re: Some wild LSU football facts since the end of 2011 (2012-2023)

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Over the last 12 seasons (2012-2023)
- 1 season with less than 3 losses (2019)
- 2 top 10 finishes (2018, 2019)
- 8 top 25 finishes
- 62-34 in the SEC (65%) (average season of 5-3)

Over the previous 12 seasons (2000-2011)
- 6 seasons with less than 3 losses
- 7 top 10 finishes
- 10 top 25 finishes
- 69-27 in the SEC (72%) (average season of 6-2)


Only having 1 season with less than 3 losses is really the one that shocked me. Granted, if you are going to have a season with less than 3 losses, might as well make it an all timer season like LSU did in 2019.

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This may seem like a homer analysis but I think it is simple as the level of competition improved in the West.

Between 2000-2011 many years LSU's biggest competition in the West was Houston Nutt's Arkansas. Between 2012-2023, LSU's biggest competition in the West is Nick Saban's Alabama.

Not taking anything away from those aughts LSU teams. They were incredibly talented teams but it is probably worth 7 more conference wins over a 12 year period if the traditional power of the division is down a bit over most of that period.