re: If LSU doesn’t win the national title, this season is a disappointment

Yes, it would clearly be a success.
1. We've played a difficult schedule and consistently played well all year.
2. The offense is finally of this century
3. We will likely have our best recruiting class ever.
4. Beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa finally gets that monkey off our back.
5. If we win out we are SEC West and SEC Champs.

I'm sure the optimists here believed we had a good shot at making the playoff this year, but there was a lot to prove. I think we've proved a lot of what needed to be proved to demonstrate that we as a program are on the right track. It would obviously be great to win the National Championship, but let's get real. The program has been through some shite in the last ten years. We're not at a place where we can turn our nose up at winning an SEC championship. That's always something to be proud of and if we do so this year, we should feel good about that.