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re: strength of schedule complaints
Posted on 5/26/09 at 4:54 pm to bfniii
Posted on 5/26/09 at 4:54 pm to bfniii
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make the schedule harder and lsu doesn't even have a chance to challenge for the national championship
Like in 2007 when playing Virginia Tech early in the season knocked us out of the chance to win the NC, right?
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to ask lsu to schedule another great team is to ask lsu to do something other "elite" teams are rarely, if ever, willing to do
In 2008, every SEC team played a non-conference opponent from another BCS conference...except LSU. In 2008, every team that finished in the top ten of either the AP or Coaches poll played a non-conference opponent from a BCS conference. Other elite teams are doing it. We should be, too.
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Posted on 5/26/09 at 5:36 pm to Nuts4LSU
quote:that's not what people are asking for. they want ALL of the cupcakes off the schedule. it's not reasonable.
Like in 2007 when playing Virginia Tech early in the season knocked us out of the chance to win the NC, right?
furthermore, you know that it's a huge, huge risk playing a team of that caliber. it happened to work out but it could have easily backfired. there goes your championship. most years, the elite teams aren't going to repeatedly take those risks like lsu fans want and the ones that do don't usually end up with a shot at the ncg
quote:but does that happen every year? no.
In 2008, every SEC team played a non-conference opponent from another BCS conference...except LSU
quote:and aside from florida, only bama was from the sec. teams from other conferences HAVE to have that game. sec teams don't.
In 2008, every team that finished in the top ten of either the AP or Coaches poll played a non-conference opponent from a BCS conference.
quote:because they have to in order to have any shot at an elite sos.
Other elite teams are doing it.
quote:not necessarily, as i have shown
We should be, too.
Posted on 5/26/09 at 6:29 pm to Nuts4LSU
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Like in 2007 when playing Virginia Tech early in the season knocked us out of the chance to win the NC, right?
Ask VTech about how awesome it was to play a big game against a really good team at the beginning of that season...
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In 2008, every SEC team played a non-conference opponent from another BCS conference...except LSU. In 2008, every team that finished in the top ten of either the AP or Coaches poll played a non-conference opponent from a BCS conference. Other elite teams are doing it. We should be, too.
Really? You think that the problem with last year, a regular season in which we went 7-5 and lost to every great team we played, almost every good team we played, and one crappy team, was that there weren't enough good OOC teams on our schedule?
I'm not saying we should never play a really good team, but considering that LSU hasn't gone defeated in my lifetime, I'm not sure that replacing a bunch of games that we have a 90% or better chance of winning with games that we have a 50% or worse chance of winning is an awesome idea.
This post was edited on 5/26/09 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 5/27/09 at 12:30 am to Nuts4LSU
quote:I think he meant more like 2002.
Like in 2007 when playing Virginia Tech early in the season knocked us out of the chance to win the NC, right?
quote:And how many of them faced the number of ranked opponents LSU did? All 10? I doubt it.
In 2008, every team that finished in the top ten of either the AP or Coaches poll played a non-conference opponent from a BCS conference.
Non-conference is a spurious distinction; worse, an outright disingenuous one, instantly detracting from whatever credibility the point being made would otherwise merit. If Jackson State plays an OOC opponent from a BCS conference, their schedule is not somehow "better" than ours on the merits of one game.
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