LSU may try to avoid beginning future football seasons with difficult games against strong power-conference opponents like Clemson .

Athletic director Scott Woodward told ESPN 104.5 FM in a Saturday interview that there was “no question” playing future games in Week 0 — ahead of the tough Week 1 games already scheduled for the next five years — could be advantageous for LSU.

“When I came here, I kind of inherited the schedule,” Woodward said. “I wouldn’t have put coach (Brian) Kelly in the situation of playing great programs like we’ve played coming out of the chute. We’re going to continue to play Power 4 games, but I think I would’ve been a little lenient on the Week 1 games and probably would’ve thought about Week 0 games or the like, and I think it’s gonna be a way of smartly

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