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Kiffin is the right guy. Just needs time.

Our brother in Christ, stay strong behind enemy lines.

Prepare for a smackdown here. All these "head coaches" here will crucify you. You see THEY know more about coaching than the actual coaches. Tgey are also clarivoint. Good luck buddy.

Go get your coloring book and try to stay within the lines my child.

You are right.....100%.... Lane train all the way. Burger King was terrible...except when he beat Bama.......

We aren’t going 9-3

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and no doubt, many of you will encourage to continue that trend

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if we lose to Texas and/or Tennessee, this season won't be much different than last season other than much improved stats and larger margin of victories against mediocre to decent teams.

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No, it’s a lot different. Leading the SEC in offense and defense is a lot different. If we keep everything the same, but get better decision making from the QB position, we are where we want to be. Kiffin is a lot closer than some people realize.

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we lead the conference in total offense and total defense

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With 3 losses in 9 games, truly an impressive feat.

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But........we lead the conference in total offense and total defense (6th and 19th nationally).

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That's great! In fact, you dominated Alabama in yards...both gained and defended. Yet, you lost by 18 points...a big portion of the reason was because of questionable COACHING decisions. In fact, you said just that in your post. The stats are great...but you still have 3 losses.

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Leavitt, who seems to always be this board's prime target, leads the conference in passing yardage and completion percentage. Dillion Jones is the 4th leading rusher in the conference, Jackson Harris is the 2nd receiver,

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3 years ago LSU had a dominant offense. It's QB had one of the statistically best seasons in CFB history. It had two WRs who were SEC leaders. Yet, people were mad at the HC about a 9-3 record...the same record that is now the best case scenario for this team.

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Would any of these guys be at LSU without CLK?

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Probably not Umanmielen because of the Ole Miss connection. But its not unreasonable to think LSU would have had a great portal class even if BK stayed given it had the top ranked portal class in 2025. LSU's donors showed they were willing to pay the money. BK went out and got Daniels in his first season...despite the fact there was a veteran QB on the roster already (Brennan). With Nuss moving on BK would have gone out an tried to get a new starting QB, just like he had done with other positions.

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I truly believe that he is among the premier coaches in the nation and given time, the Tigers will hoist the national championship trophy again!

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That very well may be, and hopefully will be true. But it can still be said the record has been underwhelming to date. There was a lot of talk prior to the season about LSU having a difficult schedule. But in practice, has it been? Clemson is an average team. A&M is far worse than anyone expected. Miss. St without its starting QB is bad. Auburn hasn't been good except for one fluke game at Georgia. Despite what the schedule projected to be LSU has played essentially three good teams...and lost to all of them.

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but in my opinion, LSU is light years ahead of where we were just a little over a year ago

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Are they?

Last year BK was fired after his 3rd loss of the season which was a 2nd half blowout at home. Prior to that LSU beat what would turn out to be a pretty average Clemson team. They had two SEC wins over teams (Florida and South Carolina) who would finish with losing records in league play. It had one loss on the road to a good Ole Miss team. It had another to a good SEC team that was in most years a league doormat (Vandy)

This year LSU just picked up its 3rd loss as result of a second half blowout at home. It has 3 SEC wins...all against teams with losing SEC records. Its two other losses were on the road to a good Ole Miss team and another to a good SEC team that was in most years a league doormat (Kentucky)

You feel differently because you want to look at things through a more optimistic POV. And that's fine. But if you look at things from a purely objective standpoint its difficult to say LSU is "light years ahead of where LSU was a little over a year ago." Actually, they are really just in the same spot. The only difference is because this is the HC's 1st season vs the HC's 4th season you're inclined to take a more optimistic POV.

Sounds like some folks ran their mouths before LSU played a good Bama team and are butthurt. I won’t be upset about not playing those frickers next year. They have our number. We’ve lost to them in every conceivable way you can imagine.