re: I am as concerned about the defense as anybody

I think we have a good D, but not a great D. Still getting a number of fails at LB each game. Unfortunately the young guys are punctuating their steller plays with a mix of total frickup plays that even I notice it was their falt. Upstairs not physical.

Of course I offense is much improved and that should help counter the points we will give up on D. I guess you can't have the best D every year.

At some point our offense is going to have an off game and it will cost us. I say that because of our rediculous schedule.

For example: Bama plays two tough SEC games all year. LSU and A&M. They are already through half of their tough games after beating A&M. So they have max 1 loss if we beat them.

LSU has to play regular season games Bama, A&M, Florida, SC and Georgia. We could very well be the best team in the nation and not survive our schedule and make it to the big game.

We need a great D, not good.