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It depends on what other coaches are available and who wants to coach here. Someone like Fickle showing real interest could mean a change even after winning 9 games. With a soft schedule and almost everyone returning, O has to win at least 8 games. I think Woodward would have to make a move if this team finishes 6-6 or 7-5. 10 wins and competitive losses probably show that O made some good staff hires and has the program headed in the right direction.

I'm not sure where this myth about him being a great recruiter came from maybe in his USC days when Pete Carroll was running things. He finishes second too many times in head to head battles for elite athletes to be considered elite. LSU is a big-time gig with unbelievable resources, coach O should have a top 5 class every year, and then following a national title should easily be first or second if he is truly elite. Coach O is a good recruiter but he has way too many holes in this roster after 4 years on the job. Linebackers, O-line, secondary, even the D-line is way too thin at this stage for a defending national champion. If you want to know what an elite recruiter looks like how about the Ohio State coach, they haven't won jack in a long time, and yet their entire roster stacked. That is how you build sustainability, good recruiting year after year, and not hoping that next year will be the year that all the depth problems will be answered.

Quote: "It's hard to say. Are the losses at least competitive? Who are the losses to? Is talent being wasted, not coached up?"

1. Biggest blowout loss to Auburn in program history, wait and see against Bama and Florida, but more than likely those will be historic blowouts as well so no.

2. Who are the losses to? pretty much everyone.

3. Talent being wasted? bigtime yes.

4. Definitely not being coached up but rather coached down.

After a bit of research, the worst defending champion was the University of Michigan's 1934 team which finished 1-7. If LSU finishes 1-9, I would have to say that this team would be a contender for the all-time worst defending national champion.
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Football games are won on the line of scrimmage. You would have 19 and 20 year old kids going up against 26 to 32 year old grown men who do nothing but train for football year around. It would be a blood bath with the starting college quarterback knocked out before the end of the first quarter.

Nextyear U

miles scored more points against Bama in one game than O has in three games.

When SurtaIn didn’t commit in December then they should have gone all in on Goodrich period. If Surtain came around I would have dropped the kicker.

Coach o just got himself a part in dumb and dumber 3

The NFLU thing is pretty cool, but I would rather be known as national championship u any day.