SEC Schedule a Day: LSU

Is LSU in for a slack year after winning the national championship last year? Possibly not with Ryan Perrilloux at the helm. Of course, he's at Jacksonville State now. Instead the Tigers are starting a guy who Gary Crowton originally recruited at BYU. When Crowton bolted Andrew Hatch headed up to Harvard. Then he took a mormon mission, tore his knee up in South America and came back home. With Crowton now at LSU he joined the bunch. Not the typical story for an SEC QB.

8/30 Appalachian State

There is no sneaking up anymore. LSU wins big. That's the type of thing that happens when you're working out a QB situation. You give it your best shot offensively for the entire game.

9/6 Troy

Troy should fall back to the pack a little this year with the loss of OC Tony Frankling and QB Haugabrook. They somehow manage to keep sneaking up on people despite always playing teams close (UGA 2007). LSU should be prepared and do what it takes to stretch the lead out.

9/13 North Texas

I miss the days of LSU playing a fun west coast team in the early part of the season. These games are boring. Now is a good time to mention that Les Miles implied at the SEC media days that their early season scheduling this year, was supposedly planned to prepare them for Auburn's new offense. Which is a wonderful coincidence but it no way part of a Miles' stroke of genius. As usual he just seems to luck into these things.

9/20 @ Auburn

This game has fallen into a rhythm lately. On even number years the game is played in Auburn as the 3rd or 4th game of the year and is a day game without much scoring. In odd years it's in Baton Rouge in mid October and high scoring night game. This year it'll be a night game in Jordan Hare for the first time in over a decade. I expect the crowd to be a little excited. QB issues kill LSU who's only really chance is to ruthlessly pound Auburn with a power running game. Auburn wins.

9/27 Mississippi State

A broken and bruised LSU team may need to pay attention to this Miss State team. They could make this close. LSU's defense is too good though. The Bayou Bengals restore order and take the victory.

10/11 @ Florida

LSU's second tough test of the season. The vulnerability of the Gator's defense this year is their secondary. I don't see LSU being an excellent passing team. If they played a ball control game and kept Florida off the field like Auburn did last year, they could have a chance. I think Florida pulls it out in front of the home crowd.

10/18 @ South Carolina

A tough back to back set of road games. It seems to me like LSU will have a ton of close games this year and they could go either way. It's hard for me to fathom them losing 5 games. So in games like this I'm going to give LSU the benefit of the doubt.

10/25 Georgia

UGA has the offense to really challenge the talented Tiger defense. LSU may not fare as well against the Dawg D. I think Georgia takes this one despite the hyped Cajun crowd.

11/1 Tulane

A midseason break. LSU gets to work out some of that bad voodoo and clear their heads for the rest of the season. LSU wins.

11/8 bama

I have to imagine there are some fans and players who will be into this game. The senior class should be chock full of Saban recruits. LSU gets rowdy on their way to blowout win.

11/22 Ole Miss

An off week before welcoming in an Ole Miss team that should be dreaming of an upset. Ole Miss will come in and lower a boom in an effort to make this a physical game. LSU hits back and takes the W.

11/29 @ Arkansas

The trip to Little Rock will not be a daunting one. LSU will be closing off a lackluster 3 or 4 loss season with a lackluster victory over a miserable bunch of Hogs.

SEC: 5-3
Season: 9-3