that is blatantly false The difference between finishing 3rd and finishing 6th is negligible. That's roughly the average ranking of Bama and LSU the last ten years from the rivals site. From 2013-2016 (current year) that gap is even closer.
No way LSU gets in without a Bama loss to Moo or Auburn. If the Gaytors somehow beat the Crimson Vaginas we mot only don't make the playoffs, we get bumped down from the Sugar Bowl to the Peach or worse
The most important thing that has to happen is Florida losing to FSU and then beats Bama. At this point, LSU would be the highest ranking SEC team in the committee's eyes. LSU beat Florida and Florida is the SEC Champ. LSU would be the only 1 loss team. LSU WOULD BE THE ONLY TEAM THE COMMITTEE WOULD CONSIDER FROM THE SEC. At that point, the playoff committee has to grapple with not having an SEC team in the playoffs. That's a tall order and not one they would take lightly. Stanford beats Notre Dame and then loses their Pac 12 CG. Utah loses to UCLA. The PAC has no team with 1 loss. They are all behind LSU in the pecking order. So after all that, from a general standpoint, we're looking at Clemson, Big 10 Champ, Big 12 survivor (probably undefeated and probably the Baylor/Okie State winner in two weeks), and then whammo blammo, LSU. They won't put another 1 loss team from another Big 10 or Big 12 team over LSU. Teams like TCU, Michigan State and Oklahoma have uglier losses than LSU. They would pick LSU over all 3 of those teams. We are comfortably ahead of all of those teams as in stands now in the playoff rankings. Iowa losing, even if it is in the Big 10 CG knocks them out (who the fuck wants to see a 1 loss Iowa in the playoffs?). To recap: 1) Florida loses to FSU 2) Florida beats Bama 3) Stanford beats Notre Dame 4) Utah loses to UCLA 5) Stanford loses to UCLA/Utah in Pac 12 CG
There are scenarios to where LSU could make the playoffs, however they are highly unlikely. It would take several teams to lose for LSU to jump that far up. I don't see that happening. Had the loss been more competitive, then they would have had a better shot.
That is correct. It would take the 2007 end of season highly unlikely scenario, which obviously did occur, with LSU vaulting from #7 to #2 in one weekend of play. There is history of it. Consider the fact we have 4 weeks for all of this to happen. And I didn't even discuss upset wins over those teams, just the likeliest possible losses. We always say "oh well that's not going to happen", and then it does, invariably it seems.
The easiest way in is MSST beating Bama, LSU running the table, then beating Florida. That happens LSU is in. All that other shit ain't happening. Les' luck was all used in 2007.
Les made a deal with the spirit of Bo Schembeckler that if he won The NC he would run Bo's offense forever and ever.
