With the college football season right around the corner, the LSU Tigers must put last year behind them and focus on the 2012 season. Although LSU fell short of a national championship victory, it does return 13 starters from that squad and may be even better than it was a season ago.

But before we declare the Tigers SEC champions once again, they must overcome another tough SEC schedule. While this schedule is nowhere near as tough as the one LSU had to go through last season, it does have its fair share of tough opponents that stand in the way.

As September is quickly approaching, here are the easiest and most difficult games on the LSU Tigers' 2012 schedule.

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