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locoguano · Aug 5, 2005

Re: LSU was poorly prepared for that game at UGA.....

3 polls gave it to them in the 2002-2003 season .. maybe they should be saying 4 peat...

Tygrr · Aug 5, 2005

Re: LSU was poorly prepared for that game at UGA.....

wingman said:

No doubt.

The SEC doesn't even give LSU any respect after picking Tennessee to win the SEC and snubbing LSU for the title. What makes this SEC East bias all the more obvious is LSU's obvious talent advantage (recruiting advantage) over any other SEC team this decade after #1 recruiting classes in 2001 & 2003. No other SEC school comes close in talent but that didn't stop the SEC EAST COAST biased homers. Sad thing is that there will be repercussions for LSU. The AP preseason poll will now likely feature Tennessee well above LSU and probably place LSU at #5-8, with Tennessee #2-3. LSU will win in their home game against Tennessee. But likely, some other schools will be wedged in between LSU & USC for quite some time. Miles doesn't have any time in his early games after the AP disses LSU & they will. Miles will have to stomp teams early & by huge margins, including winning handily against Tenn. That will wake up the media & overcome the bias against LSU. The only way to do this is with a tremendous passing attack that is developed & fine tuned early (NT, ASU). LSU won't fare well by conservative play & running against Tenn. LSU's great hopes in 2005 (SECCG & NC) lie with tremendous improvement in its passing attack. LSU must throw 40 passes per game early, make the big plays, keep turnovers at a minimum & run up scores against opponents. That way, Miles makes his statement & LSU will get the respect it deserves.
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I disagree. UT finished strong last year and made it to the SEC championship game. They are returning virtually the same team and same coach. LSU couldn't find consistent qb play last year and we're replacing our coach. I can fully understand why someone would pick UT over LSU to win the SEC. I like our chances a whole lot, but it's not stretch to pick UT over us.