One week and counting.....

It's official. We are a week away from the start of college football in the good ole' SEC. That's right, August 30 is just around that corner. And it could not be better. It seems that in order to get ESPN to put more money into the conference's pockets, I mean show the game in primetime, the first conference game will feature SEC Western Division foes LSU at Mississippi State.

Now, I hope to be in attendence with friends at this game. And members of the group I am going with are predicting this to be a blowout of gigantic preprosones. LSU enters Stark-vegas ranked #2 in the nation, and is a preseason favorite by many to win the SEC outright.

Add to the fact that the Bulldogs have not posted a winning season in six years, and all the ingredients for a blowout are there.

SO AM I THE ONLY THAT IS QUESTIONING LSU HERE?

Well, maybe not LSU, but certainly their ability to overrun everybody. Let's face facts, the Tigers ARE good, don't get me wrong. But I don't see them as the same old LSU from last year that beat most teams like red-furred step-puppies of Michael Vick. I don't.

Let's just look at my point of view. Reason #1: The Tigers have lost a lot of depth that was recruited by Alabama governor Nick Saban. Gone are JaMarcus Russell, Skyler Green, and a host of others that I can't quite remember how to spell their names, but you get the idea.

Les Miles has done wonderful things at Death Valley, largely due to the fact that he was using Saban's depth chart. Now, he comes in with a largely growing depth chart of his players. And looking at Miles previous experience with his own players has me wondering just how good the Bayou Bengals really can be.

Looking at last year, LSU finished with just two losses for the second straight season. Pretty good, hell, that is fucking great. But in looking back, I have noticed a few things in those two losses from last year.

Last year, the Tigers had a team that would have competed, and probably could have beaten, a few NFL teams last year. So why didn't they? Reason #2: Simple, they were out-coached. The kitty-cats have long had the talent to out-last Auburn at Jordan-Hare. They were easily the most talented team on the field that day. Yet, a more recently laid-back Tommy Tuberville let the defense do it's talking, confusing the LSU offensive staff that easily could have drove down the field with the game on the line. Les is a good coach, don't get me wrong, but does any doubt that if Nick Saban were calling the shots, that outcome would have been different?

We shall see this year...