re: Please stop bringing up the 90s to defend mediocre seasons

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LSU's current record of 8-2 is hardly average

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It seems rather unexceptional when you look at the 8 teams they've beaten and the performances against them. Auburn was really the only time I've seen any real coherence on offense, and even that wasn't just spectacular.

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It seems rather unexceptional when you look at the 8 teams they've beaten and the performances against them. Auburn was really the only time I've seen any real coherence on offense, and even that wasn't just spectacular.

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I don't disagree with that. I think everyone agrees that we have not dominated some of the games we think we should have dominated, based on talent differences, etc.

But you have to be reasonable and look at the circumstances. LSU's offense is unimpressive at least in part because of the tactical decisions Miles/Crowton have made to protect Jefferson from the possible train wreck that Lee was thrown into last year. Every defensive coach we go against knows and anticipates this. They stack the box to stop the run, cover the short and intermediate routes and dare LSU to go vertical. Right or wrong, Miles/Crowton apparently don't believe Jefferson is yet ready to accept that challenge.

So we go with limited offense and rely on our improved defense to make fewer points stand up. The result is that LSU is winning, but not with the style everyone wants. So Les Miles is a bad coach. Of course, if he cut loose on the offense and let Jefferson air it out more, with results similar to Jarret Lee's last year, Les Miles would be a bad coach for not learning from his mistake!

In any event, LSU fans need to judge Les Miles by what he has accomplished over a period of time, not just this self-destructive "what have you done for me lately" approach.

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Bama is on its way to its 2nd consecutive undefeated regular season. Even the ultra talented 2006 and 2007 LSU teams couldnt do that. It sucks to think that, no matter how much talent the team has, we are always going to incur at least 2 losses.

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And like the other poster said. They don't play UF every year like LSU does

Two losses is mediocre when you lose to the only two good teams you've played. We have only beaten two bowl-eligible teams so far this year.

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And like the other poster said. They don't play UF every year like LSU does

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That's a fair point, something I have said in other threads. And I do think the SEC is, on the whole, weaker than a few years ago.

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Two losses is mediocre when you lose to the only two good teams you've played. We have only beaten two bowl-eligible teams so far this year.

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How is it mediocre to lose to the top 2 teams in the country. They're not the only 2 good teams we haved played, they are the 2 best teams in the country. Losing to them doesn't equate to mediocrity.

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How is it mediocre to lose to the top 2 teams in the country.

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I guess b/c LSU should be able to beat the best teams, and LSU has looked like shite against the inferior teams except for Auburn and Tulane games. Sucks to be 0-4 last two years agaisnt those a-hole teams.

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when you lose to the only two good teams you've played

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You do realize they are the #1 and # 2 teams in the nation-- not just SEC . No one has beaten them.

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Because we've been prison bitched by Alabama for back to back years now. We've been sent home crying both times, like a toddler running and crying to his parents because the bully at school beat up on him.

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besides being a fricking idiot please don't come on this board telling stories of your childhood.

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Anything less than SEC championships is a let down season.
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They have drugs to help people like you. LSU has been in the SEC since 1933 and has won 10 championships. That's 10 in 76 years. Alabama has the most championships in SEC history with 21 (they also joined in 1933) --- that's 21 in 76 years. However, 13 of those were in Bryant's 25 years. That means they have 8 in the other 51 years.

To expect a championship every year is to set yourself up for many bitter disappointments --- the best remedy is to become a USC fan (oops, doesn't work this year).