All the talk around Tiger Town these days is the possibility of LSU going to the Rose Bowl. The naive part of me is excited at the prospect. The cynical part of me can't be convinced that the Rose Bowl isn't going to make itself a lot of money by choosing a far less deserving Notre Dame team.
Trust me on this, if Notre Dame gets picked for the Rose Bowl, i am going to unleash a string of profanities unlike the world has ever seen.
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Hey, Seth, didn't you say Les Miles needed to be fired a couple of weeks ago?
Yes, I did.
Bet you feel pretty stupid now that it looks like he's taking the Tigers to a BCS bowl?
Not particularly. While i was pleased as punch with the Arkansas win, he was a couple Houston Nutt brain farts away from losing that game. Sorry, this team should be in the national championship discussion.
You LSU fans are unreal. Win one national title and you think you have to win them every year.
That's what i don't understand about non-LSU fans. I don't expect to win the national title every year. I've seen Florida, Auburn, Tennessee and Alabama at the top of their game. There are going to be some years where LSU simply isn't the best team in the conference, much less in the entire country.
Here are my expectations: The years LSU has the talent to win the national title, they should be competing for a national championship. the years they have the talent to win the conference, they should be competing for a conference title.
This year, LSU should be worrying about getting to the National Championship game, not hoping enough teams lose to sneak them into the Rose Bowl as the much heralded and long-remembered "Best 2-loss team in the country" (remove tongue from cheek). This week they should be preparing for the SEC Championship game, not spending the last month pulling for Alabama and Mississippi State to upset the people above LSU in the standings.
And who says national titles have to be a once in a lifetime event? Just off the top of my head, Miami, Oklahoma, USC and Ohio State have all played for multiple national titles in the past handful of years. Look at LSU's talent, facilities, etc. and tell me why they shouldn't expect to be able to pull off a similar run.
So, to me, the deficiency is in the coaching (or moreso, deficiency in coach-hiring). Obviously, you can't ax Miles after this season, you'd never be able to hire another coach worth a damn. But you can't keep letting him lead underperforming teams, either.
Making an A- on an algebra test seems like a good thing. but if Stephen Hawking makes an A- on an algebra test there's a problem. I hope that analogy makes sense.
Hey, did you know Stephen Hawking was British?
Sure didn't. You certainly can't tell by his accent.
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The 'Hey, it's your money' Picks of the Week
Reminder: don't do it.
Last week: 7-8
Overall: 61-64-9
Wake +2.5 Georgia Tech
Navy -20.5 Army
Cal -29 Stanford
San Jose St -4 Fresno St
ULL -3 ULM
Rutgers +10 WVU
Neb +3.5 OU
Hawaii -8 Oregon St
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