If College Football Had A Playoff: No. 1 LSU Vs. No. 7 Boise State

by Jeremy Mauss on Jan 2, 2012 11:01 AM PST in If College Football Had a Playoff

The Final Four is set and the first matchup is the top seeded LSU Tigers taking on the No. 7 seeded Boise St. Broncos. This would be an intriguing game with the SEC going up against the Mountain West and to see if the unmovable LSU defense would be phased by Boise State's passing attack.

I think that Boise State could put up some points, similar to what Oregon did in Week 1, but probably not enough to pull out a win. For all the crap that LSU offense took in the Alabama game by scoring only nine points, they did average 38.5 per game and could get some points against Boise State's defense.

Boise State	LSU
43.3 PPG	38.5 PPG
483.1 Total YPG	375.3 Total YPG
172.75 Rushing YPG	215.5 Rushing YPG
310.30 Passing YPG	160.2 Passings YPG
18.3 Points allowed per game	10.5 Points allowed per game
315.6 Yards allowed per game	252.1 Yards allowed per game
110.0 Rushing yards allowed per game	85.46 Rushing yards allowed per game
210.8 Passing yards allowed per game	166.6 Passing yards allowed per game
+9 Turnover margin	+22 turnover margin
1.67 Sacks per game	2.77 Sacks per game

I would never count Boise State out of any game, but this might be the end of the line for them going up against this defense. My prediction would be LSU 34 Boise State 24.

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Boise State

88 votes

LSU

94 votes

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We get kind of biased results with all the Boise State fan traffic we get, huh?

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by HawkeyedFrog on Jan 2, 2012 9:05 PM PST reply actions

As bias as it seems (I voted to tie the votes) I think it would be a very close game

TCU game aside (remember, we were plagued with a couple big injuries), at full strength I believe we could actually win (or at least give a run for their money Alabama style, but with more points).

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by greekpadre on Jan 3, 2012 12:21 AM PST up reply actions

Could win, certainly. However I think that LSU would win in at least seven of ten games, and that’s with my high respect for the Boise State program factored in.

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by HawkeyedFrog on Jan 3, 2012 3:06 AM PST up reply actions