Cougars Climb as Tigers Take a Breather
LSU’s football program hit turbulence after parting ways with head coach Brian Kelly and AD Scott Woodward, handing interim duties to Frank Wilson. Following a Week 9 loss to Texas A&M, LSU enjoyed a bye in Week 10 under Wilson’s leadership. Wilson praised LSU’s people-first culture, calling the program “bigger than bricks and mortar.” Meanwhile, the Week 11 AP Top-25 Poll saw no shake-ups in the top seven but featured BYU jumping two spots to No. 8. Ohio State holds the top rank, trailed by Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, and Ole Miss. Texas Tech also surged four places to crack the top ten. LSU lurks just outside the poll at 5–3, hoping to regroup and finish strong under its new interim coach.
Welcome to college football, where job security is measured in Saturdays survived and “unique places” are the latest marketing pitch for walking the plank. LSU’s answer to midseason mayhem? Hire Frank Wilson, the interim enthusiast, to remind everyone that it’s really all about the “people,” unless those same people happen to want wins. Meanwhile, BYU Cougars are doing laps around hapless Tigers in the poll, proving that sometimes the biggest seismic shift in college sports is simply someone else’s bye week. As the AP voters shuffle horses midstream, one thing’s clear: if you can’t beat a pandemic of coaching changes, at least you can climb a few spots until you inevitably lose to someone no one saw coming.
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