re: It will be a great year

The following passage from Carl Dubois' piece on the front page of TD tells me that things will be significantly better this year than last:

"Ciron Black, the LSU offensive tackle who accompanied Miles to SEC Media Days, said Miles knew there was a problem -- well, more than one -- and Black credited his coach with attacking the situation between the loss to Arkansas and a Chick-fil-A Bowl date with Georgia Tech.

"He sat us down and said, 'Hey, we're going to change things up, and we're going to fix the problem.' We did," Black said. "We sat down. It (the problem ) wasn't even on the football field. We figured out what the problem was, and we all just came together as one, and we played as one in the bowl, and now we're going to lead it over into next season."

LSU's 38-3 victory against Georgia Tech convinced returning players Miles was ready and able to do whatever had to be done to right the ship.

Miles replaced three defensive coaches and brought in new coordinator John Chavis. Listen to what LSU linebacker Jacob Cutrera said during SEC Media Days when he compared Chavis to Bo Pelini, the defensive coordinator of the national championship team.

"The two main things I see is they know what they want, and they get it," Cutrera said. "They don't say 'Maybe this'll work.' No. There's none of that. They know what they want, and they tell you how they want it, and it's going to work. I like that about them. I like the confidence about them. It gives us confidence. That's one thing about them that I realized." "