re: The First Team Has LSU at 7-5

Zarzar?

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And one thing McElroy is right about: we are banking on recruiting talent coming to fruition

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LOL....what team isn't counting on some talented individuals to step up this year. LSU has approximately 16 returning starters......near the top for any national team. This is about as dumb of a statement as anyone could make...and that's saying a lot on the rant.

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We are thin on experience upfront on defense

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Define upfront? I define upfront as Lacourte, Godcheaux, and Beckwith anchoring down the middle....with Adams roaming around as well. Not going to get much stronger than that. If you are referring to the edges, well, all I can say is our pass rush was pathetic last year....so if we are terrible there this year, it won't be much of a dropoff in terms of pressure. I personally see us getting much more pressure this year.

It all hinges on QB play and how Steele runs things.

McElroy is a good analyst. I disagree with his prediction, though.

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It all hinges on QB play and how Steele runs things.

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I understand that some are concerned about Steele, but think back to the offense in 2007. I would expect the same. He is going to take a well-trained group of guys, keep the scheme similar, and turn them loose.

It's next year that we need to look out for. Can Steele implement his full scheme and coach players up? That's when Crowton started falling apart. That's when we will see what Steele is made of.

And for anyone having visions of Malvetto, just don't. Steele had his struggles at Clemson, but just look where he has coached, even since then. There is a reason for that. Then look at how effective our 08 defensive staff has been since they left LSU. Right. Peveto is barely capable of being a special teams coach (even if he can recruit). The others from that staff have been even worse. None of those guys are even close to being as good a coach as Steele.

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McElroy is a good analyst. I disagree with his prediction, though.

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He sorta disagrees with it as well. Looking at all the uncertainty in the West and with LSU at QB, he has said this is a very difficult year to predict.

Zarzar Binks?

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In their view, we could plausibly go 5-7 and miss a bowl game, or plausibly win the national championship.

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Way to go out on a limb there with a prediction

"LSU will either win or lose"

Who give one frick what that Gump ginger says or thinks???


All the while sabans dick is in his mouth.

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from last year?

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TL; DR below. We bring back more total than anybody else in the West. We actually improve our QB play greatly just by having the more talented guy out there who has an understanding of the offense now. Our losses on defense, aren't major at all.

Yes obviously. Didn't we win 8 games last year when teams were supposed to be better?

Bama was loaded on O and D and Auburn was loaded on O with experience and talent. TAMU was pretty even with this year, MSU had a senior loaded team, and Ole Miss was experienced at all the right places and had some good talent. We had Wisconsin as an OOC opponent, UF is pretty even, and Arkansas will be even at best this year than last IMO (lose the better of the 1-2 punch at RB, Allen could pull a Bo Wallace, lost a lot of star power in the front 7 and don't have the pieces to regroup the very next year).

We were dealing with the zero experienced DTs and that is a much worse problem than zero experienced DEs. Hunter and Rasco got their first real game play 2 years ago and did not improve on creating a pass rush with the year of experience. Part of it was because of them, part of it was because of scheme, and part of it was because of coaching. We don't have those problems now. This is the first time we've brought back both XT starters in a long time. We don't have a Tarzan/Jane or a guy that had to repair both shoulders in a year (sorry guys, but it's the truth). We've replaced lethargic Haley with upbeat and insane Orgeron. We've replaced Chavis's 'contain the QB' with Steele's 'get out there and get after em'.

MLB, are you kidding? We replaced what should have been a backup at best, with a likely All SEC and possible All American. Along with a top 5 cover corner in White, the secondary gets its playmakers with Thomas coming back, Swag Adams, Jefferson the future ball hawk (he was a legit WR in high school), and a list of freshman stud athletes.

Experienced OL a year removed from a coaching change. A loaded WR cast that actually has experience now that none had at all last year. A heisman level RB and a ridiculous beast in waiting in Guice. Athletic TE that just needs the ball, plus a TE that could be a 3rd tackle. Harris has the talent, Harris now has the knowledge. This is the best thing I took from Miles in one of the recent press conferences.

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Harris is the leader, he said, because of the nuances of playing the position.

"His deportment, the things he does before he hands the ball off or throws the ball," Miles said when asked why Harris was leading. "Understanding exactly what's going on, putting us in motion, doing the things quarterbacks need to do to facilitate the other 10 players."

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THIS, and a little extra padding, is what he was truly missing. Miles isn't just going to say he has things mentally figured out if he doesn't. Give a guy with top talent an understanding of what he is supposed to do, and you'll have yourself a pretty good player. That doesnt mean he'll be mistake free, but he'll be better than average and definitely not as bad as last year (are people hearing themselves when they say this). Harris is going to be good this year folks. LSU is going to be good this year.