This game will determine if LSU is back on track or Not

what if we lose to ole miss and beat bama

A win in the swamp is always good, yes.

But the win this year didn't mean anything more than one W as far as whether or not we are "on the right track" so to speak. That team is just too much of a mess for it to have any real value in determining where we are as a team. Imo

Same with this OM trash heap. A win is just maintaining credibility. A loss would be a massive failure.

I know you're trying to be realistic and all and that's fine... but losing to bama by 10 is a 'cherry on top'? F that

All I want is for the team to come each week focused, and try their best. Let the chips fall where they may. I want to see them play with focus and energy. If they do that, we should win every game but bama

It would go a long way in showing this team/program can handle success and play consistent football.

LSU was "supposed" to win the game vs. Miss. St. They played like they thought they would win the game by just "showing up and being LSU." MSU was motivated and played with passion. Same thing with Troy.

LSU was an underdog in the last two games. They were also "revenge" games from last season. It was easy to get motivated to play those games. Now can they play with the same passion against a team they are once again "supposed to beat?" It may answer the question:

Is this program going to be a consistent winner under Ogeron? OR

Is this program going to be one who can beat any opponent or lose to any opponent depending up how emotionally invested they are in a given game.

You soft son

I logged in to upvote you. Lets see if this team can maintain some consistency or has formed an identity. I'm not ready to crown them yet, but if they do pull this one out by 10 or more I will feel more confident we can win out with the exception of Alabama.

Young folk are up and down Its up to the coaches to balance them and improve upon what they have been doing well.

I am really intrigued by the matchup, which I actually think works in our favor because of the Defensive backfield we have. They will score some points on the D, but they will give up some big plays to the D as well (Interceptions, Sacks etc). The question is have we formed enough of an identity on offense to put 30 points on the board. I think thats what we need to win.

I happened to catch Saban's press conference on Tuesday. He was talking about the human condition and why we have upsets in college every single week.

He talked about how human nature is to survive, not to be the best version of yourself possible at all times. And it makes perfect sense when you look at what our team has gone through. When Orgeron's livelihood was being threatened is when we saw the best of him. He clawed his way back in these past two games as if his job depended on it.

Now things are hunky dory again. He has survived and gotten the fanbase back on his side. It's going to be difficult for him to create that type of environment he created when the walls were coming down on him, because that's not the situation anymore.

Orgeron says he didn't change a thing after Troy but then he goes on and cites things that he did differently that week with the player meetings and everything he organized. Those are things he's has to do every week to reproduce the same results. He has to find a way to recreate the urgency every week. Otherwise we'll continue to get inconsistent results.

If we beat OM convincingly (and we should as a road favorite) then that'll go a long way in Orgeron proving he's got this team headed in the right direction. But he's got to prove things every week. I know people think it's unfair that this guy has to prove himself every week but he doesn't have a lot of sustained success to point to.

Rebs are giving up 450 total yds a game and 37 pts a games. If we don't run over them, we gonna have serious problems on the road in any game. imo