re: 2000-2009 were the Best 10 years to be an LSU fan

I'll agree! Maybe I was spoiled as an undergraduate during this time.

A few more details though:
- Football is king, and 2000s was most successful decade for sure.
- 2000s was only decade with 3 Men's Basketball SEC championships.
- Baseball went to CWS once every 2 years on average (5 out of 10 years) in the 2000s—and won titles in 2 of those 5 trips.
- Technically, more total national championships in the 1990s, 19 (baseball and track) compared to 13 (football, baseball, and track), as well as more SEC championships in 1990s, 33 compared to 26. **As AustinKnight pointed out, we only won 1 national title in the 2010s under Alleva.
- Women's Basketball was at an elite level in 2000s, achieving two important firsts: WBB Final Four in 2004 and SEC champions in 2005—but hasn't had an SEC championship or Final Four in the decade since.
- Softball is a little more mixed: first of 2 trips to Women's College World Series in 2000s in contrast with 4 total in 2010s; compare this to 4 SEC season championships and 4 SEC tournament championships (8 total!) in 2000s...and 0 SEC championships in the decade since. So, softball seems to struggle to win conference championships in 2010s but has had more NCAA success than in 2000s.
- Gymnastics was just starting to become elite, reaching its first ever Super Six in 2008.