re: Scott Rabalais of the Advocate predicts 7-5 season for LSU

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No one ever said it wasn't a tough schedule. Of course it is. It's just not any tougher than our schedule has been outside if last year. The reason LSU could be an underdog in all of those games is because of the way we lost games last year.

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No some of those schedules became tougher during the season (2014 for example), but for the most part none had this many heavy hitters before the season. There are at least 5 teams on this schedule that will win 10+ games (bowl game included). It's also not because of just last year. In 2016 LSU lost to Wisconsin, UF, Auburn, and Bama. We had one good win, and it was the bowl game.

Since 2014 LSU has played 13 10+ win teams (the two Go5 10+ win teams included). We have won 4 of those with 2 coming in 2014 and one of the four being against Western Kentucky. With the waning years of Miles's tenure and continued with the failure of O's beginning year and a half, we have been pretty bad vs really good teams for a while.

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Start winning a few of those games and the perception will change in a hurry.

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This is stating the obvious, but extreme homer LSU fans, not just O sycophants, do need to read/hear it every once in a while.