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theBIGyowski said:
Yeah...you gotta love it when a team loses nearly all their point scorers and still gets ranked as one of the best teams in the nation.
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It ain't about who is gone, it's about who is back, amigo. With much talent returning and a favorable schedule with all five ranked opponents at home . . . I think it's mistake to underestimate LSU this year.

I would double-check those stats, too. According to NCAA.com scoring data, LSU lost 5 players (Bowe, Davis, Jackson, Gaudet, and Russell) who scored 118 points last year. LSU returns 11 players (David, Doucet, Hester, Scott, Williams, Brousssard, Flynn, LaFell, Holiday, Jordan and Zenon) who scored 320 points.

In the last five years, LSU's national total defense ranking has been #8, #1, #3, #3, and #3. This years defense is almost as good as 2003 and I expect a fifth straight top-3 ranking.

LSU must play two top-10 teams, of course, and will not find it easy to get back to the SECCG. But they have finished in the top-5 for two straight years and have earned their pre-season ranking, I think.
 
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red55 said:
It ain't about who is gone, it's about who is back, amigo. With much talent returning and a favorable schedule with all five ranked opponents at home . . . I think it's mistake to underestimate LSU this year.

I would double-check those stats, too. According to NCAA.com scoring data, LSU lost 5 players (Bowe, Davis, Jackson, Gaudet, and Russell) who scored 118 points last year. LSU returns 11 players (David, Doucet, Hester, Scott, Williams, Brousssard, Flynn, LaFell, Holiday, Jordan and Zenon) who scored 320 points.

In the last five years, LSU's national total defense ranking has been #8, #1, #3, #3, and #3. This years defense is almost as good as 2003 and I expect a fifth straight top-3 ranking.
LSU must play two top-10 teams, of course, and will not find it easy to get back to the SECCG. But they have finished in the top-5 for two straight years and have earned their pre-season ranking, I think.
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theBIGyowski

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red55 said:
It ain't about who is gone, it's about who is back, amigo. With much talent returning and a favorable schedule with all five ranked opponents at home . . . I think it's mistake to underestimate LSU this year.

I would double-check those stats, too. According to NCAA.com scoring data, LSU lost 5 players (Bowe, Davis, Jackson, Gaudet, and Russell) who scored 118 points last year. LSU returns 11 players (David, Doucet, Hester, Scott, Williams, Brousssard, Flynn, LaFell, Holiday, Jordan and Zenon) who scored 320 points.

In the last five years, LSU's national total defense ranking has been #8, #1, #3, #3, and #3. This years defense is almost as good as 2003 and I expect a fifth straight top-3 ranking.

LSU must play two top-10 teams, of course, and will not find it easy to get back to the SECCG. But they have finished in the top-5 for two straight years and have earned their pre-season ranking, I think.
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Yeah...we said the same thing in 2000...we were returning pre-season All Americans and pretty much everyone on the team...other than the ones that constantly won games for us. I'm not saying y'all won't be good...I'm just questioning the #2 ranking...that's all.
 
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If Flynn wasn't such a question mark, I would definitely agree with a #2 ranking for LSU. Not that I necessarily contest it, but with a new offensive system to install coupled with a new QB to run it, I can understand some reservation.

Anyway, I hope that everyone on our schedule stays so highly ranked. It'll help us out when we beat them all this season. ;)
 
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