2022 is the year we need the full 85 (81)updated OP is way wrong.

OP is wrong and should be called out for it. We have 80 now. e

I will never understand why folks, here, are saying that we don’t need the full 85* (see below) scholarship limit. This is the year that we need the full 85.

You can’t just add transfers and stay at about 72-75 players and hope they pan out. You need to add another transfer with that transfer and find out which one plays the best at LSU.

For instance;
If you add Eric Reed and Mekhi Garner because we are woefully low at cb but we end up with say, 5 functional cornerbacks, you don’t call it quits because you say “nah, we are fine at cb now”. You may wish we were able to get the full 85.

That is fool-hardy. One of the two may be homesick by august or simply cannot play at an lsu level. Then you’re back to getting thrashed by a hapless KSU because you have three cornerbacks. (Don’t forget you’ll have other transfers and opt outs)

THIS is the most important year to get to 85*. (81)

*totally understood that our 25+7 won’t afford us that opportunity. But we keep reading here that:
1. We don’t even play 85
2. We can be fine with 72.

Wrong.