We should schedule Nebraska... They will be a little better next season and a home/away could help our SOS next season. Plus we should still be able to pummel them, and they are one of the traditional powers which looks good in the media.
The pummeling part is a definite. And their record should be better than 5-6 next year. So I am all for it. We can do home and away with them.
With our schedule in 2005 we will have a serious chance at another (maybe undefeated) national title. [font=Geneva, Arial]09/03/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]North Texas [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Baton Rouge, La.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Won there conference this year[/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]09/10/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Arizona State [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Baton Rouge, La.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- Have credibility due to a Top 25 preseason[/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]09/24/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Tennessee [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Baton Rouge, La.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- Secondary must play well, shut down Ainge[/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]10/01/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Mississippi State [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Starkville, Miss.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- Will be crushed[/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]10/08/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Vanderbilt [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Nashville, Tenn.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- Will be crushed, no Cutler[/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]10/15/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Florida [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Baton Rouge, La.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- Under new coach, we have tough time at home[/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]10/22/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Auburn [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Baton Rouge, La.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- Offense will be lacking, should hammer them[/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]11/05/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]TBD [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Baton Rouge, La.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- Need a BCS conf team, Braska or Louisville[/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]11/12/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Alabama [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Tuscaloosa, Ala.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- Tough, Croyle back [/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]11/19/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Ole Miss [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Oxford, Miss.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- Cream puffs, but Lane could be tough[/font] [font=Geneva, Arial]11/26/05 [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Arkansas [/font][font=Geneva, Arial]Baton Rouge, La.[/font][font=Geneva, Arial]-- No MJ, No Way[/font] With our road schedule to our advantage and tough games in Death Valley, add in a top 5 preseason ranking and I believe LSU has a great chance of playing in the Rose Bowl.... which would be awesome.
That won't work.. While I was leaving the Superdome after the 1987 (?) Sugar Bowl I reached an agreement with Nebraska fans that we'll admit they're better if they agree to never play us again. :shock:
If LSU gets Louisville, e.g., we will have a top 10 SOS next year. So if this team goes undefeated, which is definitely possible, we are guaranteed a lot of #1s in the computer polls.
With Arizona State & North Texas already on tap, I'd put my money on LSU scheduling one of the LA patsies. It's either Tulane or ULL's chance for another arse whipping. Marc
It matters, but there's not as much emphasis on it in the BCS formula as in previous years. This is called the "USC Rule". And SOS definately matters to the voters.
