LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore

pakowitz · 11-20-2003, 03:34 PM

The big argument in college football centers on who most deserves to play Oklahoma for the national title: Ohio State or Southern Cal.

And then there's the other one-loss team, LSU, conveniently ignored in that raging debate.

The dominant storylines in the Southeastern Conference at present are Eli Manning's quest to finally put Mississippi over the top in the West and the three-way controversy in the East between Tennessee, Florida and Georgia.

And then there's LSU, holding the highest ranking of any SEC team but not necessarily the highest visibility.

For the rest of this article, click here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/column...pat&id=1665640

saintfan · 11-20-2003, 03:37 PM

I hear they\'re being ignored essentially because of the weak \"strength of schedule\" number. Frankly I think LSU Oklahoma would be an awesome game for the National Championship, but I haven\'t drank enough Tang to actually think it\'ll happen. I think the folks at the BCS are drinkin\' too much 08er-aid personally. Something sure has \'em thinkin\' a bit twisted.

:P

tweeky · 11-20-2003, 04:23 PM

I hear they\'re being ignored essentially because of the weak \"strength of schedule\" number. Frankly I think LSU Oklahoma would be an awesome game for the National Championship, but I haven\'t drank enough Tang to actually think it\'ll happen. I think the folks at the BCS are drinkin\' too much 08er-aid personally. Something sure has \'em thinkin\' a bit twisted.

:P

Doesn\'t matter. If they beat Ole Miss, and win the SEC championship (probably over UGA) , they\'ll jump USC and OSU. If not, it;ll be a travesty. And this comes from a die-hard Tide-fan.

dberce1 · 11-20-2003, 04:43 PM

They\'ll beat Ole Miss and move up, but the SEC championship isn\'t figured into BCS standings. At least I\'m pretty sure it\'s not.

Anyway, the BCS and other polls jock Ohio State too much as it is. I\'ve watched them numerous times this season (due to the fact that the networks aire all their games), and they pull out squeakers at the last minute every time. LSU would wipe the floor with both them and USC, but it\'d be a shootout with the Sooners.

pakowitz · 11-20-2003, 05:05 PM

They\'ll beat Ole Miss and move up, but the SEC championship isn\'t figured into BCS standings. At least I\'m pretty sure it\'s not.

the SEC championship wont figure into the BCS standings if LSU would play Georgia, b/c LSU has already beaten GA, now if they played Tenn. or Florida, that would help LSU out in the BCS, but the only way that would happen is if GA lost, or if FLA was within 5 positions of Georgia in the BCS, b/c if they are, then Florida would play in the SEC championship b/c they beat Georgia head to head.

saintfan · 11-20-2003, 05:16 PM

In other words (makin\' a long story short) just keep drinkin\' that Tang boys.

BlackandBlue · 11-20-2003, 09:47 PM

Doesn\'t matter. If they beat Ole Miss, and win the SEC championship (probably over UGA) , they\'ll jump USC and OSU.

True, except for UGA, which Pak already explained. I\'m praying for Florida.

The problem that USC has (and with good reason) is that The New York Times dropped them from #2 to #5, which propelled Ohio State over them in the BCS, despite the fact that they beat Arizona this past weekend 45-0. Go look at the NYT rankings, they are all kinds of F\'d up- they have LSU ranked 11. 11??? F you, NYT.

pakowitz · 11-20-2003, 10:05 PM

here is the BCS scoring, complete with the computer rankings as well as the other criteria

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/abcsports/BCSRankings

progress · 11-23-2003, 06:45 PM

Here is a good article containing what LSU needs to happen to move above USC in the polls.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/s...=/bcsroad/1123

I\'d also like to mention that USC has only beaten two teams that were ranked (Auburn and Washington State), while LSU has beaten three that I can think (Auburn, Ole Miss, Georgia) and still has one more ranked team to play, Arkansas, two if they make it to the SEC championship game. The last thing I\'d like to mention is that LSU lost to the 12th ranked Gators, while USC lost to unranked Cal.
I know the Gators were unranked when they played them, but the Gators current ranking shows how good a team they are.
I hope the link works, and GEAUX TIGERS!!!

BrooksMustGo · 11-23-2003, 06:48 PM

Arkansas isn\'t ranked, but I wouldn\'t be surprised to bite the Tigers in the butt now that Ohio State is out of the picture.

