re: Realistic goals...New Years Day Bowl?

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if we can go 4-1 the rest of the way it will be a success of a season

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I don't know if I would say it's a "success of a season". It would certainly be a great turnaround though.

Despite the last two weeks you can't forget a blowout loss against an avg/good MSU team and a home loss to Troy that could have been worse than the score indicated. The SEC isn't very good and the schedule, outside of going to Bama, was set up for a 10 win season.

It would probably be hard for LSU to get to a NY6 Bowl at 9-3 (assuming Georgia doesn't collapse down the stretch). Realistically, I think a game like the Citrus Bowl is the top prize out there for a 9-3 LSU. But, I wouldn't really look at the prestige of the bowl game to determine LSU's success. I suspect even if eligible, the Citrus Bowl would pass on LSU just because LSU was there last season.

9-3 means that O was able to hold the team together when it looked for all the world they were going to quit. It earns him the benefit of the doubt to say "let's see what happens next year."