Why LSU's Schedule Sets Up Nicely for a Championship Run in 2010
by stretch003 on Mar 2, 2010 10:56 AM CST
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Following the bye week, the Tigers play what will be the biggest game of the regular season as they host the defending National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide.
This has the potential to be a game for the ages with dozens of story lines for the fans and media to blow out of proportion.
As always, Nick Saban is a major story line. The Saban hatred has been getting more intense for Tiger fans year after year rather than fading away. To diehard Tiger fans, Saban coming into Baton Rouge is like Satan walking through the pearly gates of Heaven.
There is also the controversial "toe on the line" call from 2009 that should motivate Tiger players and fans to step up their levels of intensity even higher. I would watch for Patrick Peterson to come out throwing haymakers in the defense’s first couple of drives.
With the extra week to prepare, the Tigers should be able to move the ball on a depleted (but still very good) Alabama defense and win this game, propelling themselves into the National Championship picture.
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Only problem I see with this wishful thinking......
Les Miles
He is great who can do what he wishes; he is wise who wishes to do what he can.
Ok so we got 10 seconds left
And no timeouts. BUBBLE-SCREEN!
by Go Hide in the V-berth on Mar 2, 2010 11:41 AM CST reply actions
TIMEOUT! TIMEOUT!
wait…what…no time outs? How much time is on the clock again?
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
(Formerly SugarBowl93)
by RememberTheRoseBowl on Mar 2, 2010 12:38 PM CST up reply actions
(Asks the cop next to him)
Do I have a time out?
Certainly more than at least one vital member of the coaching staff....
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 2, 2010 8:16 PM CST up reply actions
Spike it....Spike it.....
Auburn fans are like slinkys... not really good for anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
Miles never told him to spike it.
LOL. I still think its funny that Miles claims he never told him to spike it, yet there is video of him running down the sideline giving a spike it gesture. What a douche!
Also you failed to mention that Bama has their off week before the LSU game!
He is great who can do what he wishes; he is wise who wishes to do what he can.
so, thanks again for linking to this stinking pile of horse shit.
for the next five days there is nothing in my heart but hate. pure, untempered, ice-cold hate. fond memories are for saturday. - Kleph
If LSU wins the BCS championship next year...
I will show up at one of the ASU football games sporting a LSU BCS championship shirt the following year.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
Wow. This is optimism
rarely seen by someone who has Les Miles as coach. LSU will lose to WV, UF, Bama and Arky. They are no better than 8-4. If they are not careful they could fall to NC, Auburn, and Ole Miss.
I’d say LSU has about the same odds of missing out on a bowl all together, going 5-7, as they do of going all the way to Arizona.
When you are an LSU fan you always need to remember that Les Miles is your coach. Even when he won a NC with Saban’s players he lost 2 games and just lucked into it. But, alas his luck has run out.
This would be a great article to save for December when they are firing Miles.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
by 5026 on Mar 2, 2010 12:52 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
I second this...
…motion to request this post to be tucked away until December, Can I get a Yay?..or Nay?
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success." -Coach Bear Bryant
by Tokeisch on Mar 2, 2010 6:37 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Fo realz...
…by which I mean ‘Yay’.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 2, 2010 8:18 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
word is born god
on tha real. miles is a fuckin joke. i dont think i’ve ever agreed with 5026 as vehemently as i do right now.
for the next five days there is nothing in my heart but hate. pure, untempered, ice-cold hate. fond memories are for saturday. - Kleph
LSU continues their decline in 2010
whether they beat us or not. Auburn is going to be our toughest SEC West opponent. Everything is setting up for them this year. Their offense will be deadly if Newton can play even half as well as he’s capable of playing and both Chizik and Roof will improve that defense well enough to make them a legitimate top 10 team. They might not be in the top 10, but they’ll bring that kind of ability into any venue and they’ll give any team a run for their money.
Their defense won’t be spectacular, but they’ll be better than they were in 2009 and their offense will be better also.
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IMO, you grossly overstate au's ability
LSU will be the most talented West competition again. Ark will be the next most difficult opponent. au will be fortunate to win 7 games again. They have no shot at beating Bama. Their offense was being figured out by the end of last year. They lost 5 of their last 6 SEC games, averaging 21 ppg. Their schedule is easy this year with 4 OOC patsies (Clemson lost a lot) and no UF. They will lose to LSU, Bama, UGA and likely Ark or USCe, and 1 of OM, UK, Clemson or MSU.
