re: What is your expectation for lsu football year in and year out?

I expect us to be in a position to contend - at least be in the conversation - until the last few weeks of the season. For example, despite our two earlier losses, if we had beaten Bama (which we should have, and we would not have lost to Arky if we beat Bama), then we would definitely have been in the conversation still. And we should at least play for the title every few years. I'm very happy with Miles' record.
And I'll grant him the occasional 4 loss season.
People don't realize how hard this is. Expectations are skewed because Saban is a "god" and we once had Saban so we must be god-like. There are a LOT of high-end college football programs. They can't all win every year. LSU is one of the top 7 or 8 programs, but those teams all have the same expectations. A team like Bama that can reload and win it all in any given year is an outlier. We can aspire to reqch that level, but so does every other top program. And some historically have more of a "right" to that than we do. And I don't have to list the teams that are historically high and mighty who are struggling to reclaim even mere respectability. Look at last year - we had Mett and surrounded him with a few offensive superstars. We lost a few close ones, but that very EASILY could have been a 1-loss season and a potential title. But there's a little luck that is required as well to win it all. If it were as easy as the "fire Miles" crowd thinks it is, everyone would be doing it. So I'm happy with pumping out 10 win seasons, with a legit shot each year as the season end nears, with the occasional bad season, and the occasional title game.