So, after years of lurking and spending way too many hours of my life on this website, I decided to go ahead and make an account. This post will be long, so turn back now if you don’t want to take a few minutes to read it

LSU has a lot to look forward to, specifically in the 2015 season. I think the Tigers will win 9-10 games in 2014 due to the high talent levels alone, but we will still be breaking in a new QB and be starting many young, unpolished, but extremely talented players.

They have had a good recruiting haul this year, even with losing Speedy to A&M and GW3 to Florida. I understand Speedy’s choice as he can go with his best friend, and he will be in a position to show out in that offense, assuming that they can find a QB to fill the void of JFF going pro. The GW3 decision baffles me. He could be an immediate starter here, but whatever. Everything can’t always go our way, and we will see who we pick up between now and signing day.

Starting in 2015, LSU should be primed and ready to make a Bama-esque run at multiple national titles. Here’s why:

We will have a now experienced Junior or Sophomore QB in Jennings or Harris, depending upon which wins the starting QB job. Both have a lot to learn, but will have tremendous upside once they learn the ropes of everything.

Fournette will be a Sophomore at RB, and will have a years’ worth of experience. Look for this kid to make an enormous impact. It would not surprise me to see both Fournette and Henry from Alabama making a run at a Heisman trophy for a couple of years.

We will be absolutely loaded at receiver/tight end at this point. We will have Travin Dural as a Junior, Trey Quin will be sophomore and should see plenty of playing time in 2014, so he will have some experience. He has the tools of a stud in the making. We still have a shot at Dupre as well. If we get him and have him as a sophomore as well, we suddenly have a very strong receiving core. Dillon Gordon will be a Senior. I would love to see him make more of an impact. Jacory Washington will be a sophomore with a year under his belt, and I look for him to pass Gordon for the starting job. He is a tight end that could line up as a receiver and torch opposing safeties and linebackers.

The O-Line is a bit tougher to predict. We would have Trai Turner and Vadal Alexander as seniors, but Turner has expressed going pro this year. I honestly wouldn’t expect to have either of these guys back for their senior years. Collins, Williford, and Porter will definitely be gone due to graduation, so none of this year’s starters will be back for the 2014 campaign. However, we do have some young studs who could fill in nicely with Pocic, Hawkins, Boutte, Clapp, and Brumfield, depending upon how they all continue their growth and development.

On the D-Line, Danielle Hunter and Quentin Thomas will be our Senior defensive ends should they come back for the senior seasons. I would like to see a lot of progression from these guys. Hopefully they can become impact players on the D-Line. On the inside, it’s looking like Christian LaCouture will be one starter, but I’m not sure about the second. (Sure would be nice to have GW3 huh?) Godchaux and Clark will be sophomores and will get a chance to show what they can do as well. Maybe one of them slides inside?

Linebackers should be a strength for us by this point. It sounds crazy considering our underachieving backers the past two years. Ronnie Feist, Lamar Louis, and Kendall Beckwith would all be seniors, assuming they are still here. Deion Jones looks posed for a breakout and would be a junior. Plus, Clifton Garret and Donnie Alexander will be true sophomores and we will have to see how they turn out. That could be some insane depth for us at the linebacker positions.

Now for the secondary. This is what I’m the most excited about on defense. We should return to DBU status with this group. Jalen Collins, Jalen Mills, and Corey Thompson would be our seniors. Rickey Jefferson, Rashard Robinson, and Tre White would be our juniors. Plus we have Jamal Adams, Edward Paris, and Devin Voorhies coming in and they could all see some playing time as sophomores. Not to mention that we could have some freakish d-backs like Kevin Tolliver II coming in in next year’s recruiting class who may fight for some play time too.

For special teams, Keehn will be a senior and Delahoussaye will be a junior.

There is such an insane amount of that talent on this 2015 squad, and most of them will be juniors and sophomores, ready to make a big run for us for a few years to come. The future is bright Tiger fans! Just sit back and enjoy the ride, because it may get really fun like we’ve not experienced before.