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re: Was asked today if I had to pick 1 game for LSU to lose, which one would it be?

Posted on 7/3/19 at 8:12 pm to
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
70920 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 8:12 pm to
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Let me get this right, you’re saying if we win every game but lose a close one in Tuscaloosa... we still don’t make the playoff??


The committee will screw us and say you need to win your conference. It'll be Bama, Clem's Son, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma.
Posted by LSU_30A
Member since Jan 2019
2921 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 8:16 pm to
Easy, Utah State or GA Southern. They aren’t SEC teams and it would be early in the season so we could come back easily.
Posted by GeorgeWest
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
13069 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 8:17 pm to
Northwestern State, 0-3 in a rainstorm.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56211 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 8:18 pm to
Texas by 3

Run the SEC then wreck the NC game
Posted by jgriffith
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Member since Sep 2005
5284 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 8:20 pm to
Best answer you could've given was "no comment." We need to take it 1 game at a time.
Posted by tigertex1992
Houston
Member since Apr 2014
1863 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 8:30 pm to
I don’t think you’ve really thought this through. The ONE advantage of having Alabama in our division is if we beat them, we’d be forgiven for any other blunder in the season before that. The scenario of losing to them but winning everything else is delusional. We’d have to win the lottery to lose that game but somehow make it to the SECCG and win it. Alabama would have to (for them) really crap the bed, i.e. lose not only to us but also to at LEAST one other SEC west school and not make the SECCG. And then there’s the whole situation of the media and the networks being tired of seeing multiple SEC teams in the playoffs...

But if we lose any conference games early in the season but win out, that would mean we’ve beaten Bama, won the SEC west and won the SEC. We would be an AUTOMATIC playoff team after that. Hell, if we’re being literal, you said. ONE loss. This scenario would mean we’d win out and win the national championship.
This post was edited on 7/3/19 at 8:33 pm
Posted by charlottetiger
Asheville, NC
Member since Nov 2007
7964 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 9:00 pm to
Texas- NO, they are chirping too hard and Herman is a d-bag.

Utah St/Ga Southern/NW State- Hell No! Think about Troy jokes all over again.

Vandy- No Way, I’m attending that one. Would make my first trip to Nashville miserable.

Don’t wanna lose to any team in the West.

The only answer is Florida in a close one. THEN hope the Gators win the East and then we smash them in the rematch.

Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
9335 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 9:06 pm to
Ga southern, for the melt
Posted by Bayou
CenLA
Member since Feb 2005
36785 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 9:07 pm to
A loss to GSouthern or USU will have this board wanting Coach O dead
Posted by bnb9433
Member since Jan 2015
13677 posts
Posted on 7/3/19 at 9:10 pm to
20 year extension for O if he beats bama and goes 10-2.
Posted by UnAnon
Breaux Bridge
Member since Sep 2013
6433 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 4:29 am to
losing to Utah State then watching them go 11-1 and missing the playoffs would be our best bet.

Losing to georgia southern could mean we don't make the playoffs for that loss alone (Ohio State Purdue)
Posted by pbro62
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2016
11290 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 7:14 am to
Did someone ask you who the next coach would be? You have the same record.
Posted by EasterEgg
New Orleans Metro
Member since Sep 2018
4810 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 7:22 am to
Florida. That means we beat everybody in the West and are in the SECCG.
Posted by Fayetteville Tiger
Fayetteville AR
Member since Mar 2019
232 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 10:42 am to
I want to set Texas football back another 5 years after LSU gets through with them.


Why? We're not Arkansas and hate Texas because they owned us in the SWC. Who cares about Texas football. aTm yes, but not Texass. Yes lose to them and run the SEC and you win the conference and in the playoffs
Posted by Manswers
Michigan
Member since Feb 2009
3616 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 10:54 am to
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Texas in a close game on the road. Go 12-1, win the SEC, and you’re guaranteed a playoff spot.


This is the correct answer. Undefeated in SEC play, win SEC championship game/SEC champions is worst-case scenario. I'll take that result any year and be happy.
Posted by TheBaker
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2004
4305 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 12:40 pm to
I’m with you...lose a close one at Bama. Seems like a lot of people here have 1 goal and it’s GET to the playoff. Alot of these posts suggest beating Bama then making the playoff. Well, what happens then? Unless Bama loses an additional game, then we’re looking at 2011 all over again. Rematch Bama knowing we stole one in Tuscaloosa OR rematch Bama pissed the hell off and ready to skull-drag their asses? Personally, I’ll take the ladder.
Posted by Cincinnati Bowtie
Sparta
Member since May 2008
11951 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 1:21 pm to
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Lose to an eastern conference opponent, win the SEC Championship. No brainer.

Perfect scenario. Then play Alabama in the playoff with an extra week of rest. Feel like I’ve seen this type scenario before.
How many games do they have to lose to be out of the playoff? Has to be 3 now, right?
This post was edited on 7/4/19 at 1:23 pm
Posted by Canwoodtiger
Member since Oct 2015
3737 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 1:46 pm to
This. Texas goes 10-2 or better but lose their conference to Okie and we run the table after the loss. Most respectable loss of any team during the season except for Bama losing to us. Win the west, SEC title and playoffs here we come!
Posted by Canwoodtiger
Member since Oct 2015
3737 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 1:47 pm to
Two losses will do it.
Posted by Lsutigerturner
Member since Dec 2016
5748 posts
Posted on 7/4/19 at 3:02 pm to
I could be tempted to agree with your Alabama idea, or even reading some guys saying Utah and georgia southern.

I see the merit but I really gotta think best look is a super close and hopefully controversial loss to Florida.. that means we run the table vs Texas, sec West, smoke florida or Georgia in sec championship game and run table in playoffs...
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