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I've tried for 2 years to get an answer on the bye week and Bama

Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:19 pm
Posted by luciouslou
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2017
7222 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:19 pm
Who makes the choice on this? It cant be lsu, because they have to see that this has been nothing but bad results for us.
Is this crap just carved in stone?
Posted by rpg37
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Sep 2008
51820 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:21 pm to
It is LSU. BAMA's biggest complaint for a decade is most every team uses their BYE before them. The school chooses it.
Posted by jcole4lsu
The Kwisatz Haderach
Member since Nov 2007
31006 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:22 pm to
its 100% LSU's decision. if we wanted to schedule a cupcake in that spot instead, we would.
Posted by roguetiger15
Member since Jan 2013
17005 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:22 pm to
The school chooses their bye week. Yes the sec schedule is known far in advance- think of it as the template. Each team builds the rest of their season around the sec schedule.

Next year we have two open dates and I love that idea. I don’t know who exactly planned it that way but It’ll def work to our advantage.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 8:25 pm
Posted by luciouslou
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2017
7222 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:24 pm to
So if you'll are correct, than what you are saying is bama chooses theirs before us?
Posted by luciouslou
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2017
7222 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:26 pm to
I dont care about our bye week I just dont want coach prick saban to have one before us. You cant beat that damn midget with 2 weeks to prepare
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
63545 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:27 pm to
Yes, all SEC teams can basically request when they want their bye week. If LSU chose to move the bye week, Bama is still leaving their bye week where it is. So we would have a SEC opponent the week before Bama while they would be on a bye.

Don’t move the bye.
Posted by roguetiger15
Member since Jan 2013
17005 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:29 pm to
We both have bye weeks again next year. Both teams also have two bye weeks during the year around the same time
Posted by SulphursFinest
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2015
10061 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:31 pm to
The bye week has nothing to do with them beating us. They’re at an all time great level right now.
Posted by Macavity92
Member since Dec 2004
6043 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:32 pm to
Do you really think we are losing these games because we had a bye week before the game?
Posted by The Truth 34
Chavez Ravine
Member since May 2010
41506 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:36 pm to
We can’t even score on them with a bye week to prepare. I don’t even wanna think about not having the bye.
Posted by JustSmokin
Member since Sep 2007
9160 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:37 pm to
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Next year we have two open dates and I love that idea. I don’t know who exactly planned it that way but It’ll def work to our advantage.

Don't get use to it, it's just the way the calendar works next fall. There is an extra week and everyone gets 2 byes.
Posted by Smalls
Southern California
Member since Jul 2009
10260 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:42 pm to
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Don't get use to it, it's just the way the calendar works next fall


Regardless of calendar, I like the idea of going to 10 conference games, 1 P5, 1 G5, and two bye weeks. Every single year.
Posted by ZydecoTigah
walker LA
Member since Sep 2010
460 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 9:10 pm to
Each school can schedule their bye week. Saban started taking it every year before the LSU game, after a couple of years of it, Les decided to do the same. Bama/LSU is almost always the most physical game either team will face during the season.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
23437 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 9:19 pm to
I would choose a bye before Florida if it were up to me.
Posted by bah humbug
Member since Nov 2011
1923 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 9:58 pm to
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Do you really think we are losing these games because we had a bye week before the game?


No at all. But we are essentially wasting the bye week by having it then. We don’t win following the bye (due to Bama, not the bye).

So utilize the bye instead. Put it before Fla or even after Bama to heal wounds.
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
44196 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 10:03 pm to
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We can’t even score on them with a bye week to prepare. I don’t even wanna think about not having the bye.



Wish Bama didn't have one before us, that's the bigger issue (for LSU).

Rest AND 2 weeks to prepare makes Bama tougher
Posted by beauchristopher
Member since Jan 2008
69669 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 10:22 pm to
I don’t want that bye. I wish they’d change it up. I don’t want it hyped up like crazy. They often have a bye too and makes it that much harder going against Saban and two weeks prep for our O..
Posted by beauchristopher
Member since Jan 2008
69669 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 10:23 pm to
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You cant beat that damn midget with 2 weeks to prepare


Exactly. Especially not with this offense.
Posted by oneg8rh8r
Port Ludlow, WA
Member since Dec 2003
2863 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 10:25 pm to
Bama has known for almost a decade that the LSU / Bama is always the toughest and has the biggest implications in regards to both's futures.

Extra time to rest, biggest game IRT recruiting, and game planning..... the problem is we both take the same week off so it winds up being a push.
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