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re: What 2012 opponent(s) are LSU fans underrating?

Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:12 pm to
Posted by Broyota2
Member since Nov 2010
13637 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:12 pm to
Florida
Posted by Ghostfacedistiller
BR
Member since Jun 2008
17501 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:22 pm to
LSU could, realistically, lose to every team except North Texas, Towson, Idaho, and likley Ole Miss IF they don't show up.

Every other game is big challenge and LSU has a huge target on it's back.

I think we have a legit chance to run the table, but 8 games need to be earned.
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
6365 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:41 pm to
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South Carolina. Great running game and good defense.


This. I don't think Florida will have the offense to beat us. .
Posted by Hurricane Mike
Member since Jun 2008
20059 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 3:34 pm to
The whole country is underrating the South Carolina/LSU game. I keep hearing how we are going to lose to Arkansas, maybe one person has said USC. Les has a tendency to be ultra conservative against teams that mirror us. He'll play it like he has Auburn and Alabama in the past.
Posted by Hurricane Mike
Member since Jun 2008
20059 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 3:36 pm to
"IMHO, it's definitely the Washington Huskies.....LSU fans are blowing them off like they're garbage highschool team....."

I'm just blowing them off because they're a garbage Pac-12 team
Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
Member since Jan 2011
68377 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 3:37 pm to
South Carolina definitely worries me and it could easily be a top 5 match up.

Florida comes in 2nd because it's away and UF's defense has talent.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69308 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 3:38 pm to
I'd say Florida, Auburn, and Washington.

I think all of these games will be close. I think LSU wins all three, but Florida will be by single digits for sure.
Posted by BRLawyer
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Member since Sep 2004
354 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 4:22 pm to
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Washington most.

Florida next most.

South Carolina some.


Correct.
Posted by Lagrange Gator
Contraband Bayou
Member since Nov 2010
1038 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 4:24 pm to
1. Florida
2. Washington
3. Arkansas (Weird things can happen playing these clowns!)

Posted by TigerTreyjpg
Monroe, LA
Member since Jun 2008
5815 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 4:28 pm to
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LSU could, realistically, lose to every team except North Texas, Towson, Idaho, and likley Ole Miss IF they don't show up.

Every other game is big challenge and LSU has a huge target on it's back.

I think we have a legit chance to run the table, but 8 games need to be earned.



I Kige this.

Although last year's team had some "slow start" games, they either had the depth to inflict a beatdown on everyone (cept Bama) in the end, or finally just woke up, realized the other team didn't know they were supposed to lose/whatever.....wound up stepping it up a notch by the end of the game.

It remains to be seen whether this team has the same mentality. We're all sitting around thinking "if we just get by Bama, we'll win an NC"....meanwhile, like you said, about 8 teams are thinking they can beat us if they play their best, and we don't.

It's so cliche, but so true. Every Saturday counts in this league, notwithstanding mulligans afforded Bama, of course....otherwise, they should plan on showing up ready.....we are in fact a targeted team, and will be playing against scholarship players...
Posted by CP3LSU25
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2009
52570 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 4:40 pm to
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IMHO, it's definitely the Washington Huskies.....LSU fans are blowing them off like they're garbage highschool team.....



This but at least the team remembers how embarrassing LSU played in 2009 against them
This post was edited on 8/21/12 at 4:41 pm
Posted by BobCat
Ouachita Parish, LA
Member since Jul 2012
186 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 4:42 pm to
Mingo is just as good as Clowney.
Posted by The312
I Live in The Three One Two
Member since Aug 2008
6967 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 4:52 pm to
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Mingo is just as good as Clowney.


Mingo is phenomenal, but I respectfully disagree. Clowney is a complete player, a pass rushing terror and an effective run stopper at the edge. I don't know that Mingo has yet demonstrated the same ability to seal the edge, pinch down on runners in the gap, and withstand power run blocking.
Posted by LSUDonMCO
Orlando
Member since Dec 2003
8231 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 4:54 pm to
Based on the 14-0 win all by 3 touchdown crowd, We are underestimating all of them.
Posted by Schooter
Ft. Myers, FL
Member since Feb 2012
548 posts
Posted on 8/21/12 at 4:56 pm to
I was going to say USCe, then UF but since everyone is mentioning them perhaps our fanbase is not overlooking those teams. But, as someone said above, i'd say Arky because strange stuff seems to happen in that game.
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