re: gymnastics weekly team update:

Beam LSU has nice balance of difficulty. Its not too over the top but the reason DD switched to such difficulty recently is because before we were hammered in the post season for lack of it.

Floor, LSU does need the E level passes. We need scores to start from a 10.0 if possible. Believe it or not, a lot of times judges are much more lenient on routines that have way more difficulty. OU IMO was overscored a bit last year. Florida and UCLA had routines just as easy and they were hammered much more. It makes no sense, which is why the Florida coach bitched to the NCAA about it.

Difficulty the last four 5 years is also what has made LSU a top 3 team. Its difficult for others to maximize their scores to keep up with LSU's

well said, I think the judging has improved a lot since NCAA changes (9 years ago?) but still it is tough to understand, but not being an expert I often see little difference in difficulty..