The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in the sport of American football. The Tigers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. LSU enters the 2012 season with 734 victories, the 12th most in NCAA history, and the 4th most of any SEC team, behind only Alabama (814), Tennessee (794), and Georgia (748). LSU entered the 2010 season with a 0.641 all-time winning percentage, the 14th best in the NCAA, and the 4th best in the SEC, behind only Alabama (0.707), Tennessee (0.692), and Georgia (0.646). They won the BCS National Championship in 2004 (2003 season) with a 21–14 win over Oklahoma in the Nokia Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, and victory in the 2008 (2007 season) BCS National Championship Game versus the Ohio State Buckeyes with a 38–24 score, thus becoming the first team since the advent of the BCS to win multiple BCS national titles. As of the 2012 game against Alabama, LSU has been involved in a game with ESPN College GameDay on location a total of 20 times, and it is the 9th time the show has aired from Baton Rouge. The Tigers have now made at least one appearance on the popular show in each of the past 10 seasons.
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