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Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:59 pm
Posted by 251TigerFan
Member since Jun 2023
37 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 1:59 pm
More parity than ever in the SEC, first year with 9 SEC games, only two cupcake non-conference games...

What's your record prediction for Lane's first year and how did you decide on 12-0?
Posted by MicahTiger
Member since Dec 2021
741 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:01 pm to
I want us to be competitive to start games. Under Kelly, we started too slow. I want our defense to look stout in Year 3 of Blake. We know that we will win games.

I'm not setting myself up for disappointment with crazy expectations.
Posted by Macintosh
Lane State University
Member since Sep 2011
57123 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:03 pm to
For me a good season is just being in the conversation for the playoffs come late November. Feels like every year we were completely out of it by early November under Kelly. It’s a tough schedule with so much roster turnover and a coach here for his first year. so I’m happy with that being the floor for what’s considered successful.
Posted by Sleepy_Tiger
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Aug 2021
12442 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:03 pm to
10-2, get the first 3 games done and let the team gel and I just have a feeling in the plums, LSU is going to be the talk of college football this year.
Posted by Jim bean xxx
Member since Sep 2018
10461 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:07 pm to
9-3
First year and new players may take some time
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96453 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

For me a good season is just being in the conversation for the playoffs come late November.


For frick's sake - LSU has outspent everyone for years. This current roster and coaching staff, including buyouts for the last staff (you know - the staff who coached in 2025 and weren't retained?) is rapidly approaching $125m or more. I would love to say I'm exaggerating, but I'm likely underestimating some things I'm not in the know/have forgotten about.

If this team does not get into the playoffs - and win at least 1 game - in 2026, it is an utter and colossal failure.

Period. There is no tomorrow. There is no "next year". 2026 is literally all there is.

:inb4calmthefrickdownAce:

I'm serious.
Posted by The Hurricane
Gulf of Mexico
Member since Aug 2011
10785 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:09 pm to
9-3.

Drop 2 against A&M, Bama or Texas.

Headscratching loss at Auburn or Tennessee.
Posted by SlickRick55
Member since May 2016
2999 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:10 pm to
Give me a solid O-line. A lot can happen from there.

Keep our starting corners healthy.

May have a little transplant shock at first with the new staff/players, but
carrying no more than one loss before November would really make me excited.
Posted by Buga
Member since Dec 2013
1731 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:10 pm to
Exciting, competitive football. Even some of the wins felt like losses last year. And of course being in the conversation for the playoff down the stretch.
Posted by Mbeloso
Member since Dec 2019
944 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:12 pm to
9-3 worse case scenario

Loss to Ole Miss
Loss to AM
Loss to Texas

10-2 best case
loss to 2 of the three that I just listed

8-4 could happen

Trey Dez could be unstoppable and healthy with a good running game, team could go 11-1
Posted by 251TigerFan
Member since Jun 2023
37 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:13 pm to
Calm down brother! Faith... gotta have faith
Posted by IM_4_LSU
McKinney, TX
Member since Mar 2014
14964 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:14 pm to
9-3. Goals should be to go 3-2 on the Road and 6-1 at Home. If we can do better than thats just gravy.
Posted by BTRtoIAH
Kingwood, TX
Member since May 2016
657 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:18 pm to
I’m trying to avoid expectation. Just excited and want to enjoy good football. It’s better for my mental health this way.
Posted by ATLTiger7
Member since Dec 2019
150 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:19 pm to
Brutal schedule and will probably take the team some time to gel.

Expecting 9-3 this year and playoffs in year two. Anything better than that and I'll be over the moon.
Posted by cajuntiger1010
Member since Jan 2015
15065 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:21 pm to
10-2 maybe 9-3 if there is a fluke game like the 7ot vs A&M in 2018.

I think 8-4 is possible but so is 11-1/12-0. I like our roster a lot against OM, A&M, Bama. Texas is even
Posted by MasterAbe1
Member since Oct 2016
7322 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:21 pm to
Coming around to 10-2. If the offense last year scored more than 25 a game in every game last year, they would’ve been 10-2.

I’m expecting Lane to have the offense rolling by midseason and the defense will be ready to go by game 1. You’ve got a lot of returning vets and guys who got a lot of experience last year coming back on defense. And you added a top 3 pass rusher in the league, the top tackler in the league, and Buck Benefield who should step in Haulcys role nicely.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96453 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:22 pm to
quote:

Calm down brother! Faith... gotta have faith


We can't have spent all this money and not go to the playoffs. CAN'T HAVE.

LSU should close up the football program - for good - if we can't get to the playoffs in 2026.

#Stillserious
Posted by Hale Lipari
Member since Jul 2025
256 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:23 pm to
I think 9-3 - loss to A&M and will lose two of our three games against Bama, Texas, and Tennessee - and I would be ecstatic with that for LK's first year -
Posted by Ironhead985
Member since Jun 2013
10358 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:23 pm to
I believe a 10-2 regular season is more than a fair expectation considering the investment.
However, my expectation is 9-3/8-4. They obviously have the talent. I just don't know if they can be made to gel quick enough with this schedule.
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
77577 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 2:24 pm to
Like you its all hope and expectation on the defensive side. Give us a D early on and let the offense build for once.
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