LSU Football 2018 Season Outlook

With all the news going on over the past couple weeks I have decided to finally post my thoughts on the rant for the first time. I hope y’all enjoy.

Offensively: I know it was tough for everyone to see SE hired. Majority of fans wanted a bright young OC who could develop QB’s and utilize our talent. LSU fans definitely deserve that. I do think though that SE will be able to develop MB/LN enough to where they can be a solid QB. I’m a believer in MB’s talent and I think he has a shot to be very good. I think at the least he can do what Etling did this year and be a “game manager” and try to limit turnovers while he develops throughout next season. I believe that Narcisse is more talented than Brennan but he’s not as polished. He has some accuracy/timing issues and needs help on his mechanics which may take another year to sharpen up. Brennan will probably be starting for us and I’m excited about that. At the least I think we can do what we did this year offensively with a lot more upside due to Brennan’s talent over Etlings. I know that our offense wasn’t too good this year but I think we’re gonna see some really bright moments offensively and some immature mistakes made by MB that hopefully aren’t too costly. As far as the O-line, RB’s, and WR’s go I think we will be fine. With the recruits coming in I believe they will be able to replace the guys we are losing. It’s gonna be a RBBC next year with Brossette/Clyde/Curry/Provens and I think that will be good enough.

Defensively: This recruiting class is going to help us so much for next year. We finally have a class that is defensive line heavy which we’ve needed desperately. This will give us much needed depth that we were lacking earlier in the season which cost us a few games in my opinion. Especially the Miss St. game. It was crucial that we resigned Aranda and as long as we have him our defense should be very good. I think we will be improved from last season especially in our front seven. Watch out for Tyler Shelvin next year. I think he will have a big impact. Secondary should be stacked. Safeties are set with Battle/Delpit/Stevens/Monroe. Nickel corner will be KJ or Kary. The only real question mark is who starts opposite of Greedy. I think we land Surtain and he starts as a TF. If he doesn’t start it’s up to Fulton or Kirklin or maybe Goodrich makes an impact as a TF if we land him. Either way Aranda will figure it out and make the right call.

Results: I think we will go 9-3. W’s will be Miami, Southeastern, Tech, Ole Miss, Florida, Miss. St., Arkansas, Rice, A&M. L’s will be Auburn, Georgia, and Bama. I have a feeling we have a chance vs. Georgia and I don’t really know why. And when Auburn is ranked high they usually have a poor season. A big downfall is the game is at Auburn and we haven’t won there since 2012 so we shall see.

I hope y’all enjoyed this novel. I didn’t realize how much I just wrote but I feel like I covered almost everything. Until next time!