re: 1969 football season final rankings

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Actually it was six years earlier.

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The win over Texas was in the 1963 Cotton Bowl, which was played at the end of the 1962 season, seven years before the 1969 season.

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But LSU beat an undefeated Arkansas team just three years before that

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LSU beat Arkansas in the 1966 Cotton Bowl, which was played at the end of the 1965 season, four years before the 1969 season.

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that game combined with the earlier win over Texas definitely caught their eye.

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I doubt games played four and seven years earlier could have had much impact on the Cotton Bowl committee or the Texas coach. Seven years ago, in 2010, LSU beat Alabama and lost to Arkansas. Four years ago, in 2013, LSU was ranked in the top six and lost to a 4-touchdown underdog Ole Miss. None of those games have anything to do with this year's games against those three teams.