The USA Today Amway top 25 coaches preseason football poll was released and LSU was ranked 13th., completely out of the top 10 teams. New Orleans sports writer Jeff Duncan in the Times Picayune of 7/31 says the poll isn't giving LSU enough respect. Duncan is bullish on LSU and thinks they are a prime candidate to elbow their way into the college football playoff picture. He hedges his bet a little by adding, IF THE TIGERS CAN JUST BE SOLID AT QUARTERBACK.
There are probably 3 reasons why the coaches ranked LSU 13th. (1) LSU's two quarterbacks, Jennings and Harris are both less than average quarterbacks based on their past performance. (2) LSU has a new defensive coordinator and it remains to be seen how well they play. (3) Coach Les Miles always seems to find a way to lose a game, especially important ones. And he has falling behind in the many offensive changes taken place in the game.
This writer believes those reasons are valid and past commentary in "PolitiDose" has pointed out how Miles has been out coached in many games. He has failed to change in all the years he has been at LSU. The Tigers recruiting is still very good over all but has failed to recruit top quarterbacks for the last few years. With Chavis going to Texas A & M LSU's defense could very well be big trouble.
Preseason polls mean very little now with the play off system. Also, in sports there are too many factors involved, factors that are even unknown until the first kick off. Can LSU finish in the top 10? Sure they can. I'm not from Missouri (the show me state) but I am from Louisiana and have followed the Tigers for over 50 years and Miles will have "to show me."
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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