re: The SEC is underestimating LSU

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The coaches see LSU as 16. The SEC media days predictions see something different I guess with LSU finishing 4th in the west. That s pretty large discrepancy in perception.

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Regionally, the narrative is that Miles is a complete idiot. This is fueled by Paul Finebaum, Tony Barnhardt, Glen Guilbeau, etc. Add to that what he did at Ole Miss last year and the other mistakes the last few years and the regional media and opposing fanbases only think "Les Miles the town dunce" when they think of LSU now. That is coloring everything.

While I agree with much of that, you still have an extremely talented team and some very good coaches on that staff. You also have a QB with more experience and offensive weapons all over the field. The defense should be stronger this year, in my opinion, with one of the best secondaries in the nation.

I think that people are looking only at Miles and expect the downward trend to continue.

If LSU had beaten Ole Miss and Penn St. last year to finish 11-2 (games that they were seconds away from winning), where would perception be regarding this team? I doubt it would be 4th in the SEC.