The 2021 College Football Playoff was announced and while your Fightin’ Tigers of LSU didn’t come anywhere close to sniffing the field, they may have played a role in keeping two rival schools out.
We knew Florida’s chances of making the playoff were ruined once the 23-point favorite Gators lost to a pedestrian LSU team two weeks ago in The Swamp. But there was also a ripple effect from Florida’s humiliating loss: that being Texas A&M, who finished on the outside looking in at No. 5 in final CFP Poll, had its best win a 41-38 win over those very same Gators worsened because Florida lost to the worst LSU team of the millennium.