A Realistic Tiger Fan.....

Yeah I'm nervous about the State game.

I went to both schools. My undergrad was at State, so I typically lean MSU, but I also follow LSU closely.

My real take is that the FPI is right. 56% LSU chance of winning to 44% MSU chance.

LSU's OL will have their hands full with MSU's defensive line and MSU's OL cannot handle LSU's front 7. There is going to be a lot of ugly football. I don't think Guice will be effective, and LSU will have to throw the ball. MSU's secondary has not really been tested, although the State defense ranks as the nation's most efficient.

LSU wins if they can move the ball through the air. Thinking Guice is going to get his going up against the MSU line is wishful thinking. If they move the ball through the air, it may open some things up.

MSU wins if the 1-2 punch of Williams and Fitz in the backfield can be effective. State has good enough receivers to move the ball when LSU is keyed in on the run, but if its 3rd and long, State isn't going to be able to convert.

I'm sticking to my prediction of somewhere between 21-13 to 24-20, but either team could win. Neither team wants this to come down to kicking a field goal, I can guarantee that.

Downvotes-a-plenty from them.....as if we played to perfection against freakin Chattanooga.

It's real simple. MissSt is playing all around solid for the first time under Mullen. The fluke year was LSU thinking the game was a gimme.

The winner this week will have no gimmes. I see it being decided by 1 TD.

Not because LSU is bad. Because this year's MissSt team will finish no less than mid-pack.

You realize they are projected to win 5.5 games right. Troll on.

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MissSt could pull the upset if they play to perfection

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We hardly have to play to perfection to beat LSU

A realistic tiger fan would get all over State +6.5 and make a few bucks

I still expect them to win. We could even be undefeated going into Tuscaloosa.

But the delusion is real. Acting like we're "ready to make a run for it" every year since 2011.

xxxxxx negative, ghostrider.

I could feel 2003. I could feel 2007 and even 2010-2011 where it was coming together. This isn't the year.

Realistic Tiger I remain.

If you're going to use the word, hence, then you ought to know that following it with "why" was unnecessary, and grammatically nonsensical.

Hence, I am not....

Saying MSU has a 0% of winning is stupid. Saying you're very confident that LSU will win and that LSU is generally a far superior program than MSU does not equal saying that LSU going to win the championship every year. There's quite a bit of middle ground between these two predictions you're equating as the same.