ATLANTA -- If the leaders at LSU see 2018 as a barometer year for Coach Ed Orgeron, then the gravel-voiced cajun will enter the fall under the gun in Baton Rouge.
The Tigers were picked to finish fifth in the SEC West at SEC media days last week, and that kind of finish would stir up the Tigers faithful and crank up the pressure on Orgeron, who is 15-6 in one full season plus his partial interim year in 2016.
Coach Ed Orgeron (15-6 in third season at LSU, 31-33 in seventh season overall)
Key returning players LB Devin White, CB Greedy Williams, DE Rashard Lawrence, TE Foster Moreau, S Grant Delpit, LT Saahdiq Charles, OLB K’Lavon Chaisson
SEC title scenario The Tigers sustained huge losses in skill position talent and across the defense.