I am on LSU Football high tonight as my LSU Tigers destroy Georgia, claim the SEC title and put in their best effort to be the #1 seeded team in the College Football Championship. To date, this is a 13 win, 0 loss season with 2 games to go.
From the offseason to the first game kickoff football experts were saying keep your eye on this LSU offense as it will be much more wide open than the usual LSU offense of run and grind. I'll be damn if they were not spot on as LSU secured the services of Joe Brady from the New Orleans Saints, installed a Saints/Drew Brees like offense and Joe Burrow was up to the task. Joe Burrow's offensive output this year was off the charts and next weekend he should be awarded with the Heisman Trophy. LSU had a fun team to watch although some games I admittedly was frustrated with the defense who did not get much rest game after game as the offense scored often and quickly. Once the running game under Clyde Edwards-Helaire's leadership it was even better. And yes, while the defense had some less than stellar moments tonight they were dominate and that can be said now 3 games in a row.
What else needs to be said is how about Coach Ed Ogeron, coach O or Coach Oeaux!? Nobody, me included, thought he was the guy that could bring LSU back to football greatness and a SEC championship with an awesome shot at national championship. I was wrong; mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxia culpa! We all wanted Jimbo and Hermann and others and all of them are on the outside looking in. Coach O is very much on the inside and now has LSU at the top of college football world. And since taking over for Les Miles he has an overall record of 38 wins and 9 losses and has already won 2 of 3 post season bowl games. He has been such a pleasant surprise and has put together an incredible coaching staff and now has recruiting at an all time high.
So now LSU either finishes ranked #1 or #2 and will face, as I speculate, either Oklahoma or Clemson. If they keep this up, LSU should do well against whoever it may be.
Despite what some may think, I love LSU, always have since the days of Charlie McClendon and, if you can believe this, the most important game of each year was against Tulane. Wow.
So tonight, quite simply it's Geaux Tigers and a big thank you to these incredible LSU Tigers!
By the way, the headline above: after some tough years in the late 90's, LSU has not had a losing season since 2000. Just awesome.
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