LSU Football '08: No Repeat, No Surrender

6) Night Games?

The other thing that I attribute as a factor that more level-headed Tiger fans dismiss is the lack of home night games this year.

Baton Rouge was electric against Virginia Tech, AU, and Florida last year. It’s widely considered a “myth” that LSU plays better at night but check this out:

LSU’s losses in ’07 were a 2:30 and 1:30 kickoff. In ’06, they dropped two 2:30 games.

LSU’s only regular season loss in ’05 was a night game on a Monday and it was the first game post Katrina.

LSU’s two losses in ’04 were 2:30 games, and the bowl game was a day game. The Tigers’ lone loss in ’03 was a 2:30 game.

In fact, you have to go back to 2002 to find LSU’s last night game loss when the country’s biggest natural disaster in history isn’t in play.

Still don’t believe me?

Go back to those two columns above with the bowl games. LSU lost the day bowls and won the night ones. The Peach in ’00 was late afternoon and a win.  I guess I’ll concede that one.

You want to beat LSU? Pray for a daytime kickoff.

I see many more day games this year for LSU than last year. UGA and Alabama, the two biggest home games this year, will probably be CBS 2:30 kickoffs.

It’s just another cloud lining up to rain on the Tigers this year.

But let’s not count the Tigers out either. Legend says that it never rains in Tiger Stadium. LSU is extremely dangerous to anyone that takes them lightly. While cornerback and the outside linebackers are a little wet behind the ears, the Tiger defense will be extremely strong up the middle.

On the other side of the ball, the Tiger offensive line may quietly be one of the best in the conference, if not the country.

One thing’s for certain, Les Miles is fiery coach whose teams don’t quit in the face of adversity. LSU will attempt to be in the thick of things when the SEC West race winds down.

The hope for LSU fans would be that the experience the quarterback (whoever that may be) gains during the season will pay off by season’s end.

While the Tigers might not be playing in Miami at season’s end, LSU has a great chance for another special season.

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