247 SEC Preview: Projected Standings-LSU related

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SEC West Standings

1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Texas A&M
4. Auburn
5. Mississippi State
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas

SEC East Standings

1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. Missouri
4. South Carolina
5. Tennessee
6. Kentucky
7. Vanderbilt

Offensive Player of the Year: Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama

Defensive Player of the Year: Grant Delpit, LSU

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LSU’s Alabama Chase: Since the BCS delivered the rematch nobody outside the Southeast wanted in the 2012 national championship, the Tigers are 0-8 against Alabama. And most of the games haven’t been close. That could change this year. Nobody in the SEC, sans Tennessee, returns more production than LSU. That group includes starting QB Joe Burrow, the first LSU passer in seemingly a decade nobody is questioning entering a season. Burrow is surrounded by one of the better skill groups in the country and an experienced offensive line. Defensively, the Tigers are always stout under defensive coordinator Dave Aranda; it helps when a player of Grant Delpit’s caliber leads the way. Add in the fact the offense is entering its second season in offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger’s system – with a boost from passing game guru Joe Brady – and this is an extremely dangerous team with a higher ceiling than a year ago when it largely overachieved. Is that enough to challenge Alabama? We’ll see. This is arguably a better Alabama team than what the Tide employed last year. But if LSU can’t take down Alabama this season, it’s fair to wonder if it ever will again, so long Nick Saban prowls the sidelines in Tuscaloosa.

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I strongly disagree that this Bama team will be better than last year. Especially on defense.