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HOLY SHIT! LSU ROCKETS TO #5 IN BCS!

From the Baton Rouge Advocate:

LSU’s football regular season may be over, but the Tigers are still playing like a hit song: rising up the charts and getting a ton of airplay.

In the wake of its 31-26 victory Friday at Arkansas and several key upsets this weekend, 10-2 LSU rocketed up five spots to No. 5 in the penultimate BCS standings and replaced the Razorbacks at No. 5 in the major polls.

It is LSU’s highest ranking of the season. The Tigers started No. 8 in the preseason Associated Press poll and got as high as No. 6 before losing to Auburn on Sept. 16. LSU moved steadily from 18th to 10th in the six previous BCS rankings, the first of which was released on Oct. 15.

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Far out. While I was moping about Texas losing to those damned sheep-loving militarists from College Station, the Tigers were out there making a statement. As the article observes, LSU hasn't been so highly ranked in the BCS since their championship season back in 2003. What this means, and the Advocate goes into excrutiating analysis to get it figured out, is that the Tigers have a very good shot at the Rose Bowl. I mean, it's not guaranteed, but right now they're looking like the favorite pick for the mother-of-all-bowls. And Texas used their win there against Michigan a couple of years back to catapult them into their national championship season last year.

So, Austin's sad 'cause the Mighty Casey struck out and all, but football's smelling pretty sweet here in Baton Rouge. Geaux Tigers!

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