How many of you said 9-3 this yr was realistic at the start of the season?

What makes you assume we’re going to win out?

What are you talking about?

People would be estatic with 9-3. That has a very high percentile of getting us into the playoff.

The people you’re talking about losing their minds don’t think we’re going 9-3

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But now that is becoming reality,

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In your mind, THIS team has already won out?

Laughable.

I thought that 8-4 was the ceiling after Ole Miss. I haven't really wavered. This is a 8-4 or 7-5 team and looked it, particularly in the 2 early losses.

Classic finesse team on offense. Can move the ball well at times. Cannot impose their will, get a hard yard when needed or score (at least TDs) reliably (except against weaker opposition). Likewise, defense seems to be feast or famine, often during the same game. Both squads get exposed against teams with a good plan and good players. If only we could get those teams off the schedule.

I thought 9-3 and 10-2 at best. Having 3 losses by Nov7 was not what I was expecting.
If we were going to have 3 losses I figured 2 might come in Nov.
We might have 3 losses in Nov.
Before the season, I gave a 50/50 chance for OM win, felt good about Ags, and then cruise to November where we might lose 2 out of 3.
I will be disappointed if we can't pull out the next 3 wins.
We haven't beaten a ranked team yet. Even Florida, OU, Auburn, and MSU did that.

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Many. But now that is becoming reality, people are losing their minds?!?

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No, friend. People are upset because 7-5 is a very realistic possibility. This team is capable of doing things (like moving the ball up and down the field all game against Alabama) against any team they play to beat them, but they also seem to find ways (like they did all game against Alabama) to mess up the opportunities they create for themselves. If they actually go 9-3, that would mean this team managed to do something two weeks in a row that they haven't done all year.... Beat a somewhat good team.

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It’s more of the fact that LSU’s best win up to this point is LA Tech

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Nah, you can still say Clemson (barely). The best wins are unranked Clemson, 2 5-loss SEC teams and LA Tech.

#Letthatsinkin

I thought 10-2 or 9-3. What I didn't expect is losing to OM and UK. 9-3 at this point would be great.

I actually said 7-5. With a meaningless bowl win.

I don't care who the coach is, it is almost impossible to completely empty a roster and then refill it and expect to get more wins than the previous year.

Having said that, $13-14 million ought to get a better team. And, in my view, it has.

I predicted 9-3

A loss to UK was not in the cards when I made that prediction

I voted for 9-3 in Dandy Don’s poll before the season. It’s Lane’s first year at LSU and the schedule looked strong.