re: Would you accept a loss to Indiana in football

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if it meant going 11-3, winning your division in the SEC, beating a ranked bowl opponent, and finishing in the top 15....all in a "rebuilding" year?

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Once upon a time, LSU clinched a trip to the Orange Bowl by demolishing Florida State the week after an embarrassing loss. We followed up the huge win over FSU with yet another embarrassing loss to Tulane in Baton Rouge.

Hard to go 11-3 back then, though, as we played 12 games from start to bowl game. We were 8-1-1 after the win over FSU that sent us to the Orange Bowl.

We were 3-7-1 in 1981 and 4-7 in 1983.

The 80s were a total fricking roller coaster. Huge wins and head scratching losses to Tulane and Miami of Ohio.

Mizzou is doing just fine.