Give me hope. Why will LSU be better next season? What will make us better?

No

A new coach

Leavitt will have more time in the system

That doesn't mean he turns into 19 Burrow or 23 Daniels. But a complete offseason in the system can only help him

We need another strong portal and incoming recruiting year to keep improve the overall talent roster. Offensive line has to be an emphasis and finding another receiver to compliment Harris will be key.

Hopefully Kiffin fires Wolford and upgrades the OL room. Tough to really give a definitive answer until the transfer portal cycle and NFL draft is complete.

Tired of hearing about this being his first year. Yes it is at LSU but not his first year of coaching. He’s made some bad decisions along the way this season for a veteran coach.

That is a plus. Maybe if we ended playing them in the future we can get rid of the off week before. Never helps

Kiffin had 3 weeks to put a roster together. 3 weeks. Why are you people forgetting this? The game was horribly coached yesterday but LSU outgained Bama and couldn't finish drives.

That "50 million dollar roster" is way overstated. Most of LSU's roster was gone. They had to replace those players. Those players were getting paid. That alongside a rebuild is more expensive with players having their hand out. There's a ton of mediocre on this roster that won't be here next year unless they take a massive pay cut.

His coaches were not even helping him build full time when he put this roster together due to Ole Miss. If this happens again next year? Well, his arse is on the hot seat then. I'm more concerned with them even playing hard the next 3 games. This is the point when players quit and go get their agents to negotiate.

Moving forward, LSU should be in playoffs by default which is sad it took that for us to get there but hey, whatever. I honestly didn't expect us to make playoffs with this schedule this year anyway.

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It’s year 1 of Lane even with the expensive roster. Takes time to build culture and depth. Most of us expected a 3 loss season and a 50/50 playoff berth this season. Still think we win out. It’s YEAR one for frick sakes. Half our fanbase turning on Kiffin already is why we are called insane by every other fanbase and I get it now get rid of a baker, go after Kamario, bring in depth and get another dawg at WR and we are humming. Oh and fix the Oline for once. The silver lining if we miss the playoffs..more time for Kiffin to go find badass players on teams that are out of the hunt

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I'm interested to hear what the big donors think. Over the few seasons LSU athletics has gone to them for a HUGE financial investment. And they have delivered: Buying out O (which was a lot at that time); committing $100M to get BK and an expensive staff; paying a ton to get a huge portal class for the 2025 season; Committing to pay the massive buyout to get rid of BK just 3.5 years into his contract; Paying a ton to get Kiffin and Co; Paying a ton to build the 2026 roster.

The results:

No SEC championships
No CFP appearances
.500 SEC record over the last three seasons (to date)
(last three seasons) 2-9 vs. SEC teams that finished with winning conference records

You could argue that no program is getting less ROI than LSU. Do the donors continue to fund things at such a high level? Or do they start to say "why don't you go beat a few good teams before we start giving huge money again"?