LSU non-conf scheduling

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LSU 1998-2007 Average Rank = 91.7
Gms	vs	@	v	%vs	BCS	non	AA	%BCS	avW	10+	10+%	T10	T%	0	0%
34	29	5	0	85.3%	7	23	4	20.6%	4.4	8	23.5%	6	17.6%	24	70.6%
NCAA Ranks				115				105	90		76		54		110

Analysis: The Tiger's rankings are pretty weak all around, with three in the Bottom 20. They rarely play on the road, and they rarely play BCS teams. The usual fare includes an above average BCS or non-BCS team and three below average non-BCS or I-AA teams.

Fact: Ironically, LSU has played more BCS teams on the road than they have at home - 4 to 3. The only other road game they've played was in 2007 @ Tulane.

Fact: Of the six elite teams LSU has played, 2 were two years removed from their Top 10 finish, 1 was three years removed, 1 was four years removed, and 2 were five years removed. The highest ranked team from the previous season that they've played was Virginia Tech in both 2002 & 2007 (the Hokies were #18 in 2001 & 2006).

2008 Outlook: Not only is this one of the weakest schedules of 2008, it's one of the weakest of the BCS era. Troy, North Texas, Tulane, and I-AA Appalachian State, all at home. The only thing keeping this list off the Least Challenging wall of shame is the fact that North Texas received a single coach's vote five years ago.

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LSU Year-by-Year Opponents					over the last 5 years...
Date	vs/@	oConf	Opponent	Type	Avg Wins	Hi Wins	Final Ranking
8/30/08	vs	zAA	Appalachian St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/6/08	vs	SunBelt	Troy	non	6.6	8	-,-,-,-,-
9/13/08	vs	SunBelt	North Texas	non	4.6	9	41,-,-,-,-
11/1/08	vs	CUSA	Tulane	non	4	5	-,-,-,-,-
9/8/07	vs	ACC	Virginia Tech	BCS	9.8	11	14,-,10,7,18
9/15/07	vs	SunBelt	Middle Tenn St	non	4.8	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/29/07	@	CUSA	Tulane	non	4.8	8	-,-,-,-,-
11/10/07	vs	WAC	Louisiana Tech	non	5	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/2/06	vs	SunBelt	LA Lafayette	non	4	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/9/06	vs	Pac10	Arizona	BCS	3.4	5	-,-,-,-,-
9/23/06	vs	CUSA	Tulane	non	4.6	8	-,-,-,-,-
10/21/06	vs	WAC	Fresno St	non	9.2	11	28,31,34,22,-
9/10/05	@	Pac10	Arizona St	BCS	6.4	9	-,-,-,-,20
10/29/05	vs	SunBelt	North Texas	non	6.4	9	-,-,37,41,-
11/5/05	vs	zAA	Appalachian St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/4/04	vs	Pac10	Oregon St	BCS	7.8	11	-,5,-,-,31
9/11/04	vs	SunBelt	Arkansas St	non	3.6	6	-,-,-,-,-
10/23/04	vs	SunBelt	Troy	non	2	6	-,-,-,-,-
8/30/03	vs	SunBelt	LA Monroe	non	3.2	5	-,-,-,-,-
9/6/03	@	Pac10	Arizona	BCS	6.4	12	4,-,-,-,-
9/13/03	vs	zAA	W Illinois	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
11/1/03	vs	WAC	Louisiana Tech	non	5.6	8	-,-,-,-,-
9/1/02	@	BigEast	Virginia Tech	BCS	9.2	11	-,19,3,6,18
9/7/02	vs	zAA	Citadel	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/14/02	vs	MAC	Miami OH	non	7.6	10	-,34,-,-,-
10/5/02	vs	SunBelt	LA Lafayette	non	1.8	3	-,-,-,-,-
9/1/01	vs	CUSA	Tulane	non	6	12	-,37,7,-,-
9/8/01	vs	Indy	Utah St	non	4.8	6	-,-,-,-,-
11/10/01	vs	SunBelt	Middle Tenn St	non	1.8	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/2/00	vs	zAA	W Carolina	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/9/00	vs	CUSA	Houston	non	4.4	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/23/00	vs	CUSA	UAB	non	3.8	5	-,-,-,-,-
9/4/99	vs	WAC	San Jose St	non	3.4	4	-,-,-,-,-
9/11/99	vs	BigWest	North Texas	non	2.8	5	-,-,-,-,-
11/13/99	vs	CUSA	Houston	non	3.2	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/12/98	vs	Indy	Arkansas St	non	3	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/26/98	vs	BigWest	Idaho	non	1	5	-,-,-,-,-
11/21/98	@	Indy	Notre Dame	BCS	8.2	11	2,-,13,21,41