re: Should LSU play tougher non-conference schedule

With the playoff, the game has changed. It is about positioning your team to make a run at the SEC championship game and get in the playoff. Why would we continue to bang our collective head against the wall with a murderous OOC conference when our conference foes aren't doing the same. One of the Whiskey/TCU type games a season is good enough to demonstrate we have some schedule strength, plus the conference slate and a couple of cupcakes.

The playoff, if you get to it and advance, effectively gives you a couple of additional OOC conference games against a quality opponent. That is better than a Chicken Bowl or Outback game against an unknown or weak opponent year in year out.