re: LSU's defense isn't on par with past Tiger title contenders

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The 2007 defense struggled a lot in the 2nd half of the season. In the last 7 games of the regular season, outside of LA Tech, they gave up at least 24 to every team. 50 to Arky and 43 to KY in the losses. This 2015 defense isn't perfect, but's it good enough to win it all as long as the offense continues to be as efficient as they have been. Also, the special teams HAS to help out with field position.

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I gave Pelini a LOT of credit for how he covered up deficiencies in the secondary in 07. We had 2 good corners, but not a ton of speed in the secondary. A couple of analysts even noticed early in the season that we were playing backup safties at Nickle and Dime.

The amazing front 7 below to keep them from getting exposed early, but things changed after Dorsey got hurt. Mobile QBs did damage, and Arkansas was just a horrendous matchup.

Considering the depth concerns and injury issues, I see that defense as the closest to this years. They were more experienced, overall, but had to overcome issues to get he job done.

If the staff can get Mills back at full strength, get Bower more rotation mins, and get the coverage busts worked out, we could see a similar end result. We can definitely win with a "flawed" D if the O can keep improving at their current rate.