All of this carried over to the Arkansas game, and the LSU defense was once again surprisingly pushed around by Arkansas, and the Tigers ultimately lost their chance for a BCS bowl game as Arkansas stole it from them with their victory. It is imperative that this LSU team regain its old form on defense and play like it did in the Alabama game if it wants to re-establish this team's momentum going into the offseason.
Going out a winner will bring momentum for the winner, but losing will have the opposite effect on a team and its fans.
LSU simply must find a way to win this game and go out as winners if they expect to build for the future next year and beyond. Even in that loss, LSU was in good position to win the game in the final few seconds, but some questionable no-calls by the officials and poor clock management by LSU led to a sickening loss. To make matters worse, that game will go down as a game played on one of the most deplorable muddy playing fields of any bowl game. The Capital One Bowl was not only played in mud, but the entire playing field was coming up in chunks of grass.
I have never seen anything like that, and it had to be an embarrassment for the Capital One Bowl Committee. Because of this poor experience the LSU Tigers had to endure in last year's Capital One Bowl, I am sure the conditions may have played some significance in the LSU players and coaches letting their preference to go to the Cotton Bowl be well known.
Since the Tigers will also open against Oregon in the season opener next year in Dallas, this will also give them an opportunity to experience the playing surface.
To help with the feel-good experience of going to a nice bowl game, if you don't win it becomes a downer to the players, coaches and the fans, so winning is a must. With Texas being one of the two or three top recruiting grounds for high school football players, LSU must continue to send the message to these young recruits that they are a place where you can go to win championships in the best conference in America.
With virtually every major college throughout the country seeking the signature of the top blue-chip athletes, if LSU can continue to be one of the top programs in the SEC, their proximity to Texas gives them some regional advantages with these recruits over other schools. Even though it is always said that a bowl game is considered a reward to the team for having a great season, coming home as a loser never feels good to anyone, but winning brings joy for the victor. Since LSU and its program will have the opportunity to showcase themselves to many of the top recruits, the Tigers must play with purpose and find a way to bring home the victory for LSU and separate themselves from those other schools recruiting Texas.
The chance to renew this old rivalry this year had a lot to do with LSU players, coaches and the fans vocally expressing their preference for the Cotton Bowl over the Capital One Bowl.
With the anticipation of this game, LSU fans began buying up tickets for the Cotton Bowl, and within a day of the official announcement, the game was announced as a sellout. There are simply too many upsides for both teams in this year's Cotton Bowl for either team to have wanted any other bowl. The new Jerry Jones stadium with its rollback top and large TV screen presents a chance to play in one of the most beautiful and modern facilities in America.
But when all is said and done, it will be the renewal of this old rivalry that will take center stage for both teams. Although the current series record between the two schools favors LSU at , it is the Aggies that have won the last five games of the series. This year's Cotton Bowl can serve as a golden opportunity for LSU to re-establish themselves as the dominant team of this series with a victory. Because the SEC has earned a reputation for being the most competitive conference in America where every week is a tough battle and anybody can beat anyone else.
TaxAct Texas Bowl. LSU vs. Kansas State NRG Stadium in Houston. LSU announced on Oct. The Tigers defeated the Wildcats on Sept. The Tigers have used nine different combinations of offensive-line starters, started the same five in consecutive games once and used 11 players as offensive-line starters in the season. Since a loss in the Cotton Bowl to Texas on Jan.
Among the missing are the top two tacklers, LBs Damone Clark and Micah Baskerville, who had and 83 tackles, respectively. The Big 12 has a overall record in the bowl.
With 11 sacks in , Anudike-Uzomah needs one to break the school single-season record. The Tigers defeated Wisconsin in the opening game of the season and Texas Tech in the Texas Bowl.
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