re: College Football: Phil Steele has LSU at No. 17!

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Ahh, the lets bash the magazine thread if they don't have LSU in the top 5.

I used to remember lots of people on here liking Phil, but that was when he was blowing us.

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This is so true.

While Steele ranked LSU #11 in the preseason of 2003:

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I very clearly remember that he said that LSU had the potential to run the table and listed LSU as his dark horse pick to win the BCS that year when few, if any, other major sources considered us to be THAT good.

After this, and his subsequent high rankings of LSU the following few years, much of our fanbase was ready to anoint Steele as the second coming of the Oracle at Delphi.

Of course, now that he has some doubts (not sure if it's based on our perceived strength or lack of strength at certain positions, tough schedule or both) he's a big dummy.