I’m ready to exhaust myself standing for 6 hours drinking, and another 3 1/2 losing my voice. Down with Auburn!

i agree and i think that the bye week is at the perfect time for LSU. I think it will give the team some perspective on where they are and where they want to go. To re assess goals and evaluate how they want to get to them.

contrary to popular opinion, i believe this team is very strong. i think that defensive improvements within a team take place gradually (as they have this season), whereas offensive turnaround can be sudden and just be as simple as something clicking and the rhythm of the game takes shape. the opposite of that being an offense can get thrown out of rhythm and just as suddenly look awful (see auburn). LSU is one solid offensive performance from turning things around. a strong performance against auburn, going into a scrimmage and then to tuscaloosa to beat back the tide.
i think we match up with bama better than any other team, and regardless of whether or not we are favored, that we win that game.

First off, I think LSU has a much better team than people think, but I also think it may take this year to work out the problems we are having.

Let’s look at our team realistically. In ‘07, we were no. 1, but we lost most of the players as they graduated and went on to the pros and other places if they didn’t get into the NFL draft.

We are still a very young team. Last year, Perrilloux who was to be our quarterback was let go due to his off field activities, so the coaches were put in a position of starting quarterbacks who were young and lacked the experience to play against the teams we played against. The result was many turnovers which killed us. Our defense was almost non-existant last year as honestly they were not coached well and it showed when they went on the field. Teams scored 50 + points aganst us.

Basically what has happened due to the problems we had last year is the coaching staff has taken a very reserved stand on their views of our team. What they are seeing is we still lack experience at quarterback, we are also still a very young team who lacks experience. Changes were made on defense and the defense is producing much better, still work to do especially in stopping the run, but overall, defense has improved drastically since last season. The offense is hurting big time though. I understand the coaching staff being reserved and not wanting to turn the football over, but their play calling has been too reserved and therefore our offense has been tied up and very unproductive. What needs to happen is they need to set up a simple system for the offense to follow, but one where it opens up the playcalling more. As they are able to do more and more things, then bring them into the main play calling system as they will have more confidence to be able to play it. We have good quarterbacks, but they lack experience and they lack confidence because the coaching staff is not designing any plays where they can spread the offense out and make plays. It’s like our offense is locked in a certain groove and not allowed to spread out and let their wings fly which is exactly what needs to happen. Their unproductiveness is directly due to the fact that they have a very limited list of plays they are running.

Our biggest problem and our weakest links lye withing the lines on both sides of the ball. Our defensive line is getting beat around and other teams are running the ball all over us. On the other hand, the offensive line is getting beat around and is not giving the team time to run plays. Jefferson is running for his life half of the time if he’s trying to pass, the backs are getting nailed as soon as they get the ball because the defenders are all over them. Our lines on both sides of the ball have got to start holding their own. Until that happens, it’s going to be very long games for LSU on both sides of the ball.

The coaches have a tough job ahead, but once they bring this team together on the level where they should be playing, LSU is going to be a tremendous force to play against.

Overall, in my honest opinion, LSU has a much better team than people give them credit for, but there is alot of work to be done to get them where they are going. If we can hang in close this year and win most of our games, we’ll be ok. The main goal is not to make too many mistakes and get blown away. Our defense held Florida to 13 points. They won, but they did not blow us off of the map. We lucked out against Miss State and Georgia, but we won. If we lose a game here or there but play four quarters of football and make improvements and not get blown away, I’ll be content with their progress. In other words, we may lose more games this year, as long as LSU is playing LSU football, it won’t bother me that much. What has bothered me is LSU has not been playing LSU football. The blame starts at the top and it needs to start happening. These guys cannot develop if they are not allowed to develop.

I say we need to do better, but I do say we’re not doing that bad either. Just work to do and time is needed to develop the team as it needs to be developed. Rome was not built in a day. As far as Alabama goes, I hope we blow Saban and crew off of the map. In reference to Tennessee, honestly, who cares….lol….