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LSU has always been a top Football Program
Posted on 11/9/08 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 11/9/08 at 8:43 pm
I love these people who think LSU wasn't a top program until Saban came.
Sure we had fallen on tough times in the 90s but LSU has always been regarded as a top 20 program
Sure we had fallen on tough times in the 90s but LSU has always been regarded as a top 20 program
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Posted on 11/9/08 at 8:55 pm to skylane
Posted on 11/9/08 at 8:56 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
Um...no 
Posted on 11/9/08 at 8:59 pm to x2spence
quote:
Um...no
Um yes sonnyboy. LSU football history did not began when you were born 20 years ago. LSU has been a top program since the late 50s whether you or any other idiot thinks otherwise. Like every top program it has had down years. See Nebraska the last few years as a good example. It happens to all programs.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 9:06 pm to rtgr
quote:You musta missed the 3 and 4 win seasons we had- and not just once.
Um yes sonnyboy. LSU football history did not began when you were born 20 years ago. LSU has been a top program since the late 50s whether you or any other idiot thinks otherwise. Like every top program it has had down years. See Nebraska the last few years as a good example. It happens to all programs.
"Top programs" finish in the Top...we had some great years sprinkled in tween 58 and 03 but weren't consistent enough to be considered a "Top program" for many in between.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 9:11 pm to Geauxtiga
quote:
Top programs" finish in the Top...we had some great years sprinkled in tween 58 and 03 but weren't consistent enough to be considered a "Top program" for many in between.
What color is the sky in your world sonnyboy? LSU had maybe 3 seasons in the 60s when they did not go to a bowl and be ranked during the season. Same thing in the 70s and 80s. The 90s had the worst stretch for LSU since the early 50s. When you are ranked and bowling for most of a decade that makes you a top program. Like I said whether you say it isn't means zip. Ask anyone who really knows football, like football coaches and football writers(real ones) and they will tell you that LSU has always been among the top programs in the SEC. Even Alabama had rough stretches.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 9:21 pm to skylane
they still are, wait till next year.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 9:24 pm to lsusportsman2
Rule number one...never, EVER say "wait til next year..." you might as well be a Wake Forest fan. I hate LSU as much as anybody, but what happened ten, twenty years ago or more means dogs**t...LSU is and should be considered an elite program...thats why its so fun to hate them...and its my duty as an Alabama fan. Good game....and I can't wait til the next time they play.
This post was edited on 11/9/08 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 11/9/08 at 9:25 pm to x2spence
quote:
Um...no
You don't know much, do you? LSU is No. 12 overall in total number of wins and is No. 14 overall based on winning percentage.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 9:29 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:
You don't know much, do you? LSU is No. 12 overall in total number of wins and is No. 14 overall based on winning percentage.
This is the correct answer.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 9:29 pm to Geauxtiga
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This post was edited on 11/9/08 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 11/9/08 at 9:34 pm to rtgr
quote:You must've been sleeping some of them years. Again, lack of consistency, as you can see by these records, I wouldn't consider us to "Always have been a top program" and most LSU fans I know would agree.
What color is the sky in your world sonnyboy? LSU had maybe 3 seasons in the 60s when they did not go to a bowl and be ranked during the season. Same thing in the 70s and 80s. The 90s had the worst stretch for LSU since the early 50s. When you are ranked and bowling for most of a decade that makes you a top program. Like I said whether you say it isn't means zip. Ask anyone who really knows football, like football coaches and football writers(real ones) and they will tell you that LSU has always been among the top programs in the SEC.
1960…5-4
’63…..7-4 (Loss in Bluebonnet Bowl)
’66…..5-4
’67.….7-3
’74….5-5-1
’75….5-6
’76….7-3
’77….8-4
’78….8-4
’79.…7-5
’80….7-4
’81….3-7
’83.…4-7
’88….8-4
’89….4-7
’90.…5-6
’91.…5-6
’92.…2-9
’93.…5-6
’94.…4-7
’98.…4-7
’99.…3-8
As for "Bowl Games" hell, they don't spell chit, I remember being happy to be in the Independance Bowl though.
quote:Alabama won National Titles...11, huge difference.
Even Alabama had rough stretches.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 9:59 pm to Geauxtiga
Long list....but You skipped a few years in there for effect, eh?
