Sun. Sept 20th- LSU had just played it's best game of the year against Auburn! Everyone in the media and on message boards proclaims that LSU is one of the best four teams in college football!

Fast forward two weeks!

We all witnessed a very lack luster performance against an out manned Eastern Michigan team. Everyone is now out saying this team is terrible the sky is falling and the season is over!

Now, I will agree with everyone that says this team has things that need to get better and better in a hurry.

But while things were not as good as everyone proclaimed on Sept 20th, I will argue that things this morning are not as bad as they appear!

This team has not been focused the last two weeks! Many will say that is inexcusable. I agree with anyone who would say that!

But just because it is inexcusable doesn't mean it's not understandable. This team is still very young and they all heard the last two weeks how good they were, and how bad the teams they were playing against were. So, they just rolled out on the field and expected victory, instead of playing with the same intensity they played the first two games of the season!

My point is two weeks ago we weren't as good as people said, and this morning we are not as bad as so would say! The SEC schedule will separate us as a pretender or contender. This team can be whatever it wants to be 7-4, 9-2, 10-1,11-0. It doesn't matter what Kirk Herbstriet says, Tim Brando, Andy Staples, Stewart Mandel, the AP poll, Coaches Poll, or anyone on the Tiger Rant says. The ball is in this teams court and I think we can all agree their is enough talent there, especially when #7 is on our side.