predictions FWIW

Agree with all

i think rod gets his walkin papers. they will go after les. i firmly believe that. if offered, this time he goes. mich would love 9-3/10-2 and the every 2-3 yrs victory over osu. particularly after what they have been through. r rod-wrong place/wrong time.

yeah, for the sake of the program, i dont want a yr in which we have to fire any coach, that being said, as a fan, i cant take another 8-4. that would make it time for a change. i dont wanna slip to being perennial chick fil a bowl repeaters. avoiding the buyout would help.

Preseason crap is always very wrong. They are human and they are tainted with impressions from 2009.

A full 1/3rd of the ranked teams in the preseason Top 25 in 2009 ended up not being ranked at all in the end. And it's not like they get things wrong just in the back end. Oklahoma was preseason #3 and ended unranked. How about preseason #4 USC? They barely were ranked at #22 by the end. Remember SI cover boys Ole Miss and Okie State? Ended up 20th and unranked, respectively.

Everyone is on Bama's nuts right now. Why not, they return the Heisman Trophy winner, went 14-0 and have a great coach. But it doesn't take a genius to see that they have a good, not great, offense and major question marks on defense.

You can easily see Bama going 9-3 or 10-2 this year. That will get them a New Year's Day bowl, but not a repeat MNC.

Meanwhile, LSU is on everybody's shite list right now and Les Miles is on the hot seat. Some morons over at Sports Illustrated have LSU being unranked this season. I'm sorry but that is retarded. LSU lost four games last year. In all 4, LSU was in position to win the game but fell short and was never dominated. Two of them were to eventual national champ Alabama and 13-1, #3 Florida. LSU's problem is that just as they were never dominated, they also never seemed to dominate lesser opponents in large measure due to an anemic offense that suffered from subpar QB play and mediocre line play. And, the Ole Miss debacle turned the fans on Les Miles, so it's both easy and fashionable to pick on LSU.

However, LSU comes into 2010 with a QB who, while disappointing to date, has 14 career starts under his belt and the physical tools to be a very good QB. If Jefferson matures into a player this season, LSU will be nasty.

Consider the talent in Baton Rouge right now. Of the last 5 recruiting classes, only one finished out of the top 10 and it (2008) was #11. LSU has the 4th highest average finish over the past 5, 4 and 3 seasons (however you slice it) of any major college program. And over the past 2 years we're 3rd. That's remarkable consistency in adding talent. Sure, it's not perfect, but it is a decent proxy for the talent we have.

Talent + veteran QB can easily lead to a 10-2 or better record. Anyway, I expect the talking heads (and some posters on this board) to have a very different view of LSU and Les Miles in about 7 months than they do today.

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predictions FWIW
Preseason crap is always very wrong. They are human and they are tainted with impressions from 2009.

A full 1/3rd of the ranked teams in the preseason Top 25 in 2009 ended up not being ranked at all in the end. And it's not like they get things wrong just in the back end. Oklahoma was preseason #3 and ended unranked. How about preseason #4 USC? They barely were ranked at #22 by the end. Remember SI cover boys Ole Miss and Okie State? Ended up 20th and unranked, respectively.

Everyone is on Bama's nuts right now. Why not, they return the Heisman Trophy winner, went 14-0 and have a great coach. But it doesn't take a genius to see that they have a good, not great, offense and major question marks on defense.

You can easily see Bama going 9-3 or 10-2 this year. That will get them a New Year's Day bowl, but not a repeat MNC.

Meanwhile, LSU is on everybody's shite list right now and Les Miles is on the hot seat. Some morons over at Sports Illustrated have LSU being unranked this season. I'm sorry but that is retarded. LSU lost four games last year. In all 4, LSU was in position to win the game but fell short and was never dominated. Two of them were to eventual national champ Alabama and 13-1, #3 Florida. LSU's problem is that just as they were never dominated, they also never seemed to dominate lesser opponents in large measure due to an anemic offense that suffered from subpar QB play and mediocre line play. And, the Ole Miss debacle turned the fans on Les Miles, so it's both easy and fashionable to pick on LSU.

However, LSU comes into 2010 with a QB who, while disappointing to date, has 14 career starts under his belt and the physical tools to be a very good QB. If Jefferson matures into a player this season, LSU will be nasty.

Consider the talent in Baton Rouge right now. Of the last 5 recruiting classes, only one finished out of the top 10 and it (2008) was #11. LSU has the 4th highest average finish over the past 5, 4 and 3 seasons (however you slice it) of any major college program. And over the past 2 years we're 3rd. That's remarkable consistency in adding talent. Sure, it's not perfect, but it is a decent proxy for the talent we have.

Talent + veteran QB can easily lead to a 10-2 or better record. Anyway, I expect the talking heads (and some posters on this board) to have a very different view of LSU and Les Miles in about 7 months than they do today.

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Good post. I belive that with better line play, even if JJ doesn't show great improvement, we can finish 10-2 for the regular season. We will romp on UNC in Georgia...book it.

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So would y'all go after Tommy Tubberville if Les leaves?

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i say hell no! go after Chris Petersen.

I'm calling a one loss season and everyone will be back on the miles bandwagon... just a thought

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we will only have a 1 loss season losing to either Arkansas or Florida

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Hope you're right and I believe it's possible.

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i think rod gets his walkin papers. they will go after les. i firmly believe that

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I just don't see it happening unless Les and LSU has a season that produces 10 to 11 wins and a major bowl (BCS) victory and I don't see where LSU is on course for that to occur. If Les wins 8-9 games in 2010 there is no way Michigan would want to make what could be considered a less than obvious upgrade in their coaching status.

Michigan is a proud program that has slipped into mediocrity. Why would they want to hire a coach not highly regarded as a game strategist?

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Tradition

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So would y'all go after Tommy Tubberville if Les leaves?

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take a hike gump