re: Can anyone other than LSU compete with AU this year?

For LSU the question is when does the team just quit. You know, the point when the defense realizes it is carrying the team and unless they pitch a shutout the cause is often lost.

Will this be the random dud year Malzahn seems to have where many of the puzzle pieces are present and they play very well in certain games, but get destroyed in others in which they should be competitive (those years it seems like they beat Alabama more often than not oddly enough so the faithful don't really mind them that much)?