Paul Mainieri doesn't exactly know what the future looks like, but he does know that LSU returns all the pieces to be special for the 2021 season.
When LSU's coach met with the media virtually on Friday, he didn't look back on the 2020 season that could have been. Even in the midst of an unusual and tumultuous offseason for collegiate athletics, Mainieri remained level-headed about what lies ahead, without concerning himself about the past.
"I didn't spend time worrying about what we lost out on," Mainieri said. "Life threw us a curveball, and we had to deal with it and move forward.