I think LSU will end up disappointing a lot of people, but nothing that drastic. It just seems that LSU is too loaded on both sides of the ball to go 6-6. Gameplan and coaching aside, LSU can win on straight athleticism

……With the o-line Miles had, he should be able to line up and run over Bama. LSU did that pretty well last year, and Bama is now without Wallace Gillberry and 3 starting linebackers. Ole Miss is taking some terrible injury lumps in camp this year, most notably Greg Hardy. Mississippi State only has a chance if they stop fumbling. They always go on a fumble-fest against LSU. And LSU nearly always picks at least one up, and runs it in for a TD.

……If you want to see an SEC team go unexpectedly in the toilet this year, all it would take is a serious injury to Tebow or Wilson. Alabama and Florida are heavily quarterback-dependent, and have no experience behind a seasoned starter…

Yall totally missed the jawing and sarcasm in this post…….Am I the only Auburn fan with a sense of humor?

I’m not sure they lose six. I think it’s possible for them to lose three. I agree Miles is probably the most inept coach to ever win a title. I’m moving the story to the front page.

My favorite part?

If you look back, LSU hasn’t actually beaten Auburn on the field since 2003.

I bet you could find this quote on any LSU board “If you look back, Auburn hasn’t actually beaten LSU on the field since 2002.” The truth is, the team that won 2004-2007 didn’t really do so convincingly and those games had their share of officiating “issues”. The difference is LSU has really capitalized on the odd years, where as AU get’s all geared up (and beat up) for the LSU game and then sputters.

Then, a Miss State team with a grudge will upset them. State is returning nine on a good defense.

LSU is a top tier program, and as such, doesn’t lose to MIss St. That job is reserved for the state of Alabama. Besides, we are in their head (the closest that game has been in the last 5 years was 30 pts), and it’s at home. Please.

I think losses to AU, UGA, UF, and SC are all possible, so I think 8-4 is our worst case. We’ll probably go 9-3, but I’m hoping for 10-2.
*NOTE: The above prediction assumes that Tubberville has pitty on us and our lines come out injury (chopblock) free from the AU game.

that LSU would lose twice to teams they had no business losing to (and they did). This year that number will be cut in half and they will only suffer one loss to an inferior opponent. But there will be at least two other losses (possibly three) to accompany it. And I doubt it will be Alabama for the very reason Acid said (bama linebackers will be panting with their hands on their hips and heads down by half time). And I have a hard time seeing Arkansas beat anyone ranked this year. Ole Miss or South Carolina are the obvious choices with Miss State being the one in the shadows. AU, UF, UGA are the teams that they will do very well to go 1 of 3 in and could very well go 0 for 3. Miles probably won’t have the opportunity to throw chance to the wind that often this year because he won’t be in as many close games. But, who knows, he may be the second coming of Knute Rockne and we’re way off base (although I severely doubt it).

P.S. You can certainly count me as a member of the “Miles is an idiot” camp.

On Miles’ call to go for the TD in the Auburn game…
People who think that was a dumb call obviously are misinformed, because people who are in the know, would know, that the coaches (Crowton AND Miles) made the right call.

First off, let’s not forget that Colt David was our full time field goal kicker for the first time last year. Yes he kicked PATs the year before but he shared FG duties and didn’t kick FG’s past 30 yds in the previous year. In his only pressure kick of the season, Colt missed a 57 yarder that would have won the UK game the week before. (Granted that was a huge kick and should not be held against him). We were on the 22 yd line in the AU game which meant a 39 yd kick. At that point in the season, Colt was 2/6 on field goals from 36-42 yds.
Let’s also not forget that Flynn threw for over 300 yds in the game, with over 200 of that in the second half. It was obvious we had the advantage in the passing game at that point. There was also a quote from Crowton the next day that said something like "We had seen Byrd beating his man off the line consistently during the game…"

So with around 20 seconds left, and holding a timeout, the coaches decide to take a shot at the endzone, rather than trust their first year starter kicker, who has never made a game winning kick, who was 2/6 on the year from this yardage range, and who maybe (and I’m guessing here) didn’t have a good report during pre-game kicking drills on that yardage kick on that side of the field (he would have been kicking into the wind).

At that point in the game, and at that point in Colt’s career, anyone hedging their NC bets on a unproven college kicker is a moron. Not Miles.

Did the play take longer than expected to run? Probably. Was there still enough time after that snafu to run another play? Yep. (You only need one second to run a play, and there were 4 when Byrd caught the ball) I’m glad Miles put the game on his shoulders at that point instead of letting the kicker take the blame if he misses that kick. (Which he probably would have, looking at the evidence). That’s called playing the percentages people, and the percentages were in our favor.

The two dumber plays on that drive in my opinion were Tubby’s decision to pooch the kickoff, and his decision not to take a time out and let us drain the clock from 30 seconds to 1 without AU getting one play. But hey, we aren’t arguing who’s dumber. LSU won the game.

Okay, so I went to the extreme on this paricular story. My reasons behind going this direction were simple. LSU should have lost 5 games last year and with a much more talented team. I stand by at least 5 losses. Maybe they get one or two of those that I called, but, in the end all of you will be like….hey! He was right!!!! Wait and see!!!

I hope you win this year. It’s got to be hard to keep losing to a moron.

6-6 is a stretch for LSU. They have some of the best talent in the country. Granted, Les is an idiot but he has way too much talent for a 6-6 season. 10-2 or 11-1 would be my prediction.

WDE