re: Prediction on where LSU finishes 09' Football Season

watch out for auburn dude. they are the surprise team of the sec.

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1 or 0 losses, facing UF in SEC Championship Game for a spot in the National Championship Game

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Here we go.

well, lets review the schedule:

Sep. 5 at Washington - W
Sep. 12 Vanderbilt - W
Sep. 19 UL-Lafayette - W
Sep. 26 at Mississippi State - W
Oct. 3 at Georgia - W (down year)
Oct. 10 Florida - L (will be a close game at home)
Oct. 24 Auburn - W (could lose this one if we beat UF the week prior and have a classic Miles let down)
Oct. 31 Tulane - W
Nov. 07 at Alabama - W (I think we'll be better all around)
Nov. 14 Louisiana Tech - W
Nov. 21 at Ole Miss - W ('08 was an aboration..people will take them seriously this year)
Nov. 28 Arkansas - W

Should be 11-1 or 10-2 regular season if the team just plays consistently ..maybe 9-3 if you factor in an upset somewhere??

If we go to Atlanta you can probably factor in another loss ..so 11-2, 10-3 or 9-4

If we go to a bowl our track record has shown we'll stack up well against other conference teams, so penciling in a W is reasonable

End result:

12-2, 11-3 or 10-4 are all reasonable if we make the SECCG

12-1, 11-2, or 10-3 are all reasonable if we don't (Bama has a cake schedule and could easily go undefeated by gettimg up for just one or two games this year, thus getting to Atlanta over us)

My guess: 11-3 with losses to Florida twice, and either Bama or some unforeseen upset like Arky or Miss St. (both of those games fall on the schedule before of after "big" games)

I doubt that ole piss and Florida are the teams we really need to worry about next year

i don't think it's fair to hate on someone's personal prediction

if you asked me this same question last year, and i said "8-4 with losses to Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss and Arkansas," few people would have found that credible.

same thing, if you asked me the same question two years ago and i said "12-2 with losses to Arkansas and Kentucky and a NC berth."

i think people need to appreciate more creative answers to questions like this, instead of just agreeing with the most obvious predictions.

teams never finish with wins and losses against who you expect.

"Do they have anyone that can actually throw the ball to them??? Last year, we had a ton of talent at WR, but we had a QB that was too busy playing catch and run with the other team's secondary. QB play is HUGE in the SEC. I do agree that we beat UF in a close night game at home, but I really think we head to Athens and beat UGAly."


Joe Cox i believe is a senior kind of the similiar situation matt flynn was in (now am i in no way saying cox is equivilant to flynn) just same position...been in the system sat behind a great college qb.... but cox has some sec experience he is not the same as j.lee at all! Lee was a freshman with no experience.....UGA will be a force against us.... it will be a big test for a defense on the road in a hostile enviroment

2-3 losses. Hope I'm wrong.

12-1

11 win season.

i think ole Nutts won't have same success as last year--though i could be wrong. Bama will determine our fait in the conference. We need to win the division at least. Hopefully VT trips up bama--but i don't think it'll happen. If ole miss is on up and up then maybe they'll beat Bama