re: USA Today: Alabama 2020 the best team of the College Football Playoff era

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I'm not here to debate whether or not LSU this season was the best college football team ever because that is not a debate anyone can ever win. I'm actually not here to debate anything. I'm just here to say that LSU had the greatest season ever and it isn't especially close. Yes, they scored more points than any team ever did and yes their players and coaches won the Heisman, the Maxwell, the Walter Camp, the Davey O'Brien, the Biletnikoff, the Jim Thorpe, the Frank Broyles, and the Coach of the Year awards.

They played 15 games - they never trailed in the fourth quarter. In fact, they only ever trailed by double digits one time that was Monday and they then outscored Clemson 35 to 8 after falling behind.

But those don't tell the story of what this team accomplished. LSU beat 7 top 10 teams - that's the most ever.

They beat four top five teams – last time that happened was the year I was born.

They're the only team ever to beat the entire preseason top four - three of those were their last three games - the other was Alabama on the road with Tua.

And here is my final argument – This season Clemson, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, went a combined 60-4 against everybody else. LSU beat them all by an average of 20 points a game.

So you can have all the debates you want. I'm just going to sit here smile and say ‘I rest my case’.

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