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

Going into the season I said the ceiling would likely be 10-2 with the floor being 8-4, but I did not foresee a loss to Kentucky happening. I now see 8-4 as likely the best we will get, but winning out to 9-3 is not impossible, as long as we don't beat ourselves with turnovers, untimely penalties, failing to covert critical 3rd & 4th downs, or key missed tackles, etc. Going forward, will we get the Auburn game LSU team, or will it be the Kentucky and/or Bama game LSU team in these last 3 games? We shall see.

I see an 8-4 season as a good first season when the incoming coach had to start from clean slate with almost no roster. 9-3 would be great. 7-5 would be a bit of a disappointment and seen as an underachievement, but I'm not gonna cry about it. No matter what the final record ends up being for the season, this should be the floor for the Kiffin era and the future looks rather bright to me.

What I'm wondering is what the record would be art the end of the season with BK at the helm? 6-6? 5-7? Something tells me he would have stubbed his toe against A&M, Miss State or Auburn . . .

Sure we are paying Kiffin more and likely would have got less out of the key money contributors towards the roster, but what would the momentum towards next season and beyond hold?

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

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. Yes, this! at this point if we finish 9-3 most here would be turning cartwheels, but many here, myself included don’t believe we are sweeping Texas and Tennessee. I think the most likely scenario is we finish 7-5 and that will be a huge disappointment if not outright failure. And Kiffin will deserve all the criticism.

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Everyone pretty much figured 2-3 losses.

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but the point is now it looks like 9-3 is unrealistic and 8-4/7-5 missing the playoffs yet again is a very disappointing season in anyone’s book, and many may ask exactly how has things improved from last year? Results are the same but now we have all the off field drama that make our wannabe villain character look more clown like with mounting losses.

9-3 was almost the most likely outcome. The issue is people seem to think now that we lost to Bama that means we won't win out and finish 9-3, they believe we will finish 8-4 or worse. Classic overreaction to the Bama loss.

I thought 10-2/9-3 was fair with the schedule. I’ll be greatly disappointed with 8-4 but I will still remain on the train.

I genuinely had zero expectations for this year, honestly. People forget it’s a brand new coach with a brand new team in a brand new setting. I don’t care how many games we win or lose this year. We will win a championship in the next 3 years, that’s all that matters. Play the long game.