LSU's Awesome OOC Schedule

team at this level had issues......................Again, on Florida I absolutely agree.  On Auburn and Tennessee not so much.

BD - my view; it's not that there are teams ranked below Auburn and Tennessee that should be ranked ahead of them in a B/W, absolute kind of way.  There are over 15 teams from BCS conferences with 9 or 10 wins and 3 or 4 losses.  They all land in the rankings between #11 and barely outside of the Top 25.  I think the point is that (as you state) there are issues with every one of these teams, and you could probably play "Team A beat Team B who beat Team C" all day long with this group - meaning, there's no real difference between #23 and #17, or even #12. 

You can make a reasonable case for all but a few of these teams for a Top 15 ranking.  So the statement, "Team A beat five Top 15 teams and Team B beat only one" really doesn't mean anything.  For at least 2007, all the teams "ranked" between #11 and #25 are far more alike than they are different. 

Agreed, BigDawgs.

Speaking just as a fan, why would you want see your team play the likes of Akron, Youngstown St., North Texas, Tulane  etc...?  Wouldn't you rather like to see them play BCS teams?  I know I would.  I'm not getting overly excited for Akron and YSU, but USC and Texas?  Yep.

It seems that most of the fans are interested in defending their team's crappy OOC schedules, instead of being pissed about it and disappointed in the AD.  There are certain requirements that AD's need to meet for a powerhouse program......7 home games is one.  Nothing wrong with that.  But there is no reason to not have at least one BCS team on the schedule every year.  Two would be better.  And if it is only one, then make it a good one.

Do me a favor and tell me which two games they play, so I can ignore the rest of them and save my time  lol

What a genius.

Agreed, BigDawgs.

Speaking just as a fan, why would you want see your team play the likes of Akron, Youngstown St., North Texas, Tulane  etc...?  Wouldn't you rather like to see them play BCS teams?  I know I would.  I'm not getting overly excited for Akron and YSU, but USC and Texas?  Yep.

It seems that most of the fans are interested in defending their team's crappy OOC schedules, instead of being pissed about it and disappointed in the AD.  There are certain requirements that AD's need to meet for a powerhouse program......7 home games is one.  Nothing wrong with that.  But there is no reason to not have at least one BCS team on the schedule every year.  Two would be better.  And if it is only one, then make it a good one.

Couple of points gobucks,

First, you cannot blame LSU for scheduling Tulane.  They are the natural in state rival.  The fact they aren't particularly good right now is no more LSU's fault than it is Purdue's fault that Indiana usually isn't good.  So I don't think Tulane belongs in the discussion.

Second, we are going to find out very quickly about the 7 home game deal.  USC generally has 6 home games and seem to do ok.  We go the next 10 years with only 6 home games.  There have been some discussion that it will hurt UGA financially.  We will have to see, but we will find out starting this year.