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05-20-2009, 09:30 PM
No. 17: LSU - AthlonSports.com (http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/16684/no-17-lsu)
You have to hand it to Les Miles. After an 8–5 season that included a 3–5 conference record, a scary win over Troy and a spot well out of the national conversation, the LSU coach was talking on National Signing Day about how this year’s crop of prospects was good enough to compete for multiple national championships.
Why not just promise an undefeated season?
But that’s Miles. He isn’t going to hide or mumble some platitudes. If he thinks his team can be great, he’ll say it. Maybe that’s why you don’t hear him mouthing off about his ’09 defense. He just doesn’t know. New coordinator John Chavis built great units for years at Tennessee, but he has plenty of work to do with the Tigers, who lose five starters from last year’s bunch, which didn’t exactly throw a stone wall in front of opponents.
you get the feeling they'll bounce back big this year
You have to hand it to Les Miles. After an 8–5 season that included a 3–5 conference record, a scary win over Troy and a spot well out of the national conversation, the LSU coach was talking on National Signing Day about how this year’s crop of prospects was good enough to compete for multiple national championships.
Why not just promise an undefeated season?
But that’s Miles. He isn’t going to hide or mumble some platitudes. If he thinks his team can be great, he’ll say it. Maybe that’s why you don’t hear him mouthing off about his ’09 defense. He just doesn’t know. New coordinator John Chavis built great units for years at Tennessee, but he has plenty of work to do with the Tigers, who lose five starters from last year’s bunch, which didn’t exactly throw a stone wall in front of opponents.
you get the feeling they'll bounce back big this year