re: Predict LSUs defensive ranking for 2015 (Chavis Defense 10th in nation 2014)

His ranking included our 3 OOC wins against New Mexico St., Sam Houston and some other Rent-a-Win, maybe ULL. Those game skewed our numbers; an LSU poster recently did a massive breakdown of our defense against SEC opponents, and the numbers were not particularly good--especially number of sacks, tackles for loss of yards and 3rd down conversions. We were hardly an elite defense in 2014.

Are yall still bragging about Chavis
Yall get some secondary plsyers besides watts and we can talk

17. AtM will be around 50

I don't see much of a drop off. For one thing, our d was not that great in 2014. Also, under Chavis, our interior line was rarely as good as advertised--perhaps a combination of recruiting and Chavis's preference for a reactive rather than proactive defensive line. Linebacking, curiously, was another problem--we've had some good individuals under Chavis, but rarely what you'd call an "SEC-elite" corps of linebackers.

And then there's the infamous "3rd and Chavis." Here's the really odd thing: the further the distance was, the more likely our opponents would succeed in the conversion. So, our opponents would convert a higher percentage of 3rd-and-15's than 3rd-and-10's! Go figure.