For at least the last month of the season I have thought that LSU was getting too much respect, and I mean way too much respect.

     Early in the year I thought the Tigers were definitely the best team in the country. Now they weren’t great on offense, but they looked liked the best team in the country on defense. You could tell quickly just how athletic they were by the way they ran all over the field.

     But as the season progressed, I became less impressed with Les Miles’ team. The big reason? Because they weren’t very impressive. All of a sudden that defense was giving up a lot of yards and a lot of points.

     They kept on getting themselves in close encounters. You’re not going to win  all those types of games. Finally they lost two overtime contests. Heck, they lost their last regular season game of the year at home to an unranked Arkansas club.

     So why did they get so much respect? Well it’s because they’re in the Southeastern Conference. That’s it folks. But what was so great about that league this year? Sure, there were a lot of good teams in the conference.

     But notice, I used the word good, not outstanding. I thought that league was down this year.

     When you listened to the national media you just kept on hearing how good LSU was, even though the Tigers didn’t look that good on the playing field.

     There’s no doubt in my mind that the best two loss team in the nation is USC or Oklahoma. But those teams will have to sit how and watch to see if the ever talkative Miles can win his first national championship.