re: The bigger injustice is the scheduling

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This is the real Bama bias.

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Of all the things that may or may not confirm Bama bias, this ain't one

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The fact that we played UGA and AT Florida (2years in a row) , while bama gets mizzou and Tennessee is why Lsu HAS to beat bama next week to stay relevant, but bama will get another mulligan if they lose .

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Florida is our cross division permanent opponent, Tennessee is Bama's. When those selections were made, Tennessee was on par, if not better than Florida and, honestly, Bama-Tennessee was an actual rivalry. Auburn-Georgia were as well. Of the remaining teams in the East, Florida was by far the closest to a rival that we had and has turned into a full fledged rivalry. Playing them 2 years in a row away is because we played them 2 years in a row at tiger stadium due to that hurricane and their AD being better at manipulating the system than ours.

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I may be off on the numbers but I don’t think bama has had to play Georgia and Florida in the same season since the current system was put in place, but lsu has done it 3-4 times.

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They won't unless they play one in the regular and the other in the SECCG. Nothing they can do about that. 1 permanent east rival, rotate through the rest. Next year Bama plays Tenn and So Car. We play Florida and Vandy.

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I have no idea why auburn, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, etc are ok with this inequality. Traditional rivalries my arse. The only tradition i see is giving Bama an easier route to the playoffs or conference championship than anybody else in the sec west.

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You have no clue what you're talking about here. IF there are any traditional rivalries between east-west SEC teams it is Bama-Tenn, Aub-Georgia, and LSU-Florida. I think Florida and LSU have played continuously from 1971 to now. We've play them more often than we have played Auburn.

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Getting other teams, conferences, media to pick up this message is the only way it will change, because the SEC is obviously not concerned with scheduling equality.

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If we complain about this, you know what they'll see. A bunch of LSU fans whining like little girls.

Complain about actual injustices, like the targeting penalty against White, that media types can clearly see and rally around.

I know you mean well and are clearly passionate about LSU, I don't want to tamp that down. I just want you to realize you're complaining about a non issue.

The committee considers SOS. If we lose to Bama, our schedule will give us the best resume to get in over any other two loss team in the country. All of the other current one loss teams still have lose-able games on their schedule. We may be thanking our lucky stars for our schedule come December 2.

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ALABAMA HAS PLAYED UGA ONCE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
LSU played UGA 4 times in that regular season span.

What about that do you not get?

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We started a new rotation after the bridge schedules. I think you play each team every 6 years now.

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There are serious scheduling inequities.

You have to be a homer not to see it.

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For the love of God. Show me where I'm saying they are equal.

I'm saying for the one rotational opponent, everyone is on the same schedule. Nothing more, nothing less.

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In 1992 LSU was in the cellar and could only dream of getting to the point where this even mattered. But here we are and now it needs to be addressed.

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So you're advocating things need to be changed IN LSU'S FAVOR simply because they are good now relative to the early 90's. What happens if you flip Tenn and UF, then 16 years later UF falls off a cliff while UT is a powerhouse again? Are we going to cry "unfair" once more?

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Can somebody please explain why "traditional rivalries" are more important than a level playing field? This is supposed to be a freaking competition, not a family reunion. Answer that question and then i'll get off my soap box.

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For it's entire history one of the biggest positive attributes of college sports (football in particular) have been traditional rivalries? It creates interest and passion. If you want to say the UT/Bama rivalry and/or UGA/AU rivalries are a bit overblown, I'd tend to agree. But tradition is a HUGE part of college football. Hell, maybe the most endearing part

The NFL has a level playing field with no real accommodation for traditional rivalries, but does that incite same degree of pride or passion that comes from big college rivalries. Alabama/Auburn shuts down an entire state. Texas and OU love to hate each other. A Lions vs. Bengals game doesn't produce even a tenth of the excitement Michigan v. OSU does.

Tradition is what separates college football from pro football. It's big reason why we all love it.

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We were strictly talking about having to play Georgia.

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You may have been, but that ignores the crux of the problem: the permanent cross division rivals create a tremendous scheduling imbalance. But to your point, LSU has also played UGA in the reg season more than Bama since 2000, too.

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But to your point, LSU has also played UGA in the reg season more than Bama since 2000, too.

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Yes. We addressed that. That's why I was saying we are all on the same rotation since the end of the bridge schedules.

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at 11-2 and no conference championship, we aren't sniffing the playoffs.

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I disagree. I could see another scenario playing out like 2007. We would jump a two loss Big XII or B10 Champion.

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The committee considers SOS. If we lose to Bama, our schedule will give us the best resume to get in over any other two loss team in the country. All of the other current one loss teams still have lose-able games on their schedule. We may be thanking our lucky stars for our schedule come December 2

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Regardless if they all have “lose-able” games or not, do you not think an intentional unfair conference SOS puts LSU at a disadvantage over Bama?

Let’s put it another way. Let’s say LSU only loss was to Florida, but they beat Bama and went to the SEC Championship game. They then lost to Georgia in a rematch which would give them 2 losses. Are you saying that you believe that Bama would not get the playoff spot over a two loss LSU, simply because they had a tougher overall SOS?

Realistically, speaking, not based on what the committee says the give to SOS consideration.