Win Seasons"? Compare non-conference opponents.

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A lot of folks are hollering about Les's "10 win seasons" as if they are unprecedented.

I've got this open to 1971, but compare non-conference opponents now with what we scheduled in the past.

We didn't schedule what were called "Division 2" opponents back then like McNeese, Appalachian State, Eastern Michigan, and Western Kentucky.

Our 1971 non-conference schedule was Colorado, Texas A&M, Wisconsin, Rice, Notre Dame, and Tulane.

Tulane was usually an easy win, but they were capable of an upset. They were FAR from the train wreck they are now and were still considered a "rival." Rice was usually considered a "breather" but they were still a Division One SWC team that played Texas and Arkansas tough.

For the most part, when you scheduled all Division One opponents from major conferences, you never knew if they'd be down that season or a national championship contender.

Go ahead, scroll through the sixties and seventies and compare non-conference opponents then with these total cupcakes we play now and still often struggle with.

Take into consideration we played ten and then eleven games then, not twelve.

Charley Mac was here 18 seasons, played a much tougher schedule year in and year out than Les--heralded non-conference opponents like Notre Dame and USC, played fewer games,STILL played a tough SEC schedule and had a stellar record.

And he rightfully had to go because he couldn't beat Alabama.

Consider all this ...THEN get back with me and tell me how awestruck I should be over Les's "ten win seasons" and his .700-something percentages.

Wonder what Les's record would be if he played a schedule for eleven years comparable to what Cholly Mac faced every year?