LSU should play Boise St. in 2011

no. 2011 sets up well for a championship run.

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LSU should play them and finally shut them up

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We have no reason to "shut them up." It's simple, very little gain but a lot to lose.

Yes. I have seen our schedule. We host Southern Miss on the week between Alabama and Ole Miss, and host West Virginia early in the season and also play Northwestern St.

In conference, we play at Tennessee and host Kentucky.

We can't schedule another FBS school, because we already play NSU. We should offset that weakness of schedule with a real non-conference opponent.

And if we are set up for a championship run, Boise Freaking State will just be a bug on the windshield. How could you possibly say that LSU should be afraid to play at home against even the best team from the WAC in fear of it damaging our championship hopes? Child, please.

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We have no reason to "shut them up." It's simple, very little gain but a lot to lose.

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BINGO!

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I agree. LSU did schedule Fresno in 06, which was a top mid-major at the time.

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Frenso has never been a top mid-major. They just talk a lot of shite about playing "anyone, anywhere" only to lose and fail in conference every year.

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I would rather this game on this date up in Boise. The road trip to Washington was awesome. That time of the year in Boise...stream fishing, leaves changing color...get to see the blue field. Gonna call Verge right now...hold on, I'll let you know what he said.

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no coach wants to play on that stupid blue field. Boise pretty much cheats wearing all blue uniforms on the blue field. Also the stadium is not that big so not to many tickets out there.

2011 schedule:

sept 3 - TBD
sept 10 - northwestern state
sept 17 - @ miss state
sept 24 - @ west va
oct 1 - kentucky
oct 8 - florida
oct 15 - @ tenn
oct 22 - auburn
oct 29 - open
nov 5 - @ bama
nov 12 - southern miss
nov 19 - @ ole miss
nov 26 - arkansas

I notice several things:

LSU plays 8 straight weeks to start the season... in that run they have two early road games (to miss state and west virginia)... later they have 3 straight tough games with florida at home, tenn on the road and auburn at home

You can argue this schedule is tough enough and I agree... but provided this is a home game and ESPN is going to really make it financially worth LSU's while to take a risk I see a return on taking that risk

LSU will have to grow up in a hurry that year with the early road trips and tough three game set in the middle of the season... given the week after the potential boise matchup is essentially a gimme week to make corrections I think might actually make sense for LSU to take the risk and play their first tough game at home instead of on the road

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It will never happen. The people who make our schedule would never get the balls to schedule a top mid-major along with a good BCS conf. team in the same year.

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not a matter of having the balls. CFB doesn't really award you for playing an overly tough OOC schedule...look at UF. Our schedule next year is fine as is

This is what's wrong with college football. All it does is keep the money in the same hands, and prevents us from seeing really interesting matchups. It's boring to see the same SEC teams play each other every year. It's ironic everyone will bitch that Boise doesn't play anybody, when these so-called "big teams" won't often play them as it is. Take a look at Alabama and how they have NO urge to play Tech at all. We have a winning record over them and slapped them twice in a row last time, so they have this weak "nothing to gain" attitude toward us. We need a playoff, because this BCS bullshite is ruining college football. With a playoff, LSU wouldn't be scared to play Boise.