re: Honest Answer, LSU Fans...Cross-Div. Games

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Cause having to play big bad 4-8 Florida was super unfair

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Everyone wants to dance around the issue here. I will throw the turd on the table for you. What got LSU's jimmies in a knot was the bridge scheduling (and you can add the Arky- LSU scheduling too). When the bridge schedule was made LSU and Bama were peaking. The SEC office turned to one of their VP's that had nothing to do with scheduling to create one. This VP happened to be an Alabama alum that worked in the football dept before moving to the SEC office. He was a self-professed lifelong Bama fan. He produced a bridge schedule that put LSU playing UF/USC and then UF/UGA out of sequence while Bama played UT/Mizzou and UT/UK out of sequence. I believe they also had to play Ole Miss at home twice in a row (correct me if I am wrong on that).
Then add in to the mix that Saban lobbied the SEC that LSU/Ark should be on Fri after Thanksgiving so the Iron Bowl would not have any TV competition on Sat. LSU/Ark wanted to play on Sat but Bama got their way as Bama always does in the SEC office.
The fans can BS about this all we want and it is just that but when the team admins have had enough of it that should tell you there is fire in that smoke. Miles has been vocal about it and one other SEC Coach is tired of it - Steve Spurrier. The others have not been around long enough to see it or don't have enough clout to fight it...FWIW