Expectations going into the 2008 season....

We knew we had a lot to replace but the 8-5 season we got definitely underwhelmed.

I'd say expectations were 10-3

We had lost a lot of talent but we were still pretty stacked I expected us to be 10-3 (losing to Florida, Georgia, and Alabama) with a bowl win.

After RP got kicked off the team I wasn't sure at all as I'd never seen Lee or Hatch play.

i thought RP was kicked off in the spring.

preseason you expected to go 10-3 while losing to bama at home in nick's first game back?

Was this the Malveto year?

The first sign of Miles nepotism.

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preseason you expected to go 10-3 while losing to bama at home in nick's first game back?

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Yeah, that seems to be a bit of revisionist history on the poster's part. Alabama had just finished a 6-6 season in 2007. NO ONE expected them to go undefeated in 2008. UGA was ranked #1 to start the year, but LSU was getting them at home. Everyone knew the game at Florida was going to be tough. Still, I think most people felt 10-2 was doable with the only losses being to Auburn and UF on the road. Miles had just gone 10-1, 10-2, 10-2 (reg season). 5 loses wasn't expected.

No one expected the defense to completely fall off a cliff with the loss of Pelini, which was really the biggest reason LSU regressed to 8-5 (even with the INTs, Lee was able to put up points). That season changed Les forever. He completely neutered the offense thereafter with the #1 goal being to avoid the risk of turnovers at all costs.

Considering that we'd lost a lot of talent at key positions and that Alabama took it to us in 2007 I expected us to lose to Alabama that year.