I Don't Believe What I Just Saw

by Purple Reign on Sep 29, 2007 11:12 PM CDT in Football

Wow. What a day. In the spirit of ESPN's desire to name every college football weekend, it was "Survival Saturday." After watching the first half of the LSU game, I had mentally dropped them to third (and was contemplating fourth based on Florida) in my personal polls. Then everything went nuts. Oklahoma lost. Texas lost. Florida lost. LSU didn't look good, nor did USC. But, everything having happened, I have to keep LSU No. 1 in my head since USC needed to recover an onside kick to hold on for the win.

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obviously

this site is going to give the tigahs the benefit of the doubt, but usc wasn't playing tulane.

by gerry dorsey on Sep 30, 2007 10:33 AM CDT reply actions

similarities

Both LSU and USC played remarkably similar and remarkably pathetic games. Tons of penalties, abysmal o-line play, no hint of a completed pass. The different scores relfected the strength of the opponents. If you flipped Tulane and UW the scores would likely have been almost identical.

by 99LSU on Sep 30, 2007 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions

AP Rankings

Should be an interesting Saturday... LSU has a chance to earn #1 next with against Florida rather than back door it in. That was rather tacky on the part of the AP, most of which are too tired or lazy to even watch late night West Coast contests.

SC was hobbled by bizarre officiating effecting every single drive (no doubt being reviewed today), rain, and some equally strange turnovers against a good but not great Washington team.

It would be nice if there were more Pac10/SEC contests... It does appear the Michigan/Penn State/Notre Dame era is effectively over and pretty much a waste of competitive time for everyone involved.

by emmaco on Oct 1, 2007 12:06 PM CDT reply actions

Agreed

There was no way we should have been voted #1 by virtue of our play on Saturday versus SC's. People only paid attention to the final scores. UW is a tough team, Tulane is not.

by GeauxTigers on Oct 1, 2007 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions

USC-LSU

Wouldn't it be exciting to see a USC-LSU contest come January?

A few years overdue for sure... two strong programs with great atheletes working under different philosophies going head to head on national TV.

And that's just the cheerleaders.

The football game might be pretty interesting too.

by emmaco on Oct 1, 2007 1:08 PM CDT reply actions

Need to learn to SPELL

I learned good at USC.

by emmaco on Oct 1, 2007 1:09 PM CDT reply actions

USC-LSU Matchup

As long as John David Booty continues as Quarterback, I'd love nothing more than to see this game played out. I think the AP has been thinking the same thing before the season even started. They're doing everything they can to get this game going.

But, in LSU's defense, though UW and Tulane are not the same caliber, LSU came back and dominated a second half. USC had a punt blocked with less than two minutes remaining and had to recover an onside kick to finish out the game. That right there is what edges LSU to #1 in the AP. We're not talking a landslide here, LSU is a whopping 2 point favorite. It's just that there were enough voters watching the games to see that LSU handled their opponents decisively in the second half, and damn near every other Top #25 team (besides Southern Florida) didn't. I can understand the ranking.

My signature was looted during Katrina; I'm awaiting a FEMA check to rebuild it.

by 4EverLSU on Oct 1, 2007 8:19 PM CDT reply actions

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