Bragging about schedule difficulty is now part and parcel with being an SEC fan. Much of the concern with the 2018 iteration of LSU football lies in a difficult schedule. Let us take a moment to look back at 1988, which opened like this:
vs. no. 10 Texas A&M
@ Tennessee
@ Ohio State
@ no. 17 Florida
vs. no. 4 Auburn
The bye week came between the A&M and Tennessee games. And while no, these were not great versions of Tennessee and Ohio State, those are exceptionally tough road environments, no matter good of a team they field.