With this being the end of the bcs and the 4 team playoff coming next year, what are your expectations for LSU. What defines success in your opinion? I left out actually winning the whole damn thing and just left it to being in the hunt.
See, I wasn't sure how to break it up. They were talking about it on the radio here saying that after this thing gets going, that OU should be one of the 4 at least twice every 4 or 5 years or Stoops is in real trouble. Forget about (insert school here) what is realistic? I mean its obvious the administration will make that determination but what should it be based on? So many variables at work here. Should make things real interesting in the coming years. Much more so than we may have ever expected. If there is a different set numbers in anyones head please just post it. Like 3 of 6 or 3 of 7, whatever. Wonder whats out there.
I'd say realistically with the way we recruit, 1/4 maybe 5 years years would be what i'd expect. We've seen a BCSNC game on average once every 4 years since its inception.
I said 3/5. Depending on how things go in the SEC though .... it could very well be every year. I mean a 1 loss SEC team is probably in the 4 if that 1 loss is to LSU or Bama.
It will be interesting to see how they figure this out, I'm sure the metric is out there I just haven't looked that far into it. I mean realistically there are what 15/20 teams that have a legitimate shot at it year in and year out? The usual suspects. Scheduling should be a factor IMO but I don't know how much weight that will carry. I guess in the end the "just win and it will work itself out" adage will rule the day.
Seriously someone look back at the BCS era and how many teams accomplished top 4 3 out of every 5 years. You would have to do it before the bowl seasons started though in those years. @Tiger_fan ?
USC is the only one that comes to mind, and only at the top of their dynasty, Alabama recently. But both Bama and LSU are in a position to do this. Two of the better recruiters, two great coaching staffs, and the benefit of doubt from playing in the SEC. I wouldn't doubt both of them making it in the top 4 consecutive years.
LSU would have been 03, 06, and 07 in a 5 year stretch And if you think about it, 1 win against Georgia to be top 4 in 05, one win away from being top 4 in 2010, made it in 2011, one win against UF or Bama in 2012. That's a hell of a run since 2003. So in other words, 2 wins away from being in the top 4 for a playoff 7 out of 10 years.
