re: As much as I dislike the fact Ed O is our HC, I don't think he will shite the bed this year

I can accept the OP's optimism, but

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and lose to every team we should

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the only teams LSU "should lose to" are Alabama and at Auburn.

Alabama should be #1, and they've had our number.
Auburn is the defending West champ, and this has been a home-and-home series (although we've won there a fair bit, they're usually rebuilding when that happens).

Miami at a neutral site should be considered a tossup.
Honestly, Georgia at home should be too.

Road games at A&M and Florida should be considered "dangerous", but probably about like for Alabama having to play us here- we "could" win, but we're expected to lose. Same thing applies there- we "could" lose, but we should win.

The projections are an indictment on Orgeron. Nobody nationally thinks he will handle adversity, something each game should present. He brought some of this on himself, last year, when he started cracking during press conferences. If he can't keep in control in front of the media, the thought is he'll lose it when Richt, Jimbo, Mullen etc start causing wrinkles that upset our game plans.