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

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I fully expect LSU to compete for the MNC this year, hard schedule be damned.

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Of course we do.

And the SEC is more than happy to provide that hard schedule.

You don't replace that many positions on defense, especially considering how much experience they had leaving as underclassmen, and roll through this schedule.

We have twice the obstacles of any other team that would be considered a contender.

Florida, Georgia, A&M, and Alabama.

Bama won on a coin toss this year vs Georgia, didn't play Florida, lost to A&M, and needed last second heroics to beat us, and they were the best team last year.

Bama would not have even played in the championship game last year with our schedule this year.

The game at Tuscaloosa may actually be the least likely game we drop in the gauntlet, based on previous performance.