Out of Conference Scheduling

[IHateLaState]

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Washington is in the pac-10 so thats a wash. While looking at the non conference schedule you can see USCs is harder. However take into account that LSU plays 1 extra non conference game and a possible sec championship game and it makes LSUs schedule ALOT harder. _

Im off today so what else to do...lol... IF you count Wash as a "tough" OOC game for a&m@br, dont come back in the next breath and suggest that the Pac 10 is weak...

[cajunhawk]

_ I can't believe this is even a topic here...

USC Non Conference
09/05/09 vs. San Jose State L.A. Coliseum TBA
09/12/09 at Ohio State TV Columbus, Ohio 5:00 p.m. PT
10/17/09 at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. TBA

LSU Non Conference
Sat, Sep 05 Washington at Seattle, Wash. (Husky Stadium)
Sat, Sep 19 UL-Lafayette Baton Rouge, La. (Tiger Stadium)
Sat, Oct 31 Tulane Baton Rouge, La. (Tiger Stadium) TBA
Sat, Nov 14 Louisiana Tech Baton Rouge, La. (Tiger Stadium)

Washington is in the pac-10 so thats a wash. While looking at the non conference schedule you can see USCs is harder. However take into account that LSU plays 1 extra non conference game and a possible sec championship game and it makes LSUs schedule ALOT harder. _

Nobody will disagree with you that LSU's SEC schedule is brutal. Thats a given. But, this is the problem with BCS football. Every game is looked at as a "playoff." These big programs are way to afraid of losing the big money they have become accustomed to. The NCAA, aka nutless wonder, lets the BCS programs get away with murder. What put SMU into Death Penalty territory, is exactly what every big program is doing today and getting away with it because of revenue. Recruiting is getting to be who pays more and gets my parents better jobs, while small schools scoop up the dregs left behind. Forget Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, and all the other roided out freaks who robbed baseball of their respect, lets go after the NCAA and Myles Brand for pimping these young athletes.

[anhil8tor]

_ Im off today so what else to do...lol... IF you count Wash as a "tough" OOC game for a&m@br, dont come back in the next breath and suggest that the Pac 10 is weak... _

Did you read what I posted?

Washington is in the pac-10 so thats a wash. While looking at the non conference schedule you can see USCs is harder. However take into account that LSU plays 1 extra non conference game and a possible sec championship game and it makes LSUs schedule ALOT harder.

I think its cute you have to type a&m@br in every post instead of typing LSU but give the big boys their credit. The SEC is far and away the best conference in football. Its not even close. USC is favored to win EVERY pac-10 game they play. Some by 40+ points. Don't let you hate for LSU get in the way of the SEC's brutal schedule. If Florida, Tenn, Alabama, LSU etc etc etc make it through their schedule with 1 lost and there is only 1 undefeated BCS school.. then the SEC is playing for the title and more than likely favored.

[RedBug58]

Is this thread still about UL's 2009 Football schedule?

[jllanclos]

Nebraska could well win the SBC title in 2009.

I would say them and Troy have to be the favorites, but Troy would probably have the edge. This relegates nebraska to the Memorandum of Understanding Bowl, though. They might not be too happy about that finish.

[CajunCherokee]

I'm pretty sure their strength of schedule this year in basketball was dead last in the country among 300-something teams...

[Cover2]

I think its cute you have to type a&m@br in every post instead of typing LSU but give the big boys their credit. The SEC is far and away the best conference in football. Its not even close. USC is favored to win EVERY pac-10 game they play. Some by 40+ points. Don't let you hate for LSU get in the way of the SEC's brutal schedule. If Florida, Tenn, Alabama, LSU etc etc etc make it through their schedule with 1 lost and there is only 1 undefeated BCS school.. then the SEC is playing for the title and more than likely favored.

I completely agree. The SEC is a tough conference -- there's no question about that. As for USC making it in the SEC...that's a toss-up. I still think that their defense would not be able to stand up to the rigors of the SEC schedule. That being said, I think they'd have more success in the West than in the East.

As for UL's OOC, thats great and all, but you have to win your conference. It's a fine line -- play too tough out of conference, and you may hurt morale and your team's chances at a great season; play too weak and the team's not ready to go come conference time. I don't envy this part of the coaching position, as a lot of weight is put on scheduling every year.

[cajun4life]

_ I completely agree. The SEC is a tough conference -- there's no question about that. As for USC making it in the SEC...that's a toss-up. I still think that their defense would not be able to stand up to the rigors of the SEC schedule. That being said, I think they'd have more success in the West than in the East.

On any given year USC would do the same thing in the SEC that they do in the PAC 10. Lose one game to an opponent and crush all opponents that are considered on par with them talent wise. They are built for the big game and always have a let down game.

[CajunNation]

It's about the money they genertae from the extra homes games that they do not have to return...

This is the absolute key to getting a football playoff.

Allowing the higher seeds, BCS programs, to host a playoff game, is like free money. The one thing they understand is greed. That could be used to build a playoff.

[Sonsissymia]

_ Yea I love when I hear all this BS from a&m@br about USC's "soft" schedule. USC annually takes on one of the toughest Non Conference schedules of anyteam. You dont see any UL's on their schedule. Last year they played Virgina, Ohio State and Notre Dame. Granted Notre Dame has been on a down cycle but you dont know that when you schedule them. In the past they have played Arkansas, Nebraska and other BCS schools. Contrast this to a&m@br's non conference... Tulane, Troy, Appalachian, North Texas... then add in your Mississippi States and Kentucky's and you have a guaranteed 6 wins... So they play 3 or 4 tough games and they all whine about how tough they have it... BS..... _

the tigers' ooc sked is typically weak. but in the '07 c'ship year, remember that the final key that put them in the game was beating the team that finished FIRST in the computer [va tech] something like 41-7 as i recall. if va tech and lsu each have two losses without the lsu win head-to-head, va tech is in the game against ohio state.

[DestinCajun]

the tigers' ooc sked is typically weak. but in the '07 c'ship year, remember that the final key that put them in the game was beating the team that finished FIRST in the computer [va tech] something like 41-7 as i recall. if va tech and lsu each have two losses without the lsu win head-to-head, va tech is in the game against ohio state. _

The "key"? When it came down to it, I'd say Pittsburg gave them the key. They then did what needed to be done - they busted the gate wide open. No question about that.

[CajunZ1]

_ The "key"? When it came down to it, I'd say Pittsburg gave them the key. They then did what needed to be done - they busted the gate wide open. No question about that. _

2007 was soooo crazy for the leadup to the NC game.

Every single (unlikely) thing that needed to happen for LSU to get in happened. Kind of like for UL in 2008 when all the 5-6 teams that we needed to lose lost, and then we went to that bowl game... oh wait...