re: Your team's toughest schedule, this was LSU's back in 1988

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First of all, I went by historical relevance of programs.

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That is a terrible way to compare strength of schedule for two different seasons.

Can't you just say I was being a homer and move on?

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I see two "one of's" and a couple "hardest that year". Nothing definitively saying it is the toughest ever.

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True, but it is in the discussion for toughest ever by almost everyone that does the analysis.

Without a doubt one of the toughest ever. Four top ten teams in a row is absurd. Couldn't even imagine a team doing that now.

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Can't you just say I was being a homer and move on?

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No. I thought the point of this thread was bad arse scheduling from a stand point of playing good programs. Thats how I took it. I think 2011 Lsu is actually harder than 1988 Lsu

1991

Sept. 5 Louisville N Louisville ESPN 11/-- NR
Sept. 14 UCLA Knoxville TBS Ranked 21
Sept. 21 Mississippi State Knoxville TBS Ranked 23
Sept. 28 Auburn N Knoxville ESPN Ranked 13
Oct. 12 Florida N Gainesville ESPN Ranked 10th
Oct. 19 Alabama Birmingham ABC Ranked 14th
Nov. 2 Memphis State (HC) Knoxville PPV NR
Nov. 9 Notre Dame South Bend NBC 13/5 Ranked 5th
Nov. 16 Mississippi Knoxville PPV 10/-- NR
Nov. 23 Kentucky Lexington TBS 10/-- NR
Nov. 30 Vanderbilt Knoxville SPS 9/-- NR

ah hell

I didn't do the math

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Ok, then LSU 2011 is better. We played 5 teams that finished in the top 10, 3 away from home

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Sounds comparable. Next questions:

1. Did LSU play and beat 5 straight top 20 teams?

2. Did 75% of LSU's opponents go to bowls (and remember there were half as many bowls in 1983 as today)?

3. What was the winning percentage of the opponents of the two teams?

Also, the correct 1983 final rankings are as follows:

1. AU
2. Texas
3. UGA
4. Florida
5. Miami

AU played the top 3 teams, besides itself in 1983. LSU really played 1 in 2011, bama.

Have to give Texas the nod over Miami and AU in 83. Especially sinceTexas beat the brakes off of Auburn in Auburn in the biggest OOC game in its history.

For historical perspective - here are the records of the teams LSU played in '88:

Texas A&M (7-5)
Tennessee (5-6)
Ohio State (4-6-1)
Florida (7-5)
Auburn (10-2)
Kentucky (5-6)
Mississippi (5-6)
Alabama (9-3)
Mississippi State (1-10)
Miami (Florida) (11-1)
Tulane (5-6)
Syracuse (10-2)

Essentially, you played 4 good teams and split between them, winning at home against AU and on the road Bama (by a combined 2 points) and getting blown out at home against the U (by 41 points) and soundly beaten in the bowl by the Orangemen (by 13). Oh, and you could've still won the SEC outright if you hadn't been whipped in Gainesville, by a team that went out and lost to 6-5 Memphis State and 3-8 Vandy the next two weeks, on its way to losing five of their last six games.

State 1983
-Miami 11-1(National Champion)
-Auburn 11-1(SEC Champs #3 in nation)
-Georgia 10-1-1(Cotton Bowl Champs #4 in nation)
-Florida 9-2-1(Gator Bowl Champs #6 in nation)
-Alabama 8-4(Sun Bowl Champs #12 in nation)
Other Bowl teams or winning teams
-Ole Miss 6-6(Independence Bowl)
-USM 7-4
-Memphis State 6-4-1
Other games
-Tulane(who beat FSU, OM,and LSU), Navy, LSU