Started By
Message

re: It’s early but which game on paper immediately jumps out to yall as the toughest ?

Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:56 pm to
Posted by Geaux Guy
Member since Dec 2018
6816 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:56 pm to
Alabama is always the toughest
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
16617 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:03 pm to
quote:

I think bama. Yea they may not be as good as they used to but it’s a mental thing.


We’ve gotta stop playing the logo. They don’t have the goat coach anymore, none of these players or coaches have anything to do with the 2010s choke jobs.
Posted by goldenmoment
Member since Aug 2011
283 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:39 pm to
Texas. With their returning starters and big portal pickups, I think the Horns should be picked to win it all. Along with ATM, they pose the toughest matchup for LSU talent wise.

Alabama has lost a lot, and we gave them trouble on the road this year, actually challenging them although our offense was messed up. They're obviously not the same team as in years past, plus they'll have a freshman QB in Death Valley. I look for the Tigers to win that one.

Ole Miss still has good talent but not as much as this year, having lost some key players. Their crowd will be rocking, and they'll be super motivated. LSU might not have jelled by then since it's only the third game of the season. Tennessee on the road might be a trap.

On paper, I think LSU goes at least 9-3, and if they split Ole Miss/ATM on back-to-back weekends, and the same with Texas/Bama, I think we go 10-2 and into the playoffs. I'm penciling in Texas as a loss, but they're beatable, and we have the talent to beat them. I think LSU should have jelled by that point in mid-November.

Posted by Garlicsauce
The Salt Mines
Member since Jan 2024
155 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:56 pm to
Alabama will always be the toughest game on the schedule in my mind. It’s a different era without Saban there of course but that game will always be a must watch. I also tend to judge a coach based off his first game against them. I was actually pretty hype about BK after he beat them in his first year. I sure hope LK does too. Would be great to see that not be an expected loss like I’ve gotten used to
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
16617 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:20 pm to
Good thing is we’re finally to the point where the players don’t know what it’s like to play a Saban team, so it SHOULDN’T be in their heads anymore.
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
7182 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:27 pm to
Texas.

Don't know why we're playing there when we played there last time when Burreaux beat the brakes off them.
Posted by SpartanSoul
Member since Aug 2016
3356 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:34 pm to
quote:

Texas.

Don't know why we're playing there when we played there last time when Burreaux beat the brakes off them.


Texas is a home game on Nov. 14th.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
10844 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:46 pm to
I worry about the road games at Auburn, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Auburn and Kentucky are historically difficult places for LSU to play. And the 3-game stretch of Bama, Texas, and at Tennessee is a murderers row.

If Trinidad isn’t eligible, I think Ole Miss will be very winnable.
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
40491 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 11:00 pm to
quote:

Clemson...the first game.

Brand new coaches
50 new players..
A new scheme on Offense.




quote:

The same thing that happened when we played florida state.A few years back..

The first came next year needs to be against a cupcake. Take the glasses off.This is a bad schedule. I don't see the team winning more than nine games.



You need to take a break cupcake.
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 11:01 pm
Posted by TheDeathValley
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2010
20619 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:10 am to
quote:

Oh brother the overly pessimistic fan huh


He shared a faired point.
Posted by PenguinPubes
Frozen Tundra
Member since Jan 2018
11839 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:29 am to
quote:

We’ve gotta stop playing the logo.


Hopefully Kiffin changes this bull shite.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
32107 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:34 am to
A tie between Bama and Texas
Posted by joe68
Hamilton ,MT
Member since Sep 2003
2958 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:46 am to
First game
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
34235 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:58 am to
I always worry about dates and back-to-backs of big games.

I'm not worried about Clemson, so that means we need to at worst split @Ole Miss and A&M

Then it comes down to the 3-week stretch of

Bama
Texas
@Tennessee

Bama game is always very physical, so we can't afford a letdown hosting Texas the next week. Texas will be coming off a tough road game at Mizzou that's a good spot to play them.

We need to go 2-1 in that stretch. If we go 2-0, I could see us having a letdown in Knoxville.

Finish 10-2 in that scenario and hosting a playoff game. That's fine with me in year 1 of the Lane train.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
32107 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:36 am to
Bama is still Bama-- always a dogfight even with great LSU teams. And we haven't fared too well in the Kalen DeBoer era.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
32107 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:39 am to
quote:

beat the brakes off them

LSU won that game but nobody's "brakes were beaten off" that night. We in fact got lucky on an onside kick to secure victory that game.
Posted by RidiculousHype
The Hatch
Member since Sep 2007
10962 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:56 am to
quote:

LSU won that game but nobody's "brakes were beaten off" that night.

Right
quote:

We in fact got lucky

Now you're pushing it
Posted by Coater
Madison, MS
Member since Jun 2005
33576 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 10:44 am to
@ ole miss because it is so early
Posted by BrianKellysbuyout
Member since Nov 2025
1632 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 11:09 am to
I don't know exactly. I would say aTm, but Elko got an extension so they should begin falling off this season.
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
17387 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 11:25 am to
None. We are mowing them all down.
first pageprev pagePage 2 of 3Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookXInstagram