re: This just in... Jesse Palmer picks MSU to beat LSU; 5th in the West

I still don't get the bashing of the defense. They started out really poorly, but became a top 3 or 4 SEC defense despite that slow start. I think people failed to realize the improvement and the fact that our offense finished in the middle of the pack by the year's end. The major problem with our defense was still the same though....we couldn't close out halves or games without giving up a score.