First, not to take anything away from Troy because it’s never easy to go into LSU and beat the Tigers in Baton Rouge. That said, LSU last year weren’t world beaters. They were 9-3 in the regular season and finished 3rd in the SEC West, and actually got beat by Mississippi State as well. Only beat a Florida team with a Head Coach on the way out by 1, and lost to a pretty good, but not great ND team in the bowl game.
They have a new QB just like us, are missing some offensive weapons, and unfortunately for them, our guys are stinging from one that they let slip away last week. We come out this week, angry, physical, fast and overpowering against Troy. I was thinking earlier this week that this was going to be a more closely contested game than we wanted it to be, but the more I think about it the more I think we roll. If Bunch goes I think we score at least 45. If it’s Martinez I think we get close to the 60 mark.
Also I think our Dline gets it done in a big way today. Last week was just a warm up for them. I think they get to the Troy QB early and often today. And I think we see a mean streak in our DL and Linebackers that we haven’t seen in decades.