re: 8-4 regular season is the floor... here's why

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What's your reasoning for why people aren't respecting this team as much as the '14 team?

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In 2013 (the year prior), LSU went 10-3 with a high powered offense. Anthony Jennings came in to save the Arkansas game and, while he looked shaky against Iowa in the Bowl game, people were optimistic. The three losses came to Georgia in Athens in a shootout, to Ole Miss when Mett shite the bed and to Bama.

Coming in to 2014, LSU seemed like a team with momentum.

Last year, LSU was schizo. We lost to Troy, got blown out by Miss State and lost to Bama. Yet we beat a really good Auburn team. We then forgot to play defense with 1 minute left and blew our bowl game. No momentum.

We are viewed as not having a QB, again. A recurring theme since...2014.

I'm sure the perception of Bebe is part of it. But let's not overstate things.

We have no known commodities on offense, we coming off a disappointing year and we play four of the top 10 preseason teams. So if you are objective, and not even looking at coaches, you say this team likely goes 7-5 or 8-4, which is exactly what Vegas is saying.