LSU makes dubious College Football Playoff history
LSU made College Football Playoff history on Tuesday night, and it’s not the kind of “history” Ed Orgeron and his staff will be pointing to on the recruiting trail. For the first time in the CFP era, the defending national champion was left out of the season’s inaugural rankings.
The CFP selection committee revealed its Top 25 Tuesday. Five SEC teams made the poll: No. 1 Alabama, No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 6 Florida, No. 9 Georgia and No. 22 Auburn. Orgeron’s squad is currently 3-3 on the season. No three-loss teams were included in the initial Top 25. That could certainly change as more games are played.
LSU had some ranking momentum in late October after the 52-24 win over South Carolina, but that momentum vanished with the 48-11 blowout loss at Auburn. Coming off of a 27-24 victory over Arkansas, the Tigers are looking to start their first winning streak of the season. It will be a tall task, however, as LSU plays at No. 5 Texas A&M on Saturday. If the Tigers are able to upset the Aggies, it should get the committee’s attention.
LSU also has games against Ole Miss (Dec. 5) and Florida (Dec. 12) on the current schedule with the Alabama makeup game yet to be rescheduled.
LSU is the first defending national champion not ranked in the @CFBPlayoff’s inaugural rankings in its 7-year history
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 25, 2020
It makes no difference. LSU is building a monster to eat the world next year.
If we’re talking about the future, I’d hold on to see what kind of fallout comes from the allegations of mishandling sexual assault cases. Baylor wasn’t too happy with the short- or medium-term results, nor was Penn State.
Lsu is not alone in this. How bout this article frim 2018 on your Aggie’s:
Sexual assault survivors say Texas A&M chose its brand over justice
Ten women told The Dallas Morning News that Texas A&M didn’t take them seriously when they reported their sexual assaults, and that the university protected the accused over the accusers.
Never even heard of those. Now I’m goin got have to go look that up.
That’s definitely out there. One difference is that many of the allegations at LSU don’t seem to have even been investigated. There’s a part of me that takes pride in that article’s numbers showing that A&M is well below the national average incidence of college campus rape, but the idea that we keep those stats handy shows you the extent of the problem.
After further reading, those will have nothing to do with the football program, however we do have the one slap on the wrist for jimbo with will be over after this recruit class.
Baylor would be a good comp but not PSU. The only people who were punished there were kids that weren’t even there at the time.
The talent drain at LSU was pretty extreme – and then the quitters really tanked the team. I’m sure next year LSU will be back to elite status; I’ve always enjoyed seeing them compete with Bama. RTR
LSU had lost 17 starters, two coordinators and a myriad of key on and off-field assistants due to graduation, early-NFL departures, transfers, and COVID-19 Opt-outs. That’s an unprecedented amount of turnover, which has also NEVER happened before. No team has ever lost so many players and coaches in a single season. But LSU will be back in short order with an elite recruiting class in 2021 and an inordinate amount of freshmen gaining valuable experience! Geaux Tigers!!