Les is Not More

In case you weren't sick enough of the "SEC cross to bear" song, as Raul pointed out, this year Les Miles is at it earlier than the presidential primary candidates. Miles' innacurate braying and pandering aside, USC plays the following teams on the road this season: Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon, Cal, and Arizona State. LSU's road games are Mississippi State, Tulane (do they even have a stadium anymore, or will this be an "away" game for LSU in the Superdome?), Kentucky, 'Bama, and Ole Miss. Hmmm. The rest of their games, at home, are VaTech, Middle Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida, Auburn, Louisiana Tech (what, no Monroe this year to complete the LA State Title?), and Auburn. Really, the big challenges are Va Tech (not an SEC team), Florida, and Auburn. Other than that, their "path," as Miles put it, doesn't look all that bad. UCLA and Oregon State are easily as good as Ole Miss and South Carolina, and while Washington is down, so is Alabama. Thanks to Miles, we'll never hear the end of useless conference comparisons this season. But, being in the SEC is an enviable position to be in. If LSU loses it's opener at Miss State, Miles can just say how dern tough the SEC is. If USC gets upset by UCLA again, he can marvel at how SC lost to such a weak opponent. He really can't lose.