re: LSU Relegated to the Southwest Conference

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Exactly. It's part of what made the season so great - big games all through the season, and steamrolling through the playoffs.

So why are we scared now? Why do people want a weak schedule just to appear in the playoffs?

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Y’all act like we are destined to play the Little Sisters of the Poor every week from here on out.

- Instead of playing Bama 4 times over 4 years, we’ll now play Bama twice and UGA twice.
- Instead of playing Auburn 4 times over 4 years, we’ll now play Auburn twice and Tennessee twice.
- Instead of playing Florida 4 times over 4 years, we’ll now play Florida twice and Texas twice.
- Instead of playing Mississippi State 4 times over 4 years, we’ll now play Mississippi State twice and Oklahoma twice.
- Instead of playing (insert directional school) every year, we’ll have an extra game against an SEC opponent.

There’s no world in which our schedule suddenly gets way easier starting in 2026. If anything, I’d argue that our schedule just got harder considering the extra conference game along with the fact that UGA/Tennessee/Texas/OU appears to be a stronger slate than Alabama/Auburn/Florida/Moo State going forward.

Some people are upset about not having the strongest permanent opponents despite the fact that the overall schedule should be considerably stronger than in the past. Others are upset about not having more inaugural members as permanent opponents despite the fact that we will play basically the same number of inaugural opponents each year as we did in the past. I’m just glad we are finally going to a 9 game schedule and a format where we actually get to play everyone in the conference.

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Some people are upset about not having the strongest permanent opponents

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Is the argument even about not having the "strongest" opponents?

We just don't give a shite about a&m or arkansas and don't consider them rivals. They're just "meh" games on the schedule.

Auburn, Alabama and Florida were games we got excited about, even if the teams were having a down year.

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Is the argument even about not having the "strongest" opponents?

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It’s the argument some people are making. Others are complaining that we only have one other inaugural member of the SEC as a permanent opponents others are complaining that they just don’t want to play Aggy every year.

I’m glad we’ll actually be able to play everyone in the conference now after 30 fricking years of only playing Florida + one other SECe team each year. I think this fan base just loves to be pissed off about something, for whatever reason, and refuses to see the good in this.

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Personally i'll take watching LSU in the playoffs every year.

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I’d rather see LSU play for or win the SEC than participate in the playoffs.

Probably never. So are they really worth playing anyway? Not so much when they suck. But we’ll still play them every other year for the people who want it.

Nonsense