LSU College Football Outlook For 2010

The LSU Tigers are in a bit of a rebuilding stage after they lost to a team in Penn State in their bowl appearance to cap off a disappointing season by recent LSU standards. The people at LSU certainly expected Les Miles and his Tigers to defeat Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions, but some injuries on the defensive line seemed to prevent this from happening in my estimation. The signing of a guy like Cassius Marsh should be able to cure some of the worries LSU fans have about their defensive line going into the future. Les Miles knows he has to reload and make sure some of those top notch recruits he has signed over the last couple of years truly begin to develop and develop quickly.

According to ESPN LSU has signed the number four overall tight end prospect in the country in Travis Dickson out of the state of Mississippi and the number twenty athlete in the country Ronnie Vinson. These are two major recruiting successes that stick out for me. LSU does seem to be holding down their home state fairly well on the recruiting front. They also seem to be getting their share of athletes out of the state of Texas which is always a positive sign out of that football hot bed.

LSU has never been afraid to use their tight end or their full back in unique formations so they expect people like Dickson to be a solid pass catchers as long as a solid all around blocker. Les Miles probably sees an iopening on the recruiting trail and in the Southeastern Conference more generally speaking with Urban Meyer having to take some medical time off in order to recover from heart problems.

The question still remains whether Jordan Jefferson is the answer at quarterback and whether or not LSU has done enough to develop the receivers they need in order to replaces of Early Ducet and even Dewayne Bowe. Jefferson has to worry about the offensive line as several analysts have question whether they are packing the necessary beef up front in order to give a guy like Jefferson time to throw. The fans of LSU want to see more beef on the offensive line and they also know that the Tigers will even have trouble keeping with the speed rushers from a school like Auburn unless there is a vast improvement. If you have trouble with the speed rushers from Auburn you are certainly going to have trouble with the superior athletes of Florida.