Tinker
We are now in the month before the call goes out for the young tigers to start
reporting to the Les Miles 2014 college football program. This year feels a
little different than the last years beginning of another LSU tiger football
season. In 2013 LSU QB Zach Mettenberger was a sitting duck with a strong passing
arm. The LSU offense were kinder like fighting with only one hand. This season
the LSU young and talented QB's are two handed fighters waiting their turn. So
a much different feeling is starting to drift between the LSU faithful as the
last month before the word go out to report for duty. To report to the fighting tiger locker room
for the men to get ready to go play the LSU college football games for keeps in
2014.
The
tiger
town grape vine has already informed the LSU football fans about the
many
tangible improvement on the 2014 LSU football team. LSU has a strong reporting local media that keep everyone who is a LSU tiger closely informed? The report was that a strong deeper
offensive
line will take the football field this year. And a better overall defense against both the rush the pass, with
better line
backing. On offense LSU will have a group of running back that are
strong
and fast, with the prospect of developing another real life super star in Leonard
Fournette. With the added ability of the new LSU Quarterbacks who will be able to move
around better than before. LSU offense should be able to score enough
points to
win whatever football game that they play. And that is all that the LSU
Fighting
tiger fans are asking to see from their beloved LSU football team. A
real
fighting chance to win?
So far the consensus in the 2014 sports media is that LSU is ranked not good
enough to be put into the top ten. I also remember the national media ranking
LSU in the 14 spot a month before the 2003 college football season. Do you
remember how the 2003 college football season turned out for the proud LSU
Fighting Tiger back then?
Note: June 2003 ranked LSU 14... LSU to honor 2003 BCS national championship team in 2014.
AP 2013 - 14
1 - Florida State
2 - Auburn
3 - Michigan State
4 - South Carolina
5 - Missouri
6 - Oklahoma
7 - Alabama
8 - Clemson
9 - Oregon
10 UCF
11 Stanford
12 Ohio State
13 Baylor
14 LSU
15 Louisville
16 UCLA
17 OSU
18 Texas A&M
19 USC
20 Arizona State
21 Notre Dame
22 Wisconsin
23 Duke
24 Vanderbilt
25 Washington
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2003
Preseason Consensus
National
Top 25
Rank
|
Team
|
Total
Points
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Oklahoma
|
349
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
Ohio State
|
340
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
Miami-Florida
|
329
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
Texas
|
319
|
7
|
3
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
Auburn
|
289
|
5
|
7
|
1
|
15
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
8
|
5
|
11
|
9
|
6
|
Kansas State
|
288
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
14
|
9
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
13
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
Michigan
|
278
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
16
|
4
|
8
|
-
|
2
|
7
|
6
|
13
|
8
|
Virginia Tech
|
263
|
14
|
10
|
15
|
6
|
6
|
14
|
5
|
3
|
7
|
9
|
14
|
6
|
9
|
Pittsburgh
|
233
|
9
|
9
|
19
|
5
|
8
|
12
|
11
|
-
|
9
|
16
|
13
|
12
|
10
|
Georgia
|
230
|
8
|
13
|
11
|
17
|
11
|
13
|
12
|
10
|
25
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
11
|
Southern Cal
|
219
|
6
|
15
|
6
|
10
|
7
|
8
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
13
|
7
|
10
|
12
|
Washington
|
212
|
12
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
-
|
17
|
10
|
-
|
11
|
11
|
12
|
14
|
13
|
Tennessee
|
190
|
24
|
12
|
16
|
8
|
12
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
22
|
15
|
16
|
14
|
Louisiana State
|
184
|
18
|
20
|
13
|
11
|
14
|
11
|
17
|
-
|
23
|
17
|
8
|
20
|
15
|
Florida State
|
179
|
15
|
16
|
14
|
13
|
25
|
18
|
14
|
-
|
-
|
10
|
10
|
11
|
16
|
N. C. State
|
176
|
11
|
17
|
23
|
16
|
15
|
19
|
9
|
7
|
24
|
-
|
16
|
8
|
17
|
Maryland
|
174
|
17
|
11
|
17
|
18
|
10
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
18
|
20
|
17
|
18
|
18
|
Notre Dame
|
156
|
22
|
22
|
20
|
19
|
19
|
15
|
16
|
-
|
12
|
19
|
19
|
17
|
19
|
Virginia
|
145
|
23
|
18
|
10
|
-
|
17
|
21
|
13
|
-
|
14
|
-
|
18
|
15
|
20
|
Purdue
|
140
|
19
|
-
|
12
|
20
|
23
|
16
|
18
|
-
|
10
|
12
|
24
|
-
|
21
|
Wisconsin
|
127
|
13
|
19
|
25
|
21
|
13
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
15
|
-
|
22
|
19
|
22
|
Oklahoma State
|
70
|
-
|
21
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
19
|
18
|
-
|
25
|
23t
|
Alabama
|
67
|
21
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
23t
|
Florida
|
67
|
20
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
16
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
25t
|
Arizona State
|
64
|
-
|
14
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
23
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
22
|
25t
|
Nebraska
|
64
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
14
|
23
|
-
|
Others
receiving votes:
Rank
|
Team
|
Total
Points
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
Oregon State
|
59
|
16
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
18
|
-
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
28
|
Texas Christian
|
54
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
25
|
-
|
24
|
19
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
29t
|
Arkansas
|
52
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
23
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
29t
|
Colorado State
|
52
|
-
|
23
|
18
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
31
|
Penn State
|
51
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
25
|
24
|
32t
|
Colorado
|
38
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
32t
|
Texas A&M
|
38
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
23
|
-
|
21
|
34
|
Missouri
|
33
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
35
|
UCLA
|
31
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
36t
|
Fresno State
|
30
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
36t
|
West Virginia
|
30
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
38
|
Mississippi
|
29
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
39
|
Oregon
|
28
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
23
|
40
|
Minnesota
|
27
|
-
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
41
|
Southern Miss
|
26
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
42
|
unranked
|
20
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Notes:
It's
Saturday Night in Death Valley (LSU Football)
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