re: This is what a program in decline looks and feels like...

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This same thing was said after 2008 and 2009.

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And? Since then we are 1-3 in bowl games, gained the distinction of being the only team to be shutout during the NCG, and are once again on the outside watching other teams compete in BCS games. And we just lost a bowl game to a team that everyone on here thought was vastly inferior in a bowl everyone here thought we were too good for.

Last year was an utter fluke. We had an unsustainable turnover margin, a once-in-a-lifetime defense, and the SEC schedule was incredibly weak. It was the best LSU team ever based purely on talent, and they still couldn't put up a single point against Bama in the NCG. And even before that we had entire halves without a first down against inferior teams.

If Miles couldn't win an NCG with that team then there is no way he ever does again.