LSU Gymnastics comes in at #2 in the country in this weeks RQS rankings

Before this weekend I was afraid we would end up 4th ish and that would be tough to overcome at NC's, I know it is supposed to be a "clean start" but let's face it, the judges know the rankings. If we can hold onto 2 or even 3, I think we can win it. (obviously)

One question, does our last NonConf meet count in the final rankings? Tigerbait357, you know MUCH more than me, if you had to pick a team other than OU who could win it (other than us) who would it be? And, should we root for another SEC team to make it to finals in NC or not? I have to think if UF makes it we look better because we beat them? Yes?

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One question, does our last NonConf meet count in the final rankings? Tigerbait357, you know MUCH more than me, if you had to pick a team other than OU who could win it (other than us) who would it be? And, should we root for another SEC team to make it to finals in NC or not? I have to think if UF makes it we look better because we beat them? Yes?

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Next week is another chance to raise our RQS if we put up a major road score, which can definitely be done but LSU is sitting is a fantastic position now, we will finish in the top 3 in RQS as we hit post season.


The reality is none of this will matter in a month when teams enter semifinals and super six. It all comes down to who performs the best the day of super six. LSU could have a melt down, OU could have a meltdown, UCLA could have a melt down. Anything can happen is what I'm saying.

At the moment there are three teams who I think are major favorites for a national title. Its OU, UCLA and LSU. Utah hasn't quite put up those major scores yet not that they aren;t capable but still haven't done it quite yet. Florida can match OU or LSU if everyone hits their routines. Issue with them is they have been extremely inconsistent all season, and now they head into the last part of the season with a loss of a major senior contributor.

OU is the favorite as of now but LSU and UCLA have matched and put up scores on the same level as them too. UCLA has improved their difficulty and execution on vault this year and has improved their floor.

LSU was able to hit a 198 again yesterday with another subpar vault performance which speaks volumes of how much we can still improve and build upon our team score. LSU needs to score at least a 49.400 on vault to be able win a national title.

The key for LSU over the next 3 weeks is to Fix Campbell's beam routine, for Desiderio to finally hit her second tumbling pass to add another 9.9+ score on floor and to stick a couple more vaults. If LSU can do this as we enter the final week of the season, we can definitely win a national title. Bars has held LSU back in Super Six many times but we are a lot better on this event this year.

Fixed my bad

<3 Sarah Finnegan

Also, Sarah Edwards. How good can she be? Her energy is awesome.

Maybe this is the year all the stars align just right. Three years ago they were done early whe they had falls from beam. In 2016 it was early bars which put them in a hole. Last year Sydney stepping out and Shae getting wobbly put them behind in what should have been possibly their strong suit. Oklahoma is always consistent but they are human and its time for them to stumble a time or two, maybe just enough to open the door for others.

I was just saying that whenever Sydney started rough on floor... it was going to be a rough rotation. Id love Olympic order because if we start on one of our best events, the scoring is likely tougher. If we could end on Floor or Bars, we could be in great shape!

How Julianna and Sarah score those consistently.... I’d leave them alone lol even though Julianna’s 1.5 did not look bad at all.

If Julianna's 1.5 had a good block and she kept good form, then she should stick with it. If it doesn't look ready then go back to the full which she can stick. I say let her keep plugging away at the 1.5, even in prelims at NCAAs and then make a game time decision. Maybe we will vault in the final rotation and not need 9.9+ scores to win and we can go with consistent fulls from Finnegan and Cannamela. Wouldn't that be nice?

To the person who said Oklahoma may fall...yes...but I don't want to win like that. I want to earn it and win it outright. I don't want anyone to say we only won because OU messed up. Look at our performance during prelims last year. Would have won a National title any prior year.

I just read an article that said we could see Dean in a beam lineup while we rest some athletes. Although it makes me stoked to see Dean, it’s sinking in that I’ll probably won’t see Li compete another beam routine again. Then it makes me feel kinda salty about it, because what a waste of a beautiful beam routine that just sat on the sidelines during her last elligible year. As the weeks go by, I’m starting to think it would have been better to have that routine in the lineup verses the inconsistent 5th routine up.