re: If LSU wins Monday.

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What an ignorant statement. This is a different defense than the injury ridden defense that showed up against Ole Miss.

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Even national CFB pundits don't understand that Maurice Hampton was still out with a hand and Grant Delpit battled through a sprained knee. The LSU D was hurting because the safety position was hurting. A few things happen simultaneously that helped to improve the LSU D drastically the last three games:

1. They got healthy. Delpit and Hampton are playing at 100% and Hampton is showing better run stopping ability than Delpit. He is a really good athlete.

2. K'Lavon Chaisson is coming into his own. He has gotten better and better each week. At the beginning of the season he was looking like a late third or early fourth rounder. Now he's playing like a late first or early second rounder. Chaisson's play has steadily improved over the season and is peaking at the right time.

3. Tyler Shelvin's play is peaking at the right time. The dude is healthy and simply locking the center of the DL down. He is unblockable one on one right now. He needs to be double teamed which frees up this teammates.

4. Kary Vincent's play has steadily improved over the season. He is taking better angles.

5. Stingley and Fulton continue to lock down the boundary. Their play has not dropped off. In fact Fulton's play has improved because he is playing 100% healthy now.

6. The emergence of freshman has been really helpful and a nice lift. I already mentioned Maurice Hampton but Marcel Brooks has been great.

7. The defense appears to have learned Aranda's zone concepts. Teams were finding the space in our zone defense way too easy early in the season. IMO this is a common growing pain when trying to learn zone concepts because sometimes defenders get mentally caught in no-man-land and think the other guys is responsible. All the experimentation with the zone defense early in the season by Aranda is now paying dividends.

8. LB play has improved. Early in the season it seemed as if Queen and Stevens were getting washed out a lot and some teams were getting chunk yardage. That hasn't happened since the OM game. The LB's are playing at a much higher level as they should because this is a very talented LB group.

If their defense didn't get gashed a lot this season, sure.
Sorry but '95 Nebraska is the GOAT followed by 01 Miami.

Yes this team would go down as The GOAT if they win.

"Dominating" is always subjective. This team capped a perfect regular season (never trailing in the 4th quarter) by winning the SECCG and their playoff vs 2 top 5 teams by an average of 31 points. If that is not dominating enough for you, you are an idiot.

You can make cases for other teams being more dominant perhaps but the resume though is undeniable by anyone that is remotely intelligent (that excludes a lot of you). That is why though many in the committee may have thought tOSU was "better", they couldn't deny the #1 seed. Add potentially breaking Clemson’s 28 game winning streak to already breaking Bama’s 31 home winning streak. Best team ever.

Agree

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The defense is what is stopping them from being GOAT status

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The defense is good when healthy. Not only are they a great team their timing is spot on - getting better every week it seems like.

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What an ignorant statement. This is a different defense than the injury ridden defense that showed up against Ole Miss.

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Ive watched every game since the Auburn game. I stand by my statement.

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Jim Sweet

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You're gonna disappear like a fart in the wind if you lose

This LSU team is the best I can remember and certainly the best of the playoff era. Brady transformed Burrow into a monster. Insane how different their offense looks this year compared to last. I also think their defense is better than they’re given credit for. Pretty sure they had some injuries early, but they progressed once they got healthy. Because LSU scores so much they give the opposition a ton of possessions, which lets them put up meaningless points/yards. The fact they scored 9 touchdowns on 11 possessions against OU is crazy. Probably the best game I’ve seen an offense play.

If LSU dismantles Clemson by 21+ pts, no doubt.

If victorious by more modest levels, they are in the discussion.

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In terms of strength of schedule, they would be the GOAT. LSU will have played 11 bowl teams. If they end up winning, they will be the first to beat five 11+ win teams in a season. I believe only one other team has beaten four 11+ win teams. They also would be the first to have beaten seven top 10 teams (I don't think anyone has even beaten six top 10 teams before). And Texas would be the only one that isn't currently in the top AP top 10.

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my god thats incredible