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It is July and some people are already melting about what could happen this year. If I was this miserable following LSU football before the season I would just fine something better to do with my free time.

So you took the opinion of maybe two people in this whole thread and felt the need to post this garbage? Good job dumbass.

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Posted by johnkauf4

Colorado Springs, CO

Member since Jun 2015

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Posted on 7/2/16 at 9:42 pm to Hot Carl

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People--LSU fans, specifically, seem to to not understand just how hard it is to win a national championship. We were spoiled during our '03-'07 run and became entitled brats. And then our former coach going to a bitter rival in not only our conference, but in our same division, and proceeds to create probably the greatest run in the history of college football. And of course, we're jealous. And it plays into the deep rooted psychology of Louisiana's inferiority complex, though likely subconscious.

It's hard to win a fricking national championship. So many things have to go your way in so many different areas. But I can't stand the people who rag on Miles for going 10-2 every year like that's some sort of disgrace. Throw an occasional 9-3 season in there and we are "accepting mediocrity." And they say that Alleva and Miles only cares to "compete for championships." If you think Miles has "settled for mediocrity" you're an imbecile. What has happened since the end of last season to make anyone with a brain think Miles is "settling?" Was it the hiring of the best young DC in college football? Was it hiring fantastic assistants in Jaluke and Craig? Was it poaching our highly valuable recruiting admin who had only taken the USC gig a few months later? Was it busting his arse to reel in a top 2 recruiting class? You can disagree with his philosophy, but anybody who thinks Les Miles is not über competitive and doesn't want to win every single game he ever coaches is kidding themselves.

All that to say, if you go 9-3 or 10-2 every year, eventually the stars will align and the right leaders will emerge and you go on a magical run. This year looks like it's setting up that way for LSU. I don't think it will be any one player that makes or breaks the season--we can win big if Harris just slightly improves. The most important thing for this team is going to be staying healthy and taken advantage of all that experience we have coming back.

Great post, on so many levels.