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re: LSU is a legit national title contender. ESPN has them 5th in the SEC right now
Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:49 am to Crimson Legend
Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:49 am to Crimson Legend
LSU-sessed much?
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Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:49 am to cas4t
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To say who is and who isn't a contender in early August is just silly.
Shows how desperate most of us are to talk about ANYthing football related by this late offseason date
Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:50 am to DEG
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LSU-sessed
I thought this phase was over
Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:52 am to TbirdSpur2010
true that
you can evaluate talent this early, based off of recruiting and returning players. But no one knows how a season will play out.
you can evaluate talent this early, based off of recruiting and returning players. But no one knows how a season will play out.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:57 am to cas4t
Lot different when live ammo is flying
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:20 pm to Crimson Legend
Until we've seen them play.. I'm going to go ahead and say no, LSU is not contending for the national championship game. We'll contend for the SEC-west, I hope.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:25 pm to Crimson Legend
By contender, I mean that LSU has a team that *could* gel and win it all, based on the talent on the roster and key positions. I would not call them a favorite, but a potential contender.
In theory, most major teams could be called contenders before they play a game, but I think it would be silly to expect Ole Miss or Nebraska or Georgia Tech to be in the title game. LSU, with a couple breaks and growth in key positions, could be there.
There's a big difference between a team with a roster full of talent having question marks at QB, and a team expected to be mediocre to weak on defense and/or thin at skill positions.
In theory, most major teams could be called contenders before they play a game, but I think it would be silly to expect Ole Miss or Nebraska or Georgia Tech to be in the title game. LSU, with a couple breaks and growth in key positions, could be there.
There's a big difference between a team with a roster full of talent having question marks at QB, and a team expected to be mediocre to weak on defense and/or thin at skill positions.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:35 pm to Crimson Legend
LSU will contend next year, too much inexperience at QB and WR to do so now.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:42 pm to DEG
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Not this year. Too many question marks
To me the only question marks we are going to have is at DT due to depth, but if we stay healthy should be okay there and then obviously QB. From the practice reports, the rest of the units look good and ready to go....even at WR. Peeps seem to forget John Diarse...I think he has a break out season and I love the trio of him, Dural and Dupre. If we have only half decent QB play, this team will win a lot of games.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:44 pm to Crimson Legend
At the end of each season, I like to go back and look at the experts preseason predictions. Always entertaining and we all know this in our heads, but get caught up in pure speculation the next summer. How many had the Auburn-Mizzou battle in Atlanta. Who had the Gators winning 4 games? Who had the Vols beating USCe last year. If you look at the other conferences, you can find the same anomalies.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:55 pm to NotRight37
ESPN
Preseason
Preseason
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:59 pm to geauxcoco
LSU has as much talent as anyone so, yes, they are a national title contender.
This is true.
You say this like it's 1998.
It's 2014. SEC West Title = National Title.
I thought this until I realized we'll be losing 3 or 4 offensive linemen after this year. Everywhere else looks stacked, but no year is perfect. If we're good enough to win it all in '15 or '16 we're good enough to win it this year. We don't even know what the team will look like in '16.
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The spread in talent is so thin at the top of the conference that the team picked 5th in the preseason could easily be a couple of bounces or breaks away from finishing first. There isn't a clear dominant team this year so it's not that unreasonable to lump the top 5 in as NC contenders.
This is true.
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LSU is not a national title contender.
I like the schedule, I think we could make a run at Atlanta.
You say this like it's 1998.
It's 2014. SEC West Title = National Title.
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LSU will contend next year
I thought this until I realized we'll be losing 3 or 4 offensive linemen after this year. Everywhere else looks stacked, but no year is perfect. If we're good enough to win it all in '15 or '16 we're good enough to win it this year. We don't even know what the team will look like in '16.
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Could A&M surprise everyone and push for the west
No
Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:00 pm to Crimson Legend
Talent wise always in the hunt.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:06 pm to Crimson Legend
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LSU
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legit
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LSU
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national title
Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:07 pm to Crimson Legend
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LSU is a legit national title contender
Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:08 pm to Gradual_Stroke
you try so hard on here
Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:08 pm to cas4t
K
Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:10 pm to cas4t
I agree with him but whatever..
Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:11 pm to Gradual_Stroke
Y
Posted on 8/12/14 at 1:12 pm to Hardy_Har
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I agree with him but whatever..
post of the year
thx for your input hardy
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