re: 247sports - Teams that are rising & tumbling

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That's the way I see it. I give one extra win, so I'd expect 8-4. 7-5 with Burrow would be grounds for O's termination.

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See, why is 8-4 WITH Burrow not grounds for termination??


Since 2001, LSU has lost four regular season games only THREE TIMES.

2002, 2008, and 2014.


All of those seasons had disasters at the QB position for one reason or another. But the real key was that the defense all fell apart in those seasons as well, again, for a variety of reasons.

With the loaded defense we all expect under Aranda, I just can’t see why we think anything less than 9-3 is acceptable. LSU has gone 9-3 or better against just as tough if not tougher schedules with weak QB play for 17 years now based on solid defenses, and this one could be up there with the best of them.


Yes we have issues at QB but Burrows should solve all that right?? And even if not, our QB struggles are well documented, and yet we’ve maintained that 9-3 bar in every season we’ve had typical LSU defensive play.



There simply isn’t any reason to shrug off 4 losses as just growing pains with this defense. It will be a clear sign that things on offense are absolutely not getting better, but worse. Especially in another year where outside of the Big 3 (LSU not included anymore), the SEC is yet again filled with down teams that have just as many holes as we do if not many more.