LSU / Iowa Rose Bowl... what will it take?

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  1. tiger fan 2001

    tiger fan 2001 Founding Member

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    You are correct



    6 Reg season divided between ESPN and CBS 3 each. I believe these were all National Coverage. One on JP Sports :angry: Local coverage only. And the Final on ABC. I must say that LSU exposure has been great the last few years.
     
  2. MLUTiger

    MLUTiger Secular Humanist

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    I think that you forgot would could quite possibly be the most important component of a MNC: Health.
     
  3. TulsaTimeTiger

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    USC actually had 5 close games (Vtech, Stanford, Cal, OSUfog, and UCLA).

    Credit them for making good halftime adjustments and doing what it took to win.

    However, I think the game USC played against OU in the Orange was like LSU at UGA this year; nobody was going to beat the Dawgs that day. Greene was perfect. And with USC/OU, OU committed 3 or 4 VERY critical turnovers the first half that killed them, the team seemed to give up when score was only 21-7.

    So.......bottom line is that USC played really great, but they wern't truly tested by a half-hearted OU team that seemed to self destruct, much unlike the team that played LSU the year before. Therefore I think it is quite possible that USC will lose at least 1 game next year. Things have a way of leveling out, I doubt that they will have the same fortune of winning 5 games if they are close to losing that many in 2005.

    It would be great to see LSU against IOWA next year in the Rose.

    Geaux Tigers!!!:lsup::lsup::lsup::lsup::lsup:
     
  4. MarineTiger

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    Dreaming big can bite you in the ass.

    Hurt Aubarn last year
     
  5. FloridaHawk82

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    Marine, I understand where you're coming from, but do you really think that DREAMING hurt Auburn??? I think they didn't START the year high enough... Either way, I'm a firm believer in setting very high goals and doing everything you can to reach them... failure be damned.

    MLU Tiger, you are correct that HEALTH plays a huge part... I'm not sure how I left THAT out considering the M*A*S*H unit that Iowa had going this year!
     
  6. MLUTiger

    MLUTiger Secular Humanist

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    I was kinda wondering that myself.
     
  7. MarineTiger

    MarineTiger Founding Member

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    When we win the SEC undefeated, then I will talk about the Rose Bowl.
     
  8. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Iowa's conference road schedule is too brutal to come anywhere close to playing for an NC.

    It would be a big surprise if you guys could beat the Buckeyes on the road.

    I see 2 losses just from your road conference schedule.
     
  9. MarineTiger

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    Yes, I do think that dreaming big can cause quite a bit of harm if the team continues to set itself up for something that is beyond hard.
     
  10. Hawker45

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    Agreed.... for a team that hasn't won a conference title outright under Ferentz, all this NC talk is, well, just talk.

    ...that's why I said first things first. We didn't exactly crush our opponents this year... and we da*m-near lost our bowl game. There is much work to be done.

    Your conference title should always be goal # 1. Do that... and the rest is up to someone else anyway... ask Auburn.
     

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