3
- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
I’m trying to be optimistic here overall
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:15 am
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:15 am
Look I know everyone is upset and rightfully so. My main saving grace in all of this is that we haven’t been beat in a way where it’s been downright demoralizing in the sense of what GA did to OM this past weekend. They have supposedly one of the best quarterbacks in the country and it was 28-0 before I even got settled in. It’s not like anybody this year has run it down our throats or just made us look inept. I would be feeling a whole lot worse if we were losing in that fashion. But there’s definitely disappointment because I feel like we are so close and these teams aren’t much better than us. We just haven’t proven it over a full 60 min.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:18 am to mjv1011
quote:
My main saving grace in all of this is that we haven’t been beat in a way where it’s been downright demoralizing
The reality is that Kiffin did a good job of putting together a good team. He filled almost all of the holes to a level that fixed what we saw last year.
What he hasn’t been able to do is elevate that good team to elite level. If we had stolen one of those close games everyone would still be hoping that the best football is ahead of us and that we could become that contender.
But 9 games in, it hasn’t happened. We haven’t been able to show good football against a really good team.
Texas gives another opportunity.
Unfortunately, even if you run the table I think we are done.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:20 am to mjv1011
The offensive change, overnight, is extremely impressive. As well as the dline overhaul, and nice key pieces we should have for 3 years barring nil f'ery.
We couldn't get a first down or throw a forward pass half the games last year. So having a top 3 offense and defense is sort of nuts. Just gotta win more games. Can't execute as poorly as we did against UK, and can't have a qb that nervous against ole miss. Bama you cant not get tds or even fgs 6 times inside the other teams 35.
We couldn't get a first down or throw a forward pass half the games last year. So having a top 3 offense and defense is sort of nuts. Just gotta win more games. Can't execute as poorly as we did against UK, and can't have a qb that nervous against ole miss. Bama you cant not get tds or even fgs 6 times inside the other teams 35.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 9:22 am
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:25 am to moneyg
quote:
Unfortunately, even if you run the table I think we are done.
Absolutely. Too far down to crawl back up with just two quality wins left. They don’t deserve it anyway. They have lost to every team with a pulse they have played
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:35 am to mjv1011
Under Brian Kelly, we were closer to being terrible than we were to being a legitimate contender.
Now we're closer to being a contender than we are to being bad.
We'll have to see how attrition plays out, but we should have far fewer holes to fill this offseason, allowing us to focus on quality over quantity in the portal.
I know everyone wants a five-star meal cooked at microwave speeds, but that's just not how building a championship program works.
Look at the list of CFP champions: Ohio State, Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Georgia, Michigan, and Indiana.
Indiana is the obvious outlier. The rest were established programs that spent years building toward a championship. None were overnight successes, whether you want to separate the pre-portal and post-portal eras or not.
The expectation should absolutely be to compete for championships, but pretending that kind of foundation gets built overnight is unrealistic.
Now we're closer to being a contender than we are to being bad.
We'll have to see how attrition plays out, but we should have far fewer holes to fill this offseason, allowing us to focus on quality over quantity in the portal.
I know everyone wants a five-star meal cooked at microwave speeds, but that's just not how building a championship program works.
Look at the list of CFP champions: Ohio State, Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Georgia, Michigan, and Indiana.
Indiana is the obvious outlier. The rest were established programs that spent years building toward a championship. None were overnight successes, whether you want to separate the pre-portal and post-portal eras or not.
The expectation should absolutely be to compete for championships, but pretending that kind of foundation gets built overnight is unrealistic.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:36 am to WigSplitta22
quote:
Absolutely. Too far down to crawl back up with just two quality wins left. They don’t deserve it anyway. They have lost to every team with a pulse they have played
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:49 am to WigSplitta22
quote:
Absolutely. Too far down to crawl back up with just two quality wins left. They don’t deserve it anyway. They have lost to every team with a pulse they have played
I agree with you, but, for some reason, we continue to get love from a lot in the media and Vegas. There is a belief that if we could just put it all together we are a top 10 team from a talent perspective. Based off of this I do think we have a 50/50 shot if we run the table.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 10:01 am to moneyg
I know it happens to every team but with the way Kiffin had to construct this team if the injury bug doesn’t bite us we’re probably 8-1
Sigh
Sigh
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News