LSU Tigers lose to Kentucky Wildcats

There is even mourning here in the Great White North - or at least our little corner of it (Central Wisconsin). My 9yo son was probably the most distraught of our household last night. We're mourning with you.

P.S. I was reading your blog a few months ago and realized that my husband and I were at LSU at the same time you were - 1985-1990. Geaux Tigers!

I need a new television set.

Just kidding. I gave up the hard stuff years ago; now I only throw pillows and empty Coke cans at the TV set during games like yesterday's LSU debacle. The best shot hit the "off" button dead on.

There was a blue cloud hovering in the living room, however. It's much easier to deal with football futility like Nebraska's this season, mainly because you have no expectations to be crushed and the games are already well out of hand by halftime.

That is, once you get used to using the words "football," "Nebraska" and "futility" in the same sentence. Draft Tom Osborne as athletic director NOW!

In fairness, Rod, this is such a crazy season that the University of South Florida (which is nowhere near South Florida, and didn't even have a Division I football team a few years ago) is #2 in the nation.

Plus, that UK quarterback is awfully good ...

Try being an Aggie and living in Lubbock, TX! I wore black to church today for mourning...

OH..

..IO!!!

In all honesty, I think LSU and Florida re the best 2 teams in the country. The Big Ten needs to fire its director and rethink how the conference schedules. Granted the Buckeyes have played 2 teams that attracted a lot of hype before Laurenitis deflated their balloons (Purdue, Washington), but if the Big Ten want to stay competitive, we need to schedule non-conference games against the SEC EVERY YEAR. Big Ten style football is a great tradition, but our coaches need to be forced to plan against the lunatic offences of Urban Meyer et al before the ^#%^@##^$ Bowl Game.

I was so happy when Ohio State played Texas early two years in a row - that was a worthy challenge and we learned a lot. I suspect if we played LSU or Florida in week 2 we'd lose - for now. Make it a tradition, and Ohio State or Michigan would win as often as they lose in such early games after a few years. There are not enough good Big Ten teams for Ohio State and Michigan to play, and as a result the Wolverines and the Buckeyes in last year's Bowl Games looked unprepared and soft.

Don't worry Rod, everybody will lose 1 this year - I expect LSU in the national title game. I'd bet on it, in fact.

rjak

I could not agree more -

I demand a Frost Bowl, every other year, to be played at the Big House, the Horse Shoe, or up in Madison -

don't forget your earmuffs, Urban!

(and I always cheer for Michigan if they are playing outside the conference - i do not hate the Wolverines - I have family who went to school there and a distant relative who played wide receiver there, I am told, many decades ago)

William,

"(and I always cheer for Michigan if they are playing outside the conference - i do not hate the Wolverines - I have family who went to school there and a distant relative who played wide receiver there, I am told, many decades ago)"

I too always root for OSU - and any other Big Ten team - in non-conference play. It makes the Big Ten look better in comparison with other conferences, helps us all in the rankings, and besides, it's much more fun to beat you guys when you're undefeated. :) (John Cooper, anyone?)

Osvaldo,

"Amen. It should take real courage to be a fan in late November."

Spot on!

Rjak:

I never said USF DESERVED to be ranked #2 ...