11-20-2003, 03:34 PM	#1
pakowitz The Dark Overlord Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: dirty south Posts: 3,450	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore The big argument in college football centers on who most deserves to play Oklahoma for the national title: Ohio State or Southern Cal. And then there's the other one-loss team, LSU, conveniently ignored in that raging debate. The dominant storylines in the Southeastern Conference at present are Eli Manning's quest to finally put Mississippi over the top in the West and the three-way controversy in the East between Tennessee, Florida and Georgia. And then there's LSU, holding the highest ranking of any SEC team but not necessarily the highest visibility. For the rest of this article, click here: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/column...pat&id=1665640

11-20-2003, 04:23 PM	#3
tweeky 500th Post Join Date: May 2003 Location: South Alabama Posts: 779	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore I hear they\'re being ignored essentially because of the weak \"strength of schedule\" number. Frankly I think LSU Oklahoma would be an awesome game for the National Championship, but I haven\'t drank enough Tang to actually think it\'ll happen. I think the folks at the BCS are drinkin\' too much 08er-aid personally. Something sure has \'em thinkin\' a bit twisted. :P Doesn\'t matter. If they beat Ole Miss, and win the SEC championship (probably over UGA) , they\'ll jump USC and OSU. If not, it;ll be a travesty. And this comes from a die-hard Tide-fan.

11-20-2003, 04:43 PM	#4
dberce1 Chuck Liddells Right Hand Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Prairieville, Louisiana Posts: 1,227	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore They\'ll beat Ole Miss and move up, but the SEC championship isn\'t figured into BCS standings. At least I\'m pretty sure it\'s not. Anyway, the BCS and other polls jock Ohio State too much as it is. I\'ve watched them numerous times this season (due to the fact that the networks aire all their games), and they pull out squeakers at the last minute every time. LSU would wipe the floor with both them and USC, but it\'d be a shootout with the Sooners.

11-20-2003, 05:16 PM	#6
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore In other words (makin\' a long story short) just keep drinkin\' that Tang boys.

11-20-2003, 09:47 PM	#7
BlackandBlue Kinder, gentler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: dirty south Posts: 3,889	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore Doesn\'t matter. If they beat Ole Miss, and win the SEC championship (probably over UGA) , they\'ll jump USC and OSU. True, except for UGA, which Pak already explained. I\'m praying for Florida. The problem that USC has (and with good reason) is that The New York Times dropped them from #2 to #5, which propelled Ohio State over them in the BCS, despite the fact that they beat Arizona this past weekend 45-0. Go look at the NYT rankings, they are all kinds of F\'d up- they have LSU ranked 11. 11??? F you, NYT.

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11-20-2003, 03:37 PM	#2
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore I hear they\'re being ignored essentially because of the weak \"strength of schedule\" number. Frankly I think LSU Oklahoma would be an awesome game for the National Championship, but I haven\'t drank enough Tang to actually think it\'ll happen. I think the folks at the BCS are drinkin\' too much 08er-aid personally. Something sure has \'em thinkin\' a bit twisted. :P

11-20-2003, 05:05 PM	#5
pakowitz The Dark Overlord Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: dirty south Posts: 3,450	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore They\'ll beat Ole Miss and move up, but the SEC championship isn\'t figured into BCS standings. At least I\'m pretty sure it\'s not. the SEC championship wont figure into the BCS standings if LSU would play Georgia, b/c LSU has already beaten GA, now if they played Tenn. or Florida, that would help LSU out in the BCS, but the only way that would happen is if GA lost, or if FLA was within 5 positions of Georgia in the BCS, b/c if they are, then Florida would play in the SEC championship b/c they beat Georgia head to head.

11-20-2003, 10:05 PM	#8
pakowitz The Dark Overlord Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: dirty south Posts: 3,450	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore here is the BCS scoring, complete with the computer rankings as well as the other criteria http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/abcsports/BCSRankings

11-23-2003, 06:45 PM	#9
progress 100th Post Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 114	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore Here is a good article containing what LSU needs to happen to move above USC in the polls. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/s...=/bcsroad/1123 I\'d also like to mention that USC has only beaten two teams that were ranked (Auburn and Washington State), while LSU has beaten three that I can think (Auburn, Ole Miss, Georgia) and still has one more ranked team to play, Arkansas, two if they make it to the SEC championship game. The last thing I\'d like to mention is that LSU lost to the 12th ranked Gators, while USC lost to unranked Cal. I know the Gators were unranked when they played them, but the Gators current ranking shows how good a team they are. I hope the link works, and GEAUX TIGERS!!!
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11-23-2003, 06:48 PM	#10
BrooksMustGo 1000 Posts + Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,762	LSU Tigers: Too Good To Ignore Arkansas isn\'t ranked, but I wouldn\'t be surprised to bite the Tigers in the butt now that Ohio State is out of the picture.