re: Since 2000, What SEC Team Has Overachieved & Underachieved Most?

Of course one could look the pre 2000 period as underachieving, given that LSU has no instate competitors, is in a talent rich state, and has historically recruited well in Texas and, at times, Florida. In the late 50s and early 60s LSU was very successful. They had some pretty good teams in the late 60s and early 70s, a couple of conference championships in the 80s. The wheels fell off post-Arnsparger, until Di Nardo, who was headed in right direction, until he hired and refused to fire Lou Tepper. Saban was the first coach in many years who actually got LSU to what had always been its potential. But to argue that LSU is overachieving is to ignore that it has more potential with instate talent other than Florida, Georgia, and Texas in the region, all of which have significantly larger populations. LSU also was a larger school than Ole Miss, MSU, Alabama, Auburn, and Arkansas for many years. Ole Miss, MSU, and even A&M, played their annual games in Baton Rouge for many years because they could make more money from the gate there than by playing at home. So an argument that LSU is overachieving is pretty specious.