re: Sorry Tigers, but I think you guys are going to start 0-1.

Appreciate you taking the time to give us a pretty thorough reasoning behind your prediction, but nothing you said is new or enlightening to us. We have discussed each of your points numerous times and there are some that have similar thoughts to yours.

I believe that our biggest question mark will be whether or not that Badger O-line wears down our d-line. This was our biggest weakness last year as we were so thin on the line that our guys simply got wore out in the 4th quarter. LSU must find a deeper rotation at those tackle spots and honestly, I’m not sure that we have enough horses there to shut down Wisconsin.

However, I do disagree with your assumption that your defense will stop our running game. LSU, similar to Wisconsin, is a very physical running team. We run north-south and have large backs that pound, pound, pound to the point where the opposing defenses get wore out. You may try and stack the box, but do you think you would be the first team to try that? Prior to Mettenberger’s/Beckham’s/Landry’s phenomenal year last year, EVERYONE tried to stack the box (remember we had Jordan Jefferson leading the team). That didn’t stop our rushing attack from being one of the best in the SEC and country. I do believe that LSU will have a lot of run support from the safeties when LSU is on D due to the confidence that Chief has in our corners.

I see this one going down to the end and being a very physical (and short due to all the runs) game. It will be close but if I was a betting man…I would have to bet on Leslie/Cam/Chief. Are you going to be in Houston for the game? If so, I’ll let you buy me a beer and we can debate this topic further.