re: Shea on Culotta Show recruiting hour this morning

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Jordy talking about how he believes Tiger Stadium will be back this year. LSU always the hunted but now the hunter.

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With great success comes high expectations and a lot of complacency. But LSU was so reliably good for so long, fans entered Tiger Stadium EXPECTING to win...so it wasn't terribly exciting when they did what was expected.

Think back to the 95 season...or the Florida upset in 1997...or games in 2000. LSU fans were starving for a winner and every game seemed like a big deal because it wasn't just presumed LSU was going to win.

The last two years have humbled LSU fans a bit. Expectations for this season are probably the lowest they've been since the early 2000's...if not before. Even the most optimistic fans are not expecting LSU to compete for an SEC championship this year. So that means LSU fans who may have been apathetic going into games vs. Mississippi St or Ole Miss, or even Tennessee (since 2009 or so) are now excited again because it's not a "guarantee" LSU will win.

It may not seem like it, but the climb to the top is always more fun than staying at the top