The LSU offense has been just good enough to scrape by so far this season. The defense is playing at an elite level, which has led the Tigers to a 5-1 record with a 2-1 mark in SEC play so far. LSU enters Week 8 ranked as the No. 10 team in the country in the AP Poll, