re: LSU is among the favorites to win the 2013 title

All it takes is 1 Johnny Maniel...

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"Those things happen in cycles, so it could flip," one of the coaches in the conversation said, "but it made me wonder about their evals [evaluations]. It's pretty obvious they've taken some chances and struck out."

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This quote confuses the hell out of me - they are putting 10 underclassman into the draft and their high school talent evaluation is suspect because of this?

csb

24-19

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I'd say they're a 21/0 or 21/17 favorite to win it next year!

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You can keep telling yourself this all you want, yet the reality will continue that Johnny was only responsible for 1 INT in that game. One was due to a rare drop by RS-FR Mike Evans, and the other was due to true FR Thomas Johnson running the wrong route stem. You LSU fans perpetuating the myth that JFF was a turnover machine in our game are as bad as the gumps who act like they shut our offense down after the 1st quarter because they outscored us 24-9, despite us missing 4 pts in kicks and only punting 3 times the entire game.

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tl:dr:still lost

The schedule is a huge bitch but anyone who thinks next years team doesn't have the potential from a depth/talent standpoint to win it, just as much as the past 2 years imo, doesn't follow LSU football.

Our schedule is too difficult next season (@ Georgia, @ Alabama, Florida, Texas A&M, TCU). We tend to play it close against everyone else (Towson and Idaho included). We'll lose 3-5 next year. #Dynasty

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And yet he goes toe to toe with Bama.

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Yes, we go toe to toe with Bama. Then Les stubs his and we lose. I dont want to go toe to toe with somebody. That doesnt make me feel good. I want to beat them. Period.

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You can keep telling yourself this all you want, yet the reality will continue that Johnny was only responsible for 1 INT in that game. One was due to a rare drop by RS-FR Mike Evans, and the other was due to true FR Thomas Johnson running the wrong route stem.

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1 big excuse. Fact is that LSU was the only team to slow down Johnny Football. I dont care what was his fault or wasnt. I dont care about the turnovers. The LSU game was the only game that Manziels QB Rating was below 120, and it was an 82.5. 2nd closest was Ole Miss with like 124. But, he did run all over Ole Miss. LSU held him to 17 carries for 27 yards, a 1.6YPC average. Im not saying he was a turnover machine, Im saying we stopped him. He had season lows in almost every category.

But, im also not saying LSU should be among the favorites to win it all next year, because we shouldnt be. I see us losing to Bama, TAMU, and losing 1 of the 2 vs UGA and UF, but beating the other. We could surprise some people though and I think we should play every team tough. Its going to depend on how our young D plays and responds when things dont go there way(when a CB gets beat deep for a TD, a blown assignment or when a RB breaks off a long run). We dont have much senior leadership there to help pick our players heads up when something goes wrong.

I dont know why some people think our O will all of a sudden because a high powered O,regardless of who we return, when we will do the exact same things next year that we did last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. And the year before that. Nothing changes in Miles O.

Ill be happy with a 3 loss season next year.

Ask yourself this. Who will be the LSU coach next year?
Any thing else?

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Just because a player is ready to leave for the NFL does not mean he is NFL ready. Of the 10 guys leaving early, probably 6 at most go in first 2 rounds. Leaving early to be picked in the 3rd round or later does not equal NFL ready.

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Being picked in the 3rd round means your ready. Most 3rd rounders contribute immediately in the NFL. If your leaving early to be taken in the 4th round or later, might not of been a good decision. But, Ware and Ford should leave though. Hill is by far out top RB, and Blue returns from injury and Hilliard is still there. Not enough carries for them.