HOOVER - LSU brings star power to Media Days. Head coach Les Miles is perhaps the most reliable quote in the conference. Junior running back Leonard Fournette is likely the league's biggest returning star.
But the Tigers' three-game losing streak in the second half of the 2015 season seems to have flattened expectations. Miles began his time at the podium with a 1,200-word report on his summer vacation and thoughts about recent police shootings in Baton Rouge and elsewhere before delivering his preview of the 2016 season.
"OK, now LSU," Miles said. "9-3 last year, and should have been a ten-win season.