re: Do you believe LSU is a top 15 team?

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Nah, pitching depth keeps us from being that.

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I have a friend who always says LSU is overrated in football. My argument to him is always, maybe we don’t look like the #10 team, but can you name 10 who do, and use the same criteria?

I think this team is one of the top 15 or 20. The pitching is really coming around. There was some Fool’s Gold this weekend with Ole Miss being such a crappy hitting (and pitching) team, but LSU’s pitching has been blossoming for a month. First it was Gage Jump joining Holman as a stud starter; then Little became a reliable reliever, joining Herring and Ackerman.

The other thing that has come around is LSU’s “clutch”. We were a much better team than our 3-12 SEC record indicated. We just gave away a couple of games, and there were about seven more there for the taking of which we only took about two. This team should have about four more SEC wins, but even three would make us 16-14 SEC and 39-17 overall. That would easily be a top 10 team.

Now, it didn’t happen, and we are 13-17 SEC, and teams have to face the consequences of those failures. But over the last five weeks, including an impressive win over the #1 team in the country, LSU has emerged.