Quote Originally Posted by RougeDawg View Post
WWL article talking about the historical context of the beatdown being one of the worst a ranked LSU team has had handed to them by an unranked team. To LSU's defense it's not their fault the pollsters did not have us ranked before the game and had them most likely too highly ranked. Like 2014 some of us saw this potential amongst our team before the season started. Isn't that what preseason rankings are based upon? "Perceived" recruiting rankings and returning contributors? Well we've consistently recruited around 25, return many key players, and return the best player in SEC (Fitz), if not the country. Why weren't we ranked preseason?

Any way, here's the early meltdown.

http://www.wwl.com/articles/orgerons...n=LSU+Program+
This is why I have a problem with having rankings before Week 4, preferably Week 6. Other than a couple of teams like Bama & Clemson, it's a complete crapshoot. It's for nothing more than generating interest and money from the big, fanatical fan bases like LSU, Auburn, Notre Dame, etc. No one knows who the real contenders and pretenders are until games are played. It sucks, but it's not changing.