re: No longer an elite Program.

A lot of fair points in that, but if LSU is not an elite program, please name the elite programs in college football. There's been a lot of parity in the conference and country recently, yet LSU has remained a consistent winner:

08 - 8-5
09 - 9-4
10 - 11-2
11 - 13-1
12 - 10-3
13 - 10-3
14 - 8-5
15 - 9-3
16 - 5-2

Florida, Auburn, Tennessee and Ole Miss have all had losing seasons during that stretch. Georgia is the only school that comes close to LSU's consistency, and they benefit from playing East teams. LSU consistently wins big games, recruits great players and puts studs in the NFL. Even if we aren't living up to our expectations, we're clearly the 2nd best program in the SEC