LSU Football: Constructing perfect 10-game schedule for the Tigers

The SEC has yet to release its conference-only 2020 schedule and this is what the perfect slate would look like for LSU football.

What a season Ed Orgeron and LSU had in 2019. It was a historical season offensively, led by Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow, Clyde Edwards-Helaire and the combination of Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase.

Three out of four of those big names are gone, as is passing game coordinator Joe Brady, which means that the Tigers will go into a ‘reloading’ mode, of sorts.

NFL coaching veteran Scott Linehan is taking over for Brady next to offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger and expectations are still sky-high for the Tigers who were ranked in the top five of the preseason Coaches Poll released on Thursday.

This team should still be a national title contender, but it’ll have to engineer through one of the toughest schedules in college football in a conference-only slate — and this is without the Texas Longhorns on the slate for 2020.

COVID-19 has messed everything up in terms of scheduling — and just life in general — as the SEC has adopted a conference-only plan for the upcoming season. Schedules have yet to become public, but if LSU is going to have a run at a perfect season again and another national title, it’ll want it to look something like this.