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re: What happened in 1998? Why the collapse?
Posted on 2/28/20 at 2:59 pm to TDlurker
Posted on 2/28/20 at 2:59 pm to TDlurker
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Pre-season 1998 ranking was undeserved. It was based on the 1997 team's defeat of #1 Florida, one of the biggest underdog wins in LSU history, but the truth is, things were already going south for Dinardo by that point. LSU stumbled through the rest of the 1997 season
LSU finished the 1997 season 9-3 and ranked in the top 15. Their preseason ranking was based upon that and returning basically the entire team in 1998. And no they didn't stumble through the rest of the season. You mention the losses but ignore the wins: 27-0 against Alabama, 63-28 against Kentucky, 31-21 to Arkansas, and 27-9 to Notre Dame
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went 3-2 for the remainder of the season
4-2
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LSU had no business being ranked at the beginning of 1998,
That's an extremely ignorant statement
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 3:01 pm
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Posted on 2/28/20 at 3:10 pm to lsufball19
quote:And lost 2 of its last 3 home games, and finished last 5 games 3-2, including a win over one of the worst Alabama teams ever.
LSU finished the 1997 season 9-3
quote:ONLY because they knocked off Florida. Do you really think a team that finishes the season 3-2 with exactly 1 home win is a top-15 team? You must not have been there, because it was clear from the stands that the team was riding the high from that Florida win and STILL managed to lose two home games, *badly*.
and ranked in the top 15
quote:lol, 1998 results clearly indicates otherwise.
That's an extremely ignorant statement
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