heard the rhetorical question yesterday: has there ever been a team in the last 15 years that’s underachieved based on recruiting as much as LSU?

I don’t know the answer but this is an interesting question. Underachieve is a nebulous term. How many teams that recruit well play Alabama, Auburn and Florida EVERY year? Not Clemson, Not Ohio st, not Alabama, Not Norte Dame, Not a lot of teams. I could go on and on.... Go Tigahs

Extra points for Pikachu reference.

Nice common sense response

Teams that have made it to playoffs

Nobody has done less with more than LSU,

Oh I see so whomever wins the recruiting wars should win the NC. Well lets just forget the season and mail out trophies based on where each team ranked in recruting 1, 2, 3 and so on. So injuries, schedule, attrition and coaching changes don't matter? So based on your view LSU overachieved because if you look at average ranking in recruiting last 4-5 years than we shouldn't have ended up #6 last year or at the very least we ended up where we should have.

Football is a little more complicated than that.

so getting the best players shouldn’t translate to the field?

football is complicated in that it requires player development

One team from SEC east, one team from SEC west, one team from Big 10, one team from Big 12, one team from ACC, one team from PAC 12, and one independent. Makes sense to me...