You have to see the guys point though.

Wins Ranking in decade increments.

1940-1949
9. Alabama 66
22. LSU 57

1950-1959
38. LSU 55
55. Alabama 50

1960-1969
1. Alabama 90
7. LSU 76

1970-1979
1. Alabama 103
17. LSU 76

1980-1989
11. Alabama 85
29. LSU 70

1990-1999
14. Alabama 83
58. LSU 54

Average Ranking according to total wins per decade from 1940-1999
Alabama: 15th
LSU: 28th

2000-2009
6. LSU 99
71. Alabama 58

2010-2015
1. Alabama 72
10. LSU 61

Average ranking according to wins since 2000
LSU: 8th
Alabama: 40th

So yea, the guy has a point. From 1940-1999, Alabama led the nation in total wins in two different decades and had a top 15 average over the course of that time span.

LSU had an average of being 28th over that same time span, but since 1999, has won more games on average, than it did in any of its previous history.

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Posted by lsupride87

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 3/31/16 at 10:46 am to Hawgeye

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LSU had an average of being 28th over that same time span, but since 1999, has won more games on average, than it did in any of its previous history.

Not a single LSU fan will argue that the 2000s isnt our best era.

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Posted by lsufball19

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Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 3/31/16 at 10:47 am to Hawgeye

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but since 1999, has won more games on average, than it did in any of its previous history.

No one disputes that. Every LSU fan acknowledges that LSU has been more successful the past 16 years than any other point in its history. What's disingenuous is to say that LSU football was basically average compared to its peers over the course of the rest of its history. That simply isn't true. The problem is the majority of posters on this site are under the age of 40. So many posters grew up in the 90s, when LSU was experiencing its worst era of its history, so they conveniently want to apply that to the entirety of LSU's history.

This post was edited on 3/31/16 at 10:48 am

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