It actually takes some pretty huge balls for one to say anything less than 10-2 knowing damn they'll be called a pussy for it. I'm stunned people aren't being racked over the coals and called a pussy for predicting anything less than 12-0, because that's what i watch Tiger fans do on other forums. Reality is that you are going to war, you don't know if it's going to be 0-12 or 12-0, you don't know if you'll have a career ending injury on the next play or not. You just go 150%, that's all that counts, player or fan. If someone said we are going 0-12 and honestly believed that, he'd have my greatest respect if he followed us hardcore through the season anyway. It's the people that need to predict the grand expectations to get into LSU football that are the biggest pussies, as you can see when those same people tend to turn into the biggest bitches when we lose. But realistically, we are looking at anything can happen with 8-5 or 9-4 most likely and if you want to call me a pussy for telling the truth, well, i don't give a sh!t about people who don't think i tell the truth
Steady there! I don't see that 2011 defensive team coming along every other year. The more time goes, the more that team we be considered special.
So you think that there are four or five teams on our schedule that we WILL lose to? And what teams are those, exactly? If you want to say that 8-4 (reg. season) is POSSIBLE, then I'll agree with you. But it isn't any more likely than 12-0. That's why most people are meeting in the middle and saying 10-2. LSU isn't a slouch that will lose to every good team they play, as you seem to believe. Last I heard, Dinardo wasn't walking our sidelines.
I'm always overly optimistic this time of year. I feel like we can run the table, mainly because we have the talent, coaching, and experience at the skill positions to do so. But, there's always something unforeseen that pops up that tends to get in the way...turnovers, penalties, injuries, dropped passes, un-effing-believably bad officiating, etc. Individually, those things can be very hard to predict, but some level of nearly all of them can be reasonably expected. The question is, will we execute well enough to overcome them? Last year's team had a lot of problems with execution, particularly on offense. As I noted before, we were a mere three red zone conversions from being undefeated in 2012. If we can get a little luck with the intangibles I noted earlier (and lord knows we're due) and we improve our execution even marginally, then a trip to Atlanta in December is entirely possible.
Well said AT. If you look at the schedule and past you can gauge your prediction. Looking at it I see Ga, Fl, uAt, aTm on Ole Piss as prime challenges. OM is a challenge because of where they are on the schedule more than anything. Based on Les' worst performance I can't see us losing more than 3. If we come together as we hope 11-1 is very possible. Beyond that 12-0 or worse than 9-3 seems to be based on the luck of the season (injuries, good luck/bad luck etc) that defy prediction. Last year if you consider, we had horrible luck/injuries (OL decimated in the first few weeks, Krags illness apparently getting worse, TM's dismissal and missed a perfect season by the thinnest of margins. To expect the same or worse is overly pessimistic IMO. To believe in better is very reasonable. I said 10-2 but hope and would not be surprised at 11-1.
Everything I've heard (which isn't much) is that the defense isn't going to have the drop off most are expecting. If that's true, and the offense improves in the passing game (not change off. philosphy, just more options, less max prot, execution) then we may be better than expected. Fla is here, and they lost alot, not a sure win by any means, but not as much of a toss up as Ga, for example. I'm thinking Ga, bama, Texas A&M could go either way, we win 2 of those 3 (purple glasses), and go 11-1.
I will say 9-3 with a shot at 10-2. The worst possible record is 8-4. I like us vs Florida and A&M at home, and I don't like us at Georgia or at Bama. The Ole Miss game I have pegged as a loss, although it could just as easily be a win (thus the chance at 10-2).
