re: Why do our fans suck so bad?

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The fact that we have a chance to beat the best and be ranked around 6-7 nationally should have people looking up.

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While beating Bama and ruining their season would be awesome, I think most people would prefer for the game to mean something in terms of our chances of winning the SEC. Just because LSU used to struggle to make a bowl game doesn't mean we should still be thrilled with that. Times have changed. Louisiana is one of the most talent rich states in the nation and LSU has a huge athletic budget and no big in-state rivals. It's not too much to ask to beat an unranked, injury depleted Ole Miss team and be in the running for an SEC title at least until we play the best teams in the SEC West.

And for whoever said young people buy into preseason media hype, expectations weren't very high entering the season. We had just come off a loss to Clemson in the freaking Chick-Fil-A Bowl and were replacing most of our defense. But then we saw how improved our offense was and it was expected that we should at least compete for the SEC. That didn't happen, and people are disappointed.