Think LSU has a shot ?

No..

New Orleans Bowl or the Sugar Bowl?

No on the Suger. 

As for the New Orleans Bowl, that goes to the Sunbelt Conference Champion and either the 2nd or 3rd place CUSA team.  We (UL-Lafayette) were in the running until the latest 3 game fall. 

ESPN.com still has us projected to play in the bowl, which would only happen if we finish 2nd, and the winner, Troy, is able to be released by the New Orleans Bowl commission to go play in a better bowl game.

Yep that is what I meant as in LSU with its fine display against unranked warm up Div 1 AA teams and their fine showing against SEC opponents they might be lucky to get in the “Hartz flea and tick collar bowl” next Thursday.

FormerLa - 25 November 2008 12:51 PM

Yep that is what I meant as in LSU with its fine display against unranked warm up Div 1 AA teams and their fine showing against SEC opponents they might be lucky to get in the “Hartz flea and tick collar bowl” next Thursday.

Why do you hate Louisiana so much??

I dont hate Louisiana. I hate misplaced values.
The FRIKKIN sky is falling and the most important thing seems to be LSU football if you look at the most read articles on the Advocate web site.

So because we have problems, the average citizen supporting LSU is wrong?

I am not saying not to support them just seems like a VERY dismal season following a Natl Championship.  Teams like USC Florida Ga etc seem to be in top ten year after year after year after year in and year out.  I dont have a recent memory of not seeing USC at or near the top in the last several years.  LSU puts all this emphsis on football and they had trouble beating a nothing team (Troy) at the end of the year.  The Advocate touted it as some great comeback when in fact LSU should have been embarrassed.

Just in case you are interested here are the top ten football dynasties

1. Oklahoma 1953-58 Record: 60-3-1

The Sooners won 47 in a row, two national titles and defeated teams by an average of 28.6 points per game.

2. Notre Dame 1946-49 Record: 36-0-2

Frank Leahy’s Fighting Irish won three national championships and never trailed over four years. The only blemishes are two ties with Army in ‘46 and USC in ‘48.

3. USC 2003-present Record: 36-1

If the Trojans win another national title, they move to the top of the list.

4. Army 1944-46 Record: 27-0-1

Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis helped the Cadets capture two national titles. The defense wasn’t bad, either, giving up an average of 5.8 points per game.

5. Nebraska 1993-95 Record: 36-1

An 18-16 loss to Florida State in the 1994 Orange Bowl kept the Cornhuskers from winning three titles in a row. Tommie Frazier and Co. scored 40 or more points 22 times.

6. Miami 1986-92 Record: 76-6

It began with Heisman winner Vinny Testaverde and ended with Heisman winner Gino Torretta. In between, the Hurricanes won three national championships and dominated college football.

7. Nebraska 1970-71 Record: 24-0-1

Johnny Rodgers led the Cornhuskers to two national titles. They won 23 games in a row, including the 35-31 victory over Oklahoma, considered the greatest college game ever played.

8. Oklahoma 1973-75 Record: 32-1-1

Barry Switzer’s crew won national titles in ‘74 and ‘75 and finished third in ‘73. The Sooners averaged 35.8 points per game and allowed 11.1.

9. Alabama 1964-66 Record: 30-2-1

The Crimson Tide captured national championships in ‘64 and ‘65 and finished third behind Notre Dame and Michigan State in ‘66 despite an 11-0 record.

10. Alabama 1977-79 Record: 34-2

National championships in ‘78 and ‘79 put the bow on Bear Bryant’s career

USC???  If LSU were in that conference, they’d win it every year......

This is USC’s schedule.

I dont see any Troy’s or Appalachian s or N Tx on there but I do see they are 9-1

8/30/08 at Virginia TV Charlottesville,W, 52-7
09/13/08 vs. Ohio State TV L.A. Coliseum W, 35-3
09/25/08 at Oregon State TV Corvallis, OR L, 27-21
10/04/08 vs. Oregon * TV L.A. Coliseum W, 44-10
10/11/08 vs. Arizona State * TV L.A. Coliseum W, 28-0
10/18/08 at Washington State * TV Pullman, W, 69-0
10/25/08 at Arizona TV Tucson, AZ W, 17-10
11/01/08 vs. Washington * TV L.A. Coliseum W, 56-0
11/08/08 vs. California * TV L.A. Coliseum W, 17-3
11/15/08 at Stanford * TV Stanford, CA W, 45-23
11/29/08 vs. Notre Dame TV L.A. Coliseum 5:00 p.m. PT
12/06/08 at UCLA * TV Rose Bowl 1:30 p.m. PT

Cmon former, these teams are nothing like the SEC teams.

You mean the ones that lose 5 CONFERENCE games the year after a Natl Championship ? I think they are stronger than almost half of the teams that make up LSU ‘s win column this year.  Maybe LSU should just schedule all Div 1 AA games for next year.

This is the team that won it all last year.. You can’t do that every year, everybody has a bad year.

True.  I am just pointing out all the millions of dollars spent on football by an institute of higher learning and they cannot have a better showing than that.  Especially against teams that do not have near the “program” than that of LSU .

FormerLa - 29 November 2008 10:34 AM

True.  I am just pointing out all the millions of dollars spent on football by an institute of higher learning and they cannot have a better showing than that.  Especially against teams that do not have near the “program” than that of LSU .

Other universities spend just as much, and have bad years..

FormerLa - 26 November 2008 10:51 AM

I dont hate Louisiana. I hate misplaced values.
The FRIKKIN sky is falling and the most important thing seems to be LSU football if you look at the most read articles on the Advocate web site.

You, my friend, are an idiot.