re: LSU 3rd best team in the SEC

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its funny when people get excited that we are ranked #3 in the conference....oh how times have changed

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Im pretty sure you can't count sportsnation as a "ranking".

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its funny when people get excited that we are ranked #3 in the conference....oh how times have changed

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Considering the two teams ahead of us have lost a combined 1 regular season game in the last two years and been entrenched in the top 5 over that time, maybe being ranked right behind them is as good as it gets until we actually beat them on the field.

What's even more funny is when people get so spoiled that it's a bad thing to be ranked behind two schools that have won the past 3 NC's.

Guess what? LSU football didnt start it's inaugural season in 2000 when Saban arrived.

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its funny when people get excited that we are ranked #3 in the conference....oh how times have changed

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Not really. The Tigers were seen as no better than the third or fourth best team going into the '01 and '03 seasons and they only won two SEC titles, two Sugar Bowls and a BCSNC. It's still the end of the season that matters most people. It's o.k to feel good about a consensus branding of number three after the team failed to be the third best team in the conference for the past two seasons. I'd have to say that honor went to Ole Mrs. Being ranked in the top three or four teams pre-season in the SEC typically means that people think if you catch a break or two you could wind up in the BCS bowl scenario. In fact I can recall only one year ('07)in this past decade run when the Tigers were the consensus pre-season best team in the league. I know many will point to '06 as well but I recall Auburn and Florida both getting equal billing with LSU.