2008 LSU Tigers Football

2008 LSU TIGERS FOOTBALL PREVIEW

LSU Tigers football fans are still celebrating in Baton Rouge after their amazing 2007 College Football National Championship. Even after losing two tough, close SEC games (both in 3 OT’s to Kentucky and Arkansas) they still made it to the 2008 BCS National Championship game; beat Ohio State and finished the season as National Champs.

Congrats to LSU Tigers Football -- College Football's 2007 National Champion. You can read more about it at:

2007 LSU Football

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Ohio State vs LSU BCS Controversy

I’ll never forget the wins against Florida and Alabama in particular. Divine intervention seemed to win those games for the Tigers.

But, it’s a new year. And, LSU has a huge hole this year quarterback. Last year’s starting QB Matt Flynn graduated and was drafted in the 7th round of the NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers. That didn’t look like a problem at the time as LSU had a great backup in Ryan Perrilloux who had filled in for Flynn last year when he was injured. But, Perrilloux has been kicked off the team for disciplinary violations.

So, LSU has a big hole at probably the most important position on the team. Andrew Hatch (transfer from Harvard) and Jarrett Lee (redshirt freshman highly-touted recruit from Texas) will compete for the job – but neither will be as good as either of last year’s QB’s. And, don’t forget tough tailback Jacob Hester who is also gone. How many times did he convert a 3rd or 4th down? And, receiver Early Doucet will be hard to replace as well. Still, LSU is strong at every offensive position (other than QB), so they will be good. Just not great.

On defense, LSU lost defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey who won several national awards in 2007 including the Bronko Nagurski Award, Outland Trophy, Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award. They also lost All-American Craig Steltz and their great defensive coordinator Bo Pelini. And, several other starters from last year’s NC team (both Corners and LSU's Safety).

LSU Tigers 2007 SEC Football Championship Game

LSU Tigers 2007 SEC Football Championship Game Thanks to kellyj2777 at flickr.com for the picture.

But LSU is LSU and that means they are well-stocked with football talent. Even though LSU ties Arkansas and Vanderbilt for highest number of starters lost (12), plenty of great players will fill the holes. In fact, the defensive line will probably be even better, even without Dorsey. LSU has 6 players named to the 2008 Preseason All-SEC team. They are:

Herman Johnson (1st Team Offensive Guard)

Tyson Jackson (1st Team Defensive End)

Darry Beckwith (1st Team Linebacker)

Colt David (1st Team Placekicker)

Richard Dixon (2nd Team Tight End)

Ciron Black (2d Team Offensive Line)

Still, all-in-all LSU’s defense, like the Tigers’ offense, will take a small step down from last season.

The other thing is that everyone will be gunning for LSU in 2008. That’s goes with the territory when you are College Football’s reigning National Champion. LSU plays no one worth mentioning outside of the SEC. Still, their SEC schedule is plenty tough. They play everyone in the SEC West (of course) and also the top 3 teams in the SEC East (Georgia, Florida and South Carolina). The trips to Auburn and Florida look especially tough.

At the end of the day, we predict the 2008 LSU Tigers Football team will lose 3 games in the SEC and end up 3rd in the SEC West (behind Alabama and Auburn). They’ll still get a decent bowl bid and win that. Maybe end up the season ranked about 15th.

LSU Mascot

Thanks to Roy Gullem at flickr.com/photos/roygullem for picture # 1; flickr.com/photos/lordsutch for picuture # 2; and, Slarche at flickr.com/photos/slarche for the final photo. Some rights are reserved for these photos.

2008 LSU Tigers Football Schedule

Aug 30 Appalachian State
Sept. 6 Troy
Sept. 13 North Texas
Sept. 20 at Auburn
Sept. 27 Mississippi State
Oct 11 at Florida
Oct 18 at South Carolina
Oct 25 Georgia
Nov 1 Tulane
Nov 8 Alabama
Nov 22 Ole Miss
Nov 28 at Arkansas (Little Rock)

2008 LSU Tigers Football Roster / Depth Chart

2008 LSU Tigers Roster
Head Coach: Les Miles (62-27 .697)
8th season coaching, 24th at LSU
Stadium: Tiger Stadium (or "Death Valley") (92,400)

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