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You know, I love that we all have the freedom to voice our own opinions in this great country, but yours really isn't worth a wooden nickel.

LSU's record against top-25 and top-10 opponents speaks for itself, as does our bowl record. If LSU isn't a top 5 team over the past 10 years, there is no top 5.

Pot calling the kettle black.

You keep saying "recently" but then invoke the "last 10 years"...which is it? Because last 10 year and omitting SC is absolutely disingenuous and frankly retarded.

From 2002-2008:

Consecutive BCS bowl appearances: 7 FBS (I-A) record

BCS bowl wins: 6 FBS (I-A) record

Winning 4 Rose Bowls and 2 Orange Bowls by an average score of 40-18.

From 2002-2008 USC was 10-2 vs. Top 10 opponents.

7 Straight Conference Titles

Weeks at #1 in AP poll: 33 (NCAA record)

Consecutive 11 win seasons: 7 (NCAA record)

In 8 years, USC lost only one game by more than seven points.

In 2009, USC was named “Team of the Decade” by both CBSSports.com and Football.com, as well as the “Program of the Decade” by SI.com, plus was No. 1 in CollegeFootballNews.com’s “5-Year Program Rankings”

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Posted by wadewilson

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 12/10/12 at 3:27 pm to Zamoro10

I actually wasn't talking to you.

How many games did USC have to forfeit in that period of time? Yeah, they were awesome, but if they had to forfeit a couple seasons because they were paying players, that hurts.

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Posted by Baloo

Formerly MDGeaux

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Posted on 12/10/12 at 3:44 pm to Zamoro10

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You keep saying "recently" but then invoke the "last 10 years"...which is it?

Can't it be both? Any reasonable look at strongest program would look at recent history and current strength. LSU has a great track record over the past 10 or last 5 year look back, is in the top ten this year, is a year removed from a national title game, and has no mitigating reason to think the relative level of success will not continue.

USC's situation, in this context, is totally different. They look great in the 10 year look back and pretty good in the 5 year look back, but they are coming off a mediocre year, are still under NCAA sanction which will continue to affect the team's roster depth, and the architect of the program's success is now chilling in Seattle.

When looking at the original question "What are the 5 best CFB programs right now?", I see no reason why ranking LSU and not USC is so contrary, even when using historical data.

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