If we had to pick a season to lose to Miss State this is the year

There's never a good season to lose to them, though if we could somehow beat Bama (which we can't), I would glady trade a loss to MSU for a victory over Bama.

Some merit to that. They returned 18 of 22 starters; 13 senior starters and a top 10 in the country QB. Before the season I heard Gordy Rush predict they would win 9 or 10 games and give the Tigers all they wanted(and then some).
Half of the talking heads predicted the upset based on the stated facts and LSU's youth and inexperience rearing it's head all over the place. No shame in losing to that team. That being said, The Tigers still have more talent and really laid an egg, execution and scheme-wise IMO. Look for big improvement in both those areas this week and a renewed focus that will carry over into the Auburn game.

I'm not giving up on them team, or the year, but there needs to be major changes. And by major, I mean several current starters need to be backups. By major I mean philosophy on offense.

I don't think the OL's problem is lack of talent. It's scheme and adaptability to that scheme. If the TEs, FBs, and OL all look like shite blocking, that's on coaching. Minus Turner, we brought back every starting blocker and that includes TEs and FBs. You can't really tell the blockers to completely do it a different way mid season, so you have to hide the blocking problems. We do that by going spread.

On defense outside of not even trying to play Gilmore, Bain, Herron, we need to swap out several guys.

I believe LSU has the tools necessary to use this game as an eye opener to turn this team around. Staff will have to make big changes. Coaches will have to adapt. You want players to adapt, but you will have to yourself.