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Is this opening game the hardest game LSU has ever played?
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:49 am
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:49 am
on paper at least? Handful come to mind - some of the 90"s UF teams on the road, 2010's Bama on the road, 2006 Auburn, maybe 2011 Oregon neutral field.
I don't know if it's the hardest, but on paper seems like it's in the conversation. Add in that the program needs an opening week win, feels like the program is in a pressure cooker.
I don't know if it's the hardest, but on paper seems like it's in the conversation. Add in that the program needs an opening week win, feels like the program is in a pressure cooker.
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Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:50 am to TigerStick
I think you'd get a better conversation if you asked if it was the hardest opening game LSU has ever played.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:51 am to TigerStick
2011 Oregon, at least on paper, was massive
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:51 am to TigerStick
A week one regular season game is certainly not the hardest game LSU has ever played 
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:53 am to TigerStick
Hardest game ever played? Not even close. I can name 10 games off the top of my head where we faced a team better than this version of Clemson. And yes, I know they have several projected first rounders. That type of forecasting very rarely manifests itself.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:54 am to BayouBandit24
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2011 Oregon, at least on paper, was massive
That was the first game that came to mind for me too, but that was a neutral field at least. A true away game like this probably beats it.
The other game that came to mind was at Virginia Tech in 2002.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 8:59 am to GeauxLSU4
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Hardest game ever played? Not even close.
Pretty sure he meant hardest opener.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:02 am to TigerStick
Not even close. Preseason #1 ranked Nebraska came to Death Valley on September 11, 1976. The game finished in a tie - 6-6. LSU missed a 44 yd FG at the end that would have won it. Great battle, but definitely the toughest LSU opening game that I have seen. The hype for the game was unreal.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:07 am to TigerStick
Depends how Clemson does the rest of the season. If they go undefeated and win the natty, then yeah you could definitely make the case that having to play them on the road in week one is the toughest game in program history
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:08 am to WacoTiger
A 44 yard game winning field goal in 1976 must have felt like a mile.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:14 am to BayouBandit24
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2011 Oregon, at least on paper, was massive
About to say the same thing, I made the trip on a student bus and it was electric... We just made them our bitch
This post was edited on 7/11/25 at 9:15 am
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:15 am to TigerStick
If we're only talking about openers, maybe, but I'll have to see it to believe it. I think that is a massively over hyped team, and I don't say that to suggest that I'm super confident that LSU will win the game. How could I be after the last 5 openers? I'm also not saying Clemson isn't any good. They'll probably win the ACC, but that, as usual, isn't saying much.
They didn't impress me a year ago, but as far as returning players and new players and how that all comes together, and if they make a jump, I'll just have to see it, like I said. Since LSU beat them in '19, they haven't won anything of great importance.
They didn't impress me a year ago, but as far as returning players and new players and how that all comes together, and if they make a jump, I'll just have to see it, like I said. Since LSU beat them in '19, they haven't won anything of great importance.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:16 am to Mickey Goldmill
2006 Auburn and 2010’s Bama games he mentioned weren’t openers
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:21 am to TigerStick
Maybe it was 21 year old purple and gold delusion but I had 0 doubt about that 2011 Oregon opener. I have plenty of doubts about this one
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:25 am to TigerStick
quote:Just when you think you've seen the most retarded thing on TD, you then see something more retarded. Unreal the level of stupidity here.
hardest game LSU has ever played
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:25 am to TigerStick
Those 80's-90's openers vs. A&M were tough.
Dinardo's first game was @ No. 3 Texas A&M in a daytime kickoff where it was brutally hot. Two years before (93) LSU opened @ No. 5 A&M.
I know we all clown A&M here, but they were often a top 10 team during that time period when LSU would open (nearly) every season with them.
Dinardo's first game was @ No. 3 Texas A&M in a daytime kickoff where it was brutally hot. Two years before (93) LSU opened @ No. 5 A&M.
I know we all clown A&M here, but they were often a top 10 team during that time period when LSU would open (nearly) every season with them.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 9:28 am to TigerStick
Oregon, fsu team that finished top 4, and 2 yrs in a row had like 6 1st rounder all Americans on it.. just recently.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 10:03 am to FnTigers
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you then see something more retarded
and you feel the need to comment anyway
Posted on 7/11/25 at 10:04 am to TigerStick
You need to re word your response to your topic because it does not match the title. You asked about hardest opening games then talk about 2010s Bama and 2006 Auburn. None of those games were opening games for LSU.
Posted on 7/11/25 at 10:06 am to mjax57
I could hit from 44 in 1976 but barely, I remember the miss well thinking damn I could have made that kick lol.
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