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This is the 13th season of the college football playoff era and we are trending towards missing the field yet again. We have two (2) CFP/NY6 appearances in that span. Other SEC teams to note...
- Auburn (2)
- Texas (3)
- Florida (3)
- Ole Miss (5)
- Oklahoma (6)
- Georgia (9)
- Alabama (10)

Not to be outdone by the fact that programs like Utah, Baylor, Cincinnati, UCF, Oklahoma State. Boise State, TCU, Wisconsin, and Washington have the same or more appearances in a NY6 game than we do.

We have had more head coaches (4) and athletic directors (3) than we do NY6 appearances (2) since the CFP's inception. How in the world we keep finding ourselves out of the hunt in October is pitiful.

Yes, you fired Woodward and Kelly to right the ship. But don't gloss over the disarray we found ourselves in early November last year. No AD, no coach, a governor running a football program and coaching search. And here we are, after spending an entire offseason celebrating how we have finally found ourselves out of football purgatory, back in the same purgatory we know all too well.

Right edge lined up way offside on 3rd down smh

Lane Kiffin ball with this good of a defense is literally running as many offensive plays as possible. I’m far less concerned with “efficiency” (just means we aren’t as explosive) than I am total output.

Consuming college football media this season has been abhorrent as an LSU fan. There's some serious mob mentality going on when it comes to the perception of this team; a hive-mind of alike takes that drives everyone to the same conclusions over and over.

It's media "pundits" that I enjoy watching from time to time. Josh Pate, Crain & Cone, Brooks Austin, Joel Klatt, etc. Frankly I'm shocked that many fail to recognize the dominance of our offense and defense off of the stat sheet alone.

Total Offense: 3rd
Passing: 13th
Rushing: 15th
3rd Down: 12th
Total Defense: 2nd
Passing: 18th
Rushing: 15th
3rd Down: 9th

With that in mind, you'll listen to game previews that are "shocked" this Kentucky team is a whole 9 point underdog and fall back on LSU's injuries as a reason to believe this will be a nail biter. Kentucky's stat profile:

Total Offense: 54th
3rd Down: 138th (Dead. Last.) (24.5%)
Total Defense: 92nd
3rd Down: 122nd

Frankly, I should expect lazy reporting and predictions on the 4th or 5th most nationally recognized game this week. But beyond LSU being a total mismatch for Kentucky, nobody gives LSU any credit outside of that for *maybe* having the most dominant stat sheet of anybody in the country.

This game is a mismatch in every sense of the word. This game will not be close. LSU will then receive 0 credit for suffocating media darling Will Stein's Kentucky team. And that, I will have to learn to live with.

by PEARatings. They also do great college baseball bracketology stuff. The more sims you run, the more you realize with a 9-game conference schedule and the cannibalism occurring that a 9-3 SEC team is likely to get in. Fun to play around with & thought I'd share.

PEARatings Playoff Bracket Sim

I made this same thread and got downvoted into oblivion lol

Which is another detriment of this defense... overpursuit. Trinidad is applauded for this play, rightfully so. But what is a senior like Whit Weeks doing here?

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Isn't being talked about enough. If there's a player you want to blame the loss on, it is CJ Jimcoily. Kid was absolutely exploited several times to end the 2H en route to an inexcusable touchdown. Then again missing his ONLY assignment on the Chambliss touchdown which is to... contain Chambliss.

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Agree with this. We need to create some continuity on the line from here on out. Let Harper, Satterwhite, Thompkins, and Thomas have opportunities while challenging them to be leaders. Outcome of that will be huge for next year.

No, I'm not making this post because I believe the season is lost. We're squarely in the playoff race and are about to go on a run here.

Everyone is talking about giving Lane time which is 100% the truth. What's also true is the new schedule format sets some teams up for failure some years. 5 vs 4 home games is a massive deal and frankly sucks as far as formats go. But it is what it is.

2027 is looking like this:
Aug. 28 Northwestern State
Sep. 4 Houston Cougars Football
Sep. 11 UTSA Roadrunners Football
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
at Florida
at Georgia
at South Carolina
at Texas A&M

Houston and Ole Miss will be challenges, but what I see is a clear path to 8-0 home/neutral. That road slate tells me 2-2. I know we'll all want to ascend under Lane and go 11-1, but the 9 game schedule is going to be an uphill battle every year to lose 0-1 games total (unless you play Georgia's schedule).

TLDR; loving the future under Lane & looking forward to getting our sweet revenge against A&M this Saturday