Friday, July 30, 2010

2010 SEC Football Preview: LSU Tigers


By Dan Harralson

Hold that Tiger? Hold that guarantee? The way Les Miles is talking, Tiger fans need to buy all the SEC Championship Game tickets available. "I like our team in every game," Coach Miles told everyone at Media Days. Forget the 17-9 record over the past two seasons, Miles still "likes his chances." The 17-9 record looks very bad for a program that is on their last straw, of benefiting what Nick Saban created there. I will take up for Miles regarding last seasons four losses. The Tigers posted losses to Florida (13-3) and Alabama (24-15.) 'Bama and Florida were the two best teams in college football last season and nobody stood in their way. Add on a two-point loss, at Vaught Hemingway Stadium, to a team that the media loved last July. LSU then lost to 13th ranked Penn State, in rainy Orlando. I agree with Coach Miles regarding his talent and I love for a coach to have that much confidence in his team. I can easily see the Tigers recording a ten win season and possibly run the table besides Alabama. When you have a roster with Jordan Jefferson, Richard Murphy, Drake Nevis, Joseph Barksdale, Josh Jasper, Kelvin Sheppard, Russell Shepard, Spencer Ware, and many others: The sky is the limit. My question to Les Miles: Is this your calling card to give all you have before you take over at your alma mater? It sure does sound like it. Below I asked Coach Miles about a guarantee on winning the SEC West, since he "likes his chances in every game." Look for the LSU Tigers to handle North Carolina and have a great shot to record a ten or eleven win season.