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LSU football should go back to a first game lightweight.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:34 pm
Upvote or downvote.
Just makes more sense to work out the kinks before jumping in cold with a powerhouse .
Just makes more sense to work out the kinks before jumping in cold with a powerhouse .
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Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:35 pm to lsuag88
Bama seems to have gone that route
Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:37 pm to lsuag88
Disagree. Playing a big time opponent gets everyone’s attention more in the offseason and during fall camp. Huge feather in the winning teams cap for rest of year too.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:40 pm to lsuag88
Nothing gets the juices flowing quite like Arkansas Pine Bluff at home in 96 degree weather labor day weekend
Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:46 pm to lsuag88
U guys are gonna go nuts spinning your wheels on this for the next couple of years
22 FSU
23 FSU
24 USC
25 at Clemson
26 Clemson
All to start the season
22 FSU
23 FSU
24 USC
25 at Clemson
26 Clemson
All to start the season
This post was edited on 7/23/23 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:52 pm to lsuag88
Quit being a bitch. It’s only a problem when the opponent gets their warmup game in week 0. Big early matchups bring excitement all offseason.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:56 pm to lsuag88
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Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:58 pm to lsuag88
It does seem like high risk low reward, but I like playing a decent team to start it off.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:01 pm to lsuag88
Was having a rent a win as our opener ever really that common for us? Maybe only like a handful of times but it hardly seems like a norm or tradition that "going back to" would imply. Feels like we've always started with someone like Oregon, Washington, Miami, Arizona St, UNC, Wisconsin, VT, etc.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:05 pm to lsuag88
I think the big catalyst for our 2011 season was the work that went into preparing for Oregon’s up tempo offense!
This post was edited on 7/22/23 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:09 pm to lsuag88
No. Its time for CFB to be done with the lightweight games. They suck. Besides losing to FSU in week 1 last year had essentially no effect on our season.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:14 pm to lsuag88
LSU has played the toughest schedule in all of CFB for the last 20 years, year in and year out. The whole country knows it. We play anybody anywhere anytime.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 7:41 pm to lsuag88
At least we won't be playing a team that already has a game under their belt this year
Posted on 7/22/23 at 8:01 pm to lsuag88
If you’re really good it doesn’t matter
Posted on 7/22/23 at 9:14 pm to lsuag88
2003 Arizona
2007 VaTech
2011 Oregon
2019 Texas
I'd say not only does it make it fun and interesting, it seems to payoff for the most part when we have talent. I realize they were not all first games but they were at least the second game with a non-conf power 5 matchup.
2007 VaTech
2011 Oregon
2019 Texas
I'd say not only does it make it fun and interesting, it seems to payoff for the most part when we have talent. I realize they were not all first games but they were at least the second game with a non-conf power 5 matchup.
This post was edited on 7/22/23 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 7/22/23 at 11:13 pm to lsuag88
No way. I like those big games. Gets us national attention. And I think the whining about teams playing week 0 games is loser mentality. If week 0 games were such a big deal, why don’t Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan, etc. play em?
Posted on 7/23/23 at 7:07 am to lsuag88
This century when opening with Power 5 schools we are 10-5 and should really be 14-1, the Virginia Tech game being the only game we were just flat out beaten all game long...Les Miles last year debacle with Wisconsin and CEO last two years with his not giving a shite were inexcusable...last years FSU with BK trying to figure out who could play where rebuilding from 39 players still could have been won...
More times than not when LSU has their shite together they win opening day against Power 5 teams...
2002 Virginia Tech L
2004 Oregon State W
2007 Miss State W
2009 Washington W
2010 North Carolina W
2011 Oregon W
2013 TCU W
2014 Wisconsin W
2015 McNeese cancelled so 2nd game was your first game Miss State W
2016 Wisconsin L frick Les Miles
2017 BYU W
2018 Miami W
2020 Miss State L
2021 UCLA L
2022 Florida State L
More times than not when LSU has their shite together they win opening day against Power 5 teams...
2002 Virginia Tech L
2004 Oregon State W
2007 Miss State W
2009 Washington W
2010 North Carolina W
2011 Oregon W
2013 TCU W
2014 Wisconsin W
2015 McNeese cancelled so 2nd game was your first game Miss State W
2016 Wisconsin L frick Les Miles
2017 BYU W
2018 Miami W
2020 Miss State L
2021 UCLA L
2022 Florida State L
Posted on 7/23/23 at 8:32 am to lsuag88
Not in the playoff era. It’s better to hit the ground running, a non conference loss week 1 doesn’t hurt you if you lose but can help your resume a ton if you win.
You also get better by playing the best.
Plus as a fan it’s way more fun so win-win
Losing to FSU did nothing to hurt our playoff chances last year, but it was a super valuable learning experience for a young team that will help them this year
You also get better by playing the best.
Plus as a fan it’s way more fun so win-win
Losing to FSU did nothing to hurt our playoff chances last year, but it was a super valuable learning experience for a young team that will help them this year
This post was edited on 7/23/23 at 8:34 am
Posted on 7/23/23 at 8:55 am to lsuag88
I like that we’re playing the biggest game of the opening weekend. Exciting for the fans and players are more dialed in as well during the offseason, especially being a revenge game.
Posted on 7/23/23 at 9:10 am to lsuag88
Doesn’t really matter to me. Either the coaching staff did their job well enough to prepare the team to play well or they didn’t. With that said, I fully expect LSU to play well and win.
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