If someone, just ONE person, still has the email addresses of AP voters, you might want to pass this one to them. I only have about 6 addresses in my mailbox, and since I'm on a phone modem it would take much to long if I sent out individual emails. Emails to individuals, not mass emails, is how to do it. ____________________________ The last time LSU stepped on the field, they beat the #5 team in the nation, UGA, by 21 points. The last time USC stepped on the field, they beat #4 Michigan by 14 points. The UGA game was essentially a home game for UGA while the Rose Bowl is but 25 miles from USC's campus. USC might have been dominant, but LSU was no less dominant over UGA. UGA is a very good team, just as good as, if not better than, Michigan. UGA, after all, would be 11-1 right now if they hadn't played LSU this year. If LSU beats #1 by any amount, considering the rest of LSU's schedule and USC's schedule, I cannot imagine how voting USC is the obvious choice as people like Chris Fowler have said. Just consider this: 1. Strength of schedule Before bowls: OU 11th. LSU 29th. USC 37th. LSU played 7 games against teams with five or more losses. USC played 11 games with teams with five or more losses. LSU's opponents are 5-1 in bowl games (UGA counted twice) against competition that averaged a BCS ranking of #22. USC's opponents are 5-1 in bowl games against competition that averaged a BCS ranking of 42. 2. Opponents of LSU and USC head-to-head; bowl games included. Oklahoma (12-2) vs Michigan (10-3): OU favored. UGA (11-3) vs. Washington (10-3) State: UGA favored. UGA (11-3) vs. Auburn (8-5): UGA beat Auburn. Ole Miss (10-3) vs. Cal (8-6): Ole Miss favored. Florida (8-5) vs. Oregon State (8-5): UF favored. Arkansas (9-4) vs. Notre (5-7) Dame: Arkansas favored. Auburn (8-5) vs. UCLA (6-7): Auburn favored. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- #63 South Carolina vs. #55 Washington : Washington favored. #69 Alabama vs. #64 Hawaii: Hawaii won. #80 LA Tech vs #72 Stanford: Stanford favored. #89 Arizona vs #73 Arizona State: Arizona State won. #95 Mississippi State vs #75 BYU: BYU favored. #116 ULM vs. #89 Arizona: Arizona favored. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Illinois: No USC opponent to compare with. 3. Record LSU 13-1 USC 12-1 4. Margin of victory As long as LSU beats OU by more than one point, LSU will have a larger margin of victory than will USC. Right now, LSU averaged outscoring its opponents by 24 points per game this year (loss included). USC averaged outscoring its opponents by 23 points per game this year (loss included). 5. Loss LSU lost to ranked Florida, whose five losses came from five top 15 teams: Ole Miss, Tennessee, FSU, Miami, and Iowa. Florida beat two top 10 teams. USC lost to unranked 6 loss Cal (Cal did recently beat Virginia Tech, but VA Tech finished the season 1-5 with its only win coming over Temple in overtime). Cal beat one top 30 team. Its only loss to a top 25 team was to Kansas State. 6. Head-to-head matchup LSU beat Auburn and Arizona by larger margins of victory and in a much more impressive manner, allowing its backups in the AU game after it went up 31-0 in the 3rd quarter, whereas USC had to keep its first team in the entire game. Arizona players said that LSU was a better team than USC. Arizona's Clay Hart said after this year's game with USC that the Trojans " were really good. But personally, I think LSU was the best team we’ve faced since I’ve been a Wildcat .” 7. Date of loss LSU lost October 11. USC lost September 27.
