CBS/Dennis Dodd Preview LSU and the SEC

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Read LSU and the team below its preview.. then know that THIS year's Biggest Game Ever is going to be bigger, both in build up and spectacle.

LSU: "For the Tigers, it really all comes down to one question: have they moved on? Because if January's searing 21-0 embarrassment in the BCS title game is truly in LSU's rearview mirror, there's no reason this team can't finish the job this year. With Barkevious Mingo, Sam Montgomery, and Co., they have the nation's most disruptive defensive line; with Eric Reid, Tyrann Mathieu, and friends, they have the nation's best secondary of ballhawks; in Kenny Hillard, Spencer Ware, and more, they have the nation's deepest stable of bruising tailbacks. A veteran offensive line, surehanded receiving corps, and -- finally -- a quarterback in Zach Mettenberger who Steve Kragthorpe can gameplan for rather than around is all just the icing on what ought to be a championship cake. But the BCS championship-defeat hangover has claimed plenty of fine teams over the years; if Les Miles can maneuver his team out of that headache, there won't be anything else to stop them."


Team Below LSU: "It's easy to look at the players the Team Below LSU lost after 2011 -- Richardson, Hightower, Upshaw, Barron, Kirkpatrick, Chapman, etc. -- and how many games they lost after their last crystal football in 2009, and assume another two- or even three-loss season is on its way. But that ignores that what the Team Below LSU haven't lost this go-round far outweighs what was left in 2010. Start on the offensive line, where (left to right) Cyrus Kouandjio, Chance Warmack, Barrett Jones, Anthony Steen, and D.J. Fluker have the potential to go down as one the SEC's all-time dominant units. No, there doesn't appear to be a gamebreaking wide receiver and the starting tailback won't go to the Heisman ceremony again, but when you have a line like that one and the ever-steady AJ McCarron under center, does it make any difference? And the defense is, as always, bursting with potential breakout stars--nose tackle Jesse Williams, pass-rusher Adrian Hubbard, linebacker C.J. Mosley, corner Dee Milliner, etc. A victory in Baton Rouge would bring a third BCS title in four years directly within reach."

85-0 LSU