Wins matter. Stupid football loses games. 9-3 or 10-2 and a good New Years day bowl game matters. It matters to recruits which is what we need to beat Bama.
Regardless of how ugly, it was still a W. At this stage of the season, if anyone had told me LSU would be 8-2, I would gladly take it. Oh, and guess what, in the SEC, only Bama and UGA have better records, and we beat UGA. All teams have ugly games. Well, maybe not Bama, but nobody is beating them anyway.