Quote Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer View Post
LSU Edge vs MSU

Rational (non random variables)
1) MSU is physical football team, even when bad. LSU has the same type of athlete. LSU does not freak out in manhood games.
2) MSU in 20 years has rarely had an OL to match LSUs DL. Even when MSU is good, we have had a weak link or two on the OL
3) MSUs passing game has never been so complicated to take advantage of LSU core weakness, low team IQ...note how Penn State, Iowa, and other Yankee teams have given LSU fits with less talent than us.
4) Raw talent, LSU has no. 1 picks every year, major talents like Claiborne, Peterson, and Mingo. LSU basically has few peers in raw talent. USC, Florida State, Alabama...

Irrational (random factors)
1) bad calls, Brandon Toefield fumbled before crossing the goal line, got a free TD in a game that eventually went into OT and we lost
2) under what cosmic circumstance does a SEC program have Henig as their QB?
4) the entire nation had evolved to spread attack and using athletes to defeat talent...except us with Croom and his OC
5) shitty LSU players seem to have career days against us. Craig steltz had five picks against us. Mettenberger plays like a Heismann against us, throws 3 picks against OM.

Why the future is better:
1) we have Dak
2) we have passing game playmakers
3) Mullen has 5 years experience in matching our athletes to LSU
4) we have 1999 talent on the DL
This.

Its both. The streak is there mostly because they are usually better than us. But even when we were clearly a better team, strange shit happened and LSU wins. When we are even or when we have a chance to pull an upset, weird shit happens like we fumble a simple toss pitch. Who fumbles a toss pitch? I have never seen a fumbled toss pitch except when MSU has a chance to upset LSU.