re: Is 2014 football a "rebuilding" year?

And I agree on the DL, though they were pretty dominant against Iowa from what I recall. I know we lose Ego and Freak, but we've got some fairly experienced depth up the middle in guys that will be hungry to prove themselves. And Hunter and Rasco is a mean combo at DE.

Defense will be improved, as was evident as last season wore on, which will help our young QB out a lot. That young QB, whoever he may be, will have a solid & veteran Oline as well as 3 very good RB's to lean on while he & the young receivers work things out. I wouldn't say LSU is "rebuilding" because teams who rebuild aren't considered to be pre season conference champion & playoff contenders. The defense will slow games down & give the skill players on offense good field position & take a lot of pressure of of them. This season, especially early on, will be run, run, run, throw when you have to, eat the clock up kinda football. As the season wears on & the level of competition increases, the QB's will have had time to adjust to the college game & will be called upon to do a little more. But with a solid D, a very good & experienced Oline, Hillard, Magee, & Fournette in the backfield, LSU is going to depend on it's strengths & not it's young inexperienced QB. There are a lot of questions in the West & anything could happen but LSU will be fine.

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Not necessarily rebuilding.
To me, if we can start out 5-0 going into the crucial two-game road swing at Auburn and at Florida in early October, we have a chance to have a double-digit-win season.
If we are lucky enough to start out 5-0 and split the Auburn and Florida games to go 6-1, we will probably be favored over everyone else on our schedule, maybe even the Skoal Drool Detgerent Head Things.
It all hinges on our O-line protecting our young QBs and opening holes for buga, Kenny, Magee, Wms, etc.
If we can control the ball on offense, it will make our inproved defense spend less time on the field.

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Gonna say this again. Welter will not start over Beckwith.

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not sure why you think you get to make that decision

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Offensively - YES, no matter what the tards here say.

Defensively I say No should be improved and pretty solid imo fwiw tbh

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I'm with Mick. Offense is going to be a disaster with LF getting about 70 carries a game. I like both QB options we have, but they can't throw it to themselves. If our QBs throw for 1500+ yards I will declare Coach Cam to be the world's greatest OC.

On D, the starting ends look good, as does that Lochkatre fellow. Beyond that, we fukked. Jordan Allen would have been a nice #3, but hey, what can you do? LBs should be better, but they always should be and they just aren't. I mean, you can count on Kwon, but who else is SEC ready? I want to see Beckwith or however you spell it as bad as anyone, but he'll be a first year guy. CBs are going to be lights out, but who's over the top?

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he played very well more often than not

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Yeah, but I've learned not to be overly positive about anything out of fear of being ostracized and branded a "pumper".

I think our D will be much better, and that a ball-control offense will help the defense as well.

Truly, I think we start the year as a "rebuilding" team, but that this team quickly builds chemistry and is markedly better by November.

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Yeah, but I've learned not to be overly positive about anything out of fear of being ostracized and branded a "pumper".

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I find this hard to believe coming from you.

You generally speak your mind no matter what. Besides whether you're a Pumper or Nega...who cares?....we're still one big sometimes happy, dysfunctional family.