re: This is what a program in decline looks and feels like...

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No other top SEC teams struggled with Auburn or Arkansas the way we did. Sure, teams have letdown games every now and then, even the best, but LSU continually plays down to their opponent. Nearly every damn time. I'm tired of it. I should be able to turn off a game against Towson at half-time and be comfortable that we are going to win it. And I NEVER feel that way watching LSU play.

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You have a very short memory. Last year we blew out both Auburn and Arkansas, along with everyone else on our schedule except for Bama, and we did beat them at their place. The team played well every week and was as consistent as any LSU team in history. Same coaches, by the way.

You are perfectly correct about the team's struggles this year, but again, when you have a new starter at QB and an offensive line that is made up of spare parts, you're going to struggle....period. NO coach can replace three starting linemen in about two weeks and magically make all the pieces work perfectly, especially with an inexperienced QB and relatively inexperienced receivers. And that's not even considering the freshmen we were starting at LB and at CB. Yes, the machine wheezed and groaned a lot of the time...but we still won almost all our games. To me, that's a sign of good coaching.

To be clear, I agree that the offense has been inconsistent, and that is a problem that needs to be addressed. But it's not the whole story, and given our success without a consistent offense, I would say Miles has done a good job of compensating for the program's weaknesses. But, yes, I wish we could get the offense hitting on all cylinders on a consistent basis. I hope we can put that final piece in place to go with our D and special teams.