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Other than blind support, what has you optimistic about LSU football in 2018?

Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:35 pm
Posted by Broski
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:35 pm
All I can come up with is Dave Aranda.
Posted by ChipKelly
The Metaverse
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:36 pm to
LSU playing football signifies that it is football season. I hate when it isn't.
Posted by 8miles
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:37 pm to
The firing of O and Alleva.
Posted by Chicken
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:37 pm to
I am excited to see a new QB starting...excited to see new RB's...defense will be great. schedule is exciting...can't wait for LSU/Miami
Posted by lsuman25
Erwinville
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:37 pm to
Aranda
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:37 pm to
Coaches that most likely want to keep their jobs
Young talent that gained experience
Great defense
Good possibly great oline
Building depth on both lines
Great WR talent
Potentially 2 great young QBs
Posted by tiggerthetooth
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:37 pm to
Optimistic that Joe Alleva and Coach O will be gone within the next year. Thats the only way to remedy this garbage.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:38 pm to
Offensive line should be better - even if we write off Bama, we should be in every other game.

Assuming we drop Miami AND Bama, we could still get to 10 wins.

But, another 9 win season (or worse), with any other signs of regression should be the end of the Orgeron experiment.

We are going to have a tougher time running the ball - at least initially. If the young OL players progress, though, could be minimal. Curry is going to surprise folks, as is CEH.
This post was edited on 1/11/18 at 12:39 pm
Posted by justice
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:38 pm to
aranda's defense. When the offense has the ball I will probably look away like I did when miles was here. It's gonna be amazing
Posted by LSU
Houston
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:38 pm to
Aranda

Offensive Line

New kicker
Posted by lsu2006
BR
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:39 pm to
Our defense will keep us from being all-out bad. So I guess there's that.
Posted by RosyFinchBOYZ
Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:39 pm to
Aranda and Raymond
Posted by Broski
Member since Jun 2011
70693 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:39 pm to
quote:

we could still get to 10 wins.


Why is this the goal?
Posted by tiggerthetooth
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:39 pm to
quote:

I am excited to see a new QB starting...excited to see new RB's...defense will be great. schedule is exciting...can't wait for LSU/Miami


Miami is going to be a preseason top 5 team. What if LSU gets blown out?
Posted by azcatiger
somewhere
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:40 pm to
I do get to watch the best Linebacker and corner in the country play for us next year.
Cant wait to see # 4 grow as a pass rusher. As well as our stud Sophomore safety.
Our wide receivers should be really good and we MAY have a guy that can sling it.
Look, all those things are truly fun to watch.

Posted by GeauxPack81
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:41 pm to
We have the best DC in CFB, should have a great D-Line, maybe the best MLB in CFB, and we in all likelihood won't have any secondary problems... Put all that together, and you can probably win 9 games at least by just scoring 20 points.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:43 pm to
quote:

Why is this the goal?


IMPROVEMENT.

Miles was essentially fired because he could no longer generate his usual 10 (really 11) wins.

O has done 9 interim (for the season, he didn't coach all 9 wins), 9 Season 1, and needs to show 10 for 2018 to show improvement. What about this is complicated? There is a whole thread about it and I don't understand.

10 is more than 9.
Posted by GeauxPack81
Member since Dec 2009
10479 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:43 pm to
What if LSU beats a top 5 team in the opener after all the negativity during the off-season?
Posted by Mr. Hangover
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2003
34506 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:45 pm to
quote:

what has you optimistic about LSU football in 2018?


QB play can’t be any worse than it’s been in the past decade (sans Mett, Odell, and Jarvis)

I look forward to seeing a new offense, no matter who is running it or what type it is

Defense should be really good, and aranda will be back

It’s always fun to watch the improvement in the second year players. Also, I’m interested in seeing some of our freshman class



And, as a fall back, IF the worst case scenario does come to fruition, brighter days are ahead

I will always look forward to football season with optimism, no matter what happens during the offseason



It’s really not that hard to be optimistic if you give it a shot
Posted by Broski
Member since Jun 2011
70693 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:46 pm to
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10 is more than 9.



But means about the same thing...

We fired Miles because we were no longer competing for championships. 10 wins and we're still not competing for that.
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