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Bill Bender with Sporting News released his "pre-preseason" Top 25 rankings for 2019 this week and has LSU at No. 7. Here's what he had to say about the Tigers:
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7. LSU
The Tigers had an impressive season under Ed Orgeron, and Joe Burrow, who had a good game against UCF in the Fiesta Bowl, has another year to work in offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger’s system. The defense can offset some NFL Draft depatures around SN All-American safety Grant Delpit. The road trip to Texas and the usual date with Alabama on Nov. 9 will determine the Playoff possibilities, but the rest of the schedule is friendly enough to set up those opportunities.
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1973 months
Prepare for "Texas is overrated" when we beat yet another top 10 in season opener.
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imjustafatkid73 months
I'll go ahead and tell you now: Texas is overrated.
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Space Cowboy73 months
LSU is at least a top five or better team, and if either Rosenthal or Wire or both steps up to win a starting job at offensive tackle, the offensive line will be far better next season than it was last season. Not to mention that Joe Burrow, the receiver corps, and the running backs will all be elite with a significantly improved offensive line. Meanwhile, with K'lavon Chaisson back at Buck, the defense will be quite a bit better than last season's defense as well. Indeed, we have a very legit chance of making the college football playoffs in 2019.
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Tiger198873 months
4 losses
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CanebreakCajun73 months
Clown
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CapitolB73 months
Tiger, have you seen our 2019 schedule? You don't think we have a legitimate title?
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CapitolB73 months
Legitimate title *shot*
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chRxis73 months
don't know why buy i love seeing Army up there in the top 20...
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PetroBabich73 months
Preseason polls mean nothing
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Roll Tide....get better or get beat
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rob6273 months
C-L-E-M-S-O......N!!!!
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Load Toad73 months
The teams should be evaluated after signing day. LSU can be higher than 7th with some top recruits.
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BayouBengals1873 months
Very very few freshmen are difference makers, and you wouldn’t know that until the season starts, anyway. Nobody on Earth knows how these 18 year old kids will perform, certainly not the guys who do these polls.
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Barbellthor73 months
Bayou, Etienne and that no-chest CB who flipped to bammer were starting freshman in the NC. Yea it’s few, but it’s real.
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mule7473 months
Army at 17??? Wow.
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voodooidotwo73 months
Dis you see army last year? They went 11-2 with one of the two being Oklahoma in overtime. They put up 70 on Houston.
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KennabraTiger73 months
Dietzel is doing a fantastic job up there
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voodooidotwo73 months
Bama is not a top 3 team. I would have them at 5
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CapitolB73 months
I assume you meant to say "Georgia", and not Bama.
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voodooidotwo73 months
No, I’m a tiger fan. I can spell and I don’t sleep with my sister. As a bama fan can you say the same?
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CapitolB73 months
Wow. Some of you guys seriously don't even have the maturity or reading comprehension level of my 9 year old. I ask you for clarity regarding Alabama's preseason ranking and you immediately deduce it to a personal shot, talking about incest, education level and fan affiliation. I am no "bama" fan for assuming they are a top 3 team in preseason rankings. In the meantime, grow the hell up, don't be so sensitive, and certainly don't assume that someone is a "bama" fan for thinking they should be highly ranked. This platform IS called "tigerdroppings"just in case you forgot.
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BigPerm3073 months
We could be 2 and it still wouldn’t matter. We are Bama’s bitch.
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KennabraTiger73 months
Damn, big worm
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1973 months
Don't make me hafta frick you up, Smo-Big Worm. Playin wit my Tigers is like playin wit my emotions.
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Bayoubred73 months
Every year, same story, they take the final 2018 poll, give Bama the obligatory top spot, move a couple top ten pieces and there you have your 2019 college football poll! The brilliance is off the charts!
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JackieTreehorn73 months
They’ve basically won a NC every other year for 10 years. It’s not outlandish.
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1973 months
They basically lost last year by 4 TDs. It's outlandish.
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TDFreak73 months
Can’t wait for Florida to get a Top Ten road win in Baton Rouge this Fall!
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Azkiger73 months
LSU is canceling the game. 10 mph gusts expected.
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LockTheGates73 months
Can’t wait to eat at your fine food establishment where you’re a fry cook. I’ll have the fried gator
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CapitolB73 months
Sorry TDFreak. Florida may get a top ten win against "Georgia", but definitely NOT in Death Valley.
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cra_cra73 months
We play 6 top 16 teams.... ffs
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panzer73 months
gosh....ugh....that has to be a record?
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spslayto73 months
5 SEC West teams I can buy. But Miss State at 15? How?
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Clemson should be #1.
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RBTiger73 months
AfrAgreed. But they are going on Bama's weak O-O-C Schedule
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Cleanmatt73 months
Georgia too high.
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voodooidotwo73 months
I hate UG but they have a solid team coming back. Plus they play in the east which is the SEC runner up year in and year out. 3-5 is about right.
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Disgeaux Bob73 months
Up 18 from last year....I’d say the program is getting respect.
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idlewatcher73 months
lol@Bama #1 with a mass exodus of staff and players going pro.
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24nights73 months
LOL, Bama fans getting bent over your comment...
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Bama had 6 new coaches in 2018 and they still won 14 games but lost the one that really counted. "If you ain't 1st then you're last"...Ricky Bobby
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1973 months
You had me at lol@Bama.
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