re: LSU returns better team - how could they lose in Nov?

great assessment. I suppose that is why LSU has been improving like it has right? This will be one of LSU's best OL's in a long while. I think you forget they have a top 10 draft pick on the OL this year, and the #1 player in highschool who will be a sophomore. The LSU line will be a huge strength this year. As for Linebacker....they have recruited exceptionally well the past two years at that spot....that has always been a trademark of chavis coached teams, and this one will be no exception. Miles did what he had to do with poor Qb's....you will see a drastic change in the offense this year...whether you want to or not.

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YellowHammer59
LSU returns better team - how could they lose in Nov?


The problem with LSU is it's identity. Les Miles is doing everything possible to change an SEC team into a Big 10 team. Let's take a look at LSU's offensive line - big, slow and not very athletic. Most are 6'5 or taller with no speed and poor footwork. Who am I describing? Sounds like Michigan, Ohio State or Wisconsin doesn't it.

Miles has his defensive playmakers on the dline and backfield and has done a poor job of recruiting great linebackers, who are the real playmakers. Don't get me wrong, LSU has had great dlinemen and backs, but your playmakers on any great team are your linebackers and dbacks.

Will it be very hard to beat LSU on a saturday night in tiger stadium? Bet your arse it will be! But, as I look at LSU this fall, I can't help but believe that Miles is transforming an SEC team into a Big 10 team. Good Luck with that one Tiger Fans!

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Wow. So we pass for 250 yards in the spring game, Miles has stated publicly that we will throw the ball a lot more in 2012, but we are turning into a Big 10 team. Uhhh, ok, Socrates, whatever you want to fantasize about.
Where in the everloving flying possum coital act to you assume LSU's O-line is slow and not athletic? LSU will have their best O-line in history this year, only losing 1 starter and returning injured former starter Josh Dworyczak back to the team; plus two huge 'athletic' blocking TEs in Edwards and Jacobs and two pass-catching TEs in Clement and Dickson.
While we have probably the best stable of tailbacks in the nation with Ford, Hilliard, Ware, Magee, Blue, and Hill, plus a returning starter 270 pound FB, we will return 8 playmaking wide receivers, including returning starters Shepard and Beckham, plus future stars Jarvis Landry, K.Boone, J. Wright, A.Williams, T. Dural, A. Johnson and others.

Good luck with that one Shama fans !!!