LSU will...
…be the most talented, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be the most difficult opponent (though I expect them to be). Auburn will be more talented and deeper this season, though greener overall. Newton looks plain scary, which is saying a lot when you look at what the boogs have had at the QB position since sometime in the early 70s. I’m not hooked on Malzahn’s schemes, but there’s no denying the improvement they’ve already seen on that side of the ball. Defensively, they can only move up, and the added depth should mean that they don’t have as many fourth quarter fizzles this year. I still like us to beat ‘em, especially in the newly gussied up BDS, but I’d just as soon not spot them 14 points again.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 2, 2010 8:24 PM CST up reply actions
Agreed
they were depleated last year by lackluster recruiting and injuries. That won’t last forever and I can see them winning 10 games this year. Going into the season, nobody expected them to win more than 6-7 games. My hope is that this season they won’t be able to sneak up on anyone.
I’m with you on Malzahn. When they play a good defense, and can’t control tempo, the whole machine starts to come apart.
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
Les Miles....
Their coach is Les Miles that should be enough, but guess what he doesn’t have anymore of CNS players….. Sounds like a a set up for late game failure not BCS championship. They are pretty good at that.
"I like my Johnnie Walker red and my women bolnde."
- Joe Namath
In defense
he is not claiming that they win a National championship. If you read the comments he clarifies that.
But as many have mentioned….with Miles in the driver’s seat, 8-4 would be a great season for them.
Has to be my favorite part in his comments...
I’m just trying to make a point that the schedule is set up to allow us to win any game on the schedule
Ya moron, it’s called playing it on the field.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
I find it
ironic that you post this…and your name is Stretch….hmmmmmm
Lane Kiffin took the meaning of "Volunteer" WAY too seriously....
Why is that ironic?
I’m not sure if you know what irony is. But to your point, no, my name is not stretch, it’s just an old high school nickname. I don’t use my real name online for many reasons.
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Mar 2, 2010 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
fail. let's try again
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Mar 2, 2010 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
Now that's better....
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 2, 2010 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
Why do people...
…keep posting these tiny pictures of the Alabama state flag?
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 2, 2010 2:54 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
you get a rec
(even though that’s not what my browser uses for broken links)
by billycthulhu on Mar 2, 2010 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
oh dude. you gotta upgrade your browser.
the “red x” is IE’s trademark. try chrome, firefox, or opera
for the next five days there is nothing in my heart but hate. pure, untempered, ice-cold hate. fond memories are for saturday. - Kleph
That sounds awesome...
…if only I knew how to do that….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 8, 2010 10:55 PM CST up reply actions
ummm...
the fact that LSU winning the NC in ‘10 doesn’t sound like a “stretch” to you? Now if thats not irony…i don’t know what is..
Lane Kiffin took the meaning of "Volunteer" WAY too seriously....
What's a bigger stretch?
Getting this guy’s armpits to not rip when you play him?
Or, LSU criminally underusing their talent again, as Leslie’s eyes are firmly fixed upon RR’s final, climatic 5-7 season in Ann Arbor?
If you answered the former, you win the internet.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Mar 2, 2010 5:04 PM CST reply actions
Yeah...
…those Stretch Armstrong dolls aren’t too environmentally friendly…what is that goo, anyway?
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 2, 2010 8:26 PM CST up reply actions
ALERT: Drastic subject change...
…but I’m sitting here watching Purple Rain, wondering why, if the acting is so bad, why do I like this movie? And then Apollonia takes off her clothes by the lake, and I remember at least one reason…or two….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 2, 2010 10:16 PM CST reply actions
I dunno........
oh okay, dammit, +1!
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.
by StablerRaider on Mar 3, 2010 5:48 PM CST up reply actions
You sir,
…are a sad little man.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
by AlabamaJammer on Mar 3, 2010 10:47 PM CST up reply actions
That's partially true...
…I am definitely a man. I’m sorry you don’t care for cheesy 80s babes.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Mar 3, 2010 10:57 PM CST up reply actions
the side boob
more than makes up for the 80’s…
for the next five days there is nothing in my heart but hate. pure, untempered, ice-cold hate. fond memories are for saturday. - Kleph
"a game for the ages"? my ass.
LSU will have two losses before they play us. and they’ll have three once we’re done w/ em.
for the next five days there is nothing in my heart but hate. pure, untempered, ice-cold hate. fond memories are for saturday. - Kleph
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