LSU has played in 39 bowl games. But we're only 20-18-1. Check out our AP rankings:
1958 1 --- Dietzel
1959 3 --- Dietzel
1960 NR --- Dietzel
1961 4 --- Dietzel
1962 7 --- McClendon
1963 NR --- McClendon
1964 7 --- McClendon
1965 8 --- McClendon
1966 NR --- McClendon
1967 NR --- McClendon
1968 19 --- McClendon
1969 10 --- McClendon
1970 7 --- McClendon
1971 11 --- McClendon
1972 11 --- McClendon
1973 13 --- McClendon
1974 NR --- McClendon
1975 NR --- McClendon
1976 NR --- McClendon
1977 NR --- McClendon
1978 NR --- McClendon
1979 NR --- McClendon
1980 NR --- Stovall
1981 NR --- Stovall
1982 11 --- Stovall
1983 NR --- Stovall
1984 15 --- Arnsparger
1985 20 --- Arnsparger
1986 10 --- Arnsparger
1987 5 --- Archer
1988 19 --- Archer
1989 NR --- Archer
1990 NR --- Archer
1991 NR --- Hallman
1992 NR --- Hallman
1993 NR --- Hallman
1994 NR --- Hallman
1995 NR --- Dinardo
1996 12 --- Dinardo
1997 13 --- Dinardo
1998 NR --- Dinardo
1999 NR --- Dinardo
2000 22 --- Saban
2001 7 --- Saban
2002 NR --- Saban
2003 2 (BCS National Champ!!!) --- Saban
2004 16 --- Saban
2005 6 --- Miles
2006 3 --- Miles
2007 1 (BCS National Champ) --- Miles
LSU has played in 39 bowl games. But we're only 20-18-1. Check out our AP rankings:
1958 1 --- Dietzel
1959 3 --- Dietzel
1960 NR --- Dietzel
1961 4 --- Dietzel
1962 7 --- McClendon
1963 NR --- McClendon
1964 7 --- McClendon
1965 8 --- McClendon
1966 NR --- McClendon
1967 NR --- McClendon
1968 19 --- McClendon
1969 10 --- McClendon
1970 7 --- McClendon
1971 11 --- McClendon
1972 11 --- McClendon
1973 13 --- McClendon
1974 NR --- McClendon
1975 NR --- McClendon
1976 NR --- McClendon
1977 NR --- McClendon
1978 NR --- McClendon
1979 NR --- McClendon
1980 NR --- Stovall
1981 NR --- Stovall
1982 11 --- Stovall
1983 NR --- Stovall
1984 15 --- Arnsparger
1985 20 --- Arnsparger
1986 10 --- Arnsparger
1987 5 --- Archer
1988 19 --- Archer
1989 NR --- Archer
1990 NR --- Archer
1991 NR --- Hallman
1992 NR --- Hallman
1993 NR --- Hallman
1994 NR --- Hallman
1995 NR --- Dinardo
1996 12 --- Dinardo
1997 13 --- Dinardo
1998 NR --- Dinardo
1999 NR --- Dinardo
2000 22 --- Saban
2001 7 --- Saban
2002 NR --- Saban
2003 2 (BCS National Champ!!!) --- Saban
2004 16 --- Saban
2005 6 --- Miles
2006 3 --- Miles
2007 1 (BCS National Champ) --- Miles
This post was edited on 11/9/08 at 10:23 pm
Posted on 11/9/08 at 10:05 pm to HoumaTigerFan
120 teams play D-1 football, LSU has a better history than at least 105 of them. That's pretty much the definition of "top program"
Some of you rantards have no perspective.
Some of you rantards have no perspective.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 10:08 pm to Geauxtiga
quote:
You musta missed the 3 and 4 win seasons we had- and not just once.
"Top programs" finish in the Top...we had some great years sprinkled in tween 58 and 03 but weren't consistent enough to be considered a "Top program" for many in between.
CFBDataWarehouse, an excellent and well researched site, lists LSU as the #10 all time program: https://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/rankings/all_time_team_rankings.php
Posted on 11/9/08 at 10:14 pm to WikiTiger
quote:
CFBDataWarehouse, an excellent and well researched site, lists LSU as the #10 all time program:
Does that mean that Princeton is 13th, Yale 18th, and Harvard 19th?
Posted on 11/9/08 at 10:15 pm to Expert
quote:
Does that mean that Princeton is 13th, Yale 18th, and Harvard 19th?
Hence the term All-Time.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 10:26 pm to Draconian Sanctions
quote:No, I was using the years that showed we weren't always a "Great program" as I'd stated earlier.
Long list....but You skipped a few years in there for effect, eh?
quote:Well, first of all, in the context of this argument- no one is questioning our rise to excellence in this decade and viewing it pre-BCS, as I was referring to, we weren't that high but I'll even give that much and ask, in the last 50 years we were NOT ranked at the end of the year for half of them...NOT RANKED. That's a "Top program"?
120 teams play D-1 football, LSU has a better history than at least 105 of them. That's pretty much the definition of "top program"
Some of you rantards have no perspective.
If you take out the last decade as I was referring to it's not even a question unless you're talking to LSU fans.
Posted on 11/9/08 at 10:31 pm to Geauxtiga
Oh...and your list is wrong I believe.
1988 we were SEC champs at 10-1-1?
You have a couple 8-4 records shown...those are worthy of a decent bowl I believe. But you're right...they weren't great years.
1988 we were SEC champs at 10-1-1?
You have a couple 8-4 records shown...those are worthy of a decent bowl I believe. But you're right...they weren't great years.
This post was edited on 11/9/08 at 10:33 pm
Posted on 11/9/08 at 10:33 pm to Geauxtiga
the 90's were brutal
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