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Best 10 game stretch in LSU history?

Posted on 11/9/11 at 10:35 am
Posted by Minew
New Orleans Diaspora
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 11/9/11 at 10:35 am
While I'll concede that any "best stretch" should include an national or even conference championship, one could argue that last weekend's game came close. For degree of difficulty and dominance, this is pretty impressive for a 10 game stretch:

10 victories
9 BCS conference teams
7 ranked teams
6 SEC teams
6 road games
5 road games against ranked opponents
#14 average rank of ranked opponents
24 pts. avg margin of victory
2 top 3 opponents
1 Cotton Bowl win
1 Game of the Century win


#17 Texas A&M 41-24

#3 Oregon 40-27

Northwestern State 49-3

#25 Mississippi State 19-6

#16 West Virginia 47-21

Kentucky 35-7

#17 Florida 41-11

Tennessee 38-7

#20 Auburn 45-10

#2 Alabama 9-6 OT

That said, LSU will have to be almost as impressive to finish with a nat'l championship. Over a 5-game stretch they will have to beat all 5 teams, 4 BCS conference teams, 3 SEC teams, another top-20 opponent (SEC Champ.), another top-10 team (AR), and another #2 team, with 3 of the 5 games away from home. There's a long way to go but if they get there, it will be one of the most impressive runs in the history of college football.


Posted by Vol Fan in the Bayou
Member since Nov 2009
4158 posts
Posted on 11/9/11 at 10:41 am to
Right now, I think the 1958 team would disagree.

Lets wait till LSU wins the National Championship and then I think you can anoint the last 10 game stretch as the best.

Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
22012 posts
Posted on 11/9/11 at 10:51 am to
quote:

Right now, I think the 1958 team would disagree.


I was a high school senior that year and a big Tiger fan. The only victories that season over ranked opponents were 14-0 over #6 Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium and 7-0 over #12 Clemson in the Sugar Bowl. Mississippi State had been ranked earlier in the season, but they were 3-4 when we beat them 7-6 in Jackson.
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