I spent Friday telling everyone I met not to talk to me about the LSU game as I had recorded it to watch later. I stayed off of the Internet, didn’t read email, and never watched anything on TV that wasn’t targeted to the under 10 crowd. (Think Disney channel.) On the drive home I [...]
LSU, Alabama, and Arkansas are rated 1-2-3 in the BCS as expected after the mayhem that took place last weekend. Who is really the best team? I though I would play with some numbers and see if there are any indications.
Three of the past four years, including the last national championship year in 2007, LSU has lost to Arkansas. They’ve found all sorts of ways to lose… a triple overtime upset when LSU was last ranked #1 in 2007, a one-point defeat in 2008, and by allowing a last-second score at the end of the [...]
Ole Miss suspended their starting quarterback for the game this week against LSU, and potentially for their season ending game against Mississippi State as well. On the surface this would seem to continue a trend for LSU as they seem to get teams right at the worst time. On the other hand, there’s not much [...]
With apologies to Arkansas, but I’m not going to overlook this week’s game against Ole Miss. Have they won an SEC game yet this year? No. Do they have a lame duck coach? Yes. Is there anyone on the planet that thinks Ole Miss will be able to defeat LSU when they host the Tigers [...]
The wildcard for me is coaching: I think Les Miles brings a certain unpredictability aspect to the game, so if Sabin can get into his head that could impact the outcome of the game.
That’s what I wrote last week while thinking about the LSU versus Alabama game that took place last night, and as amazing [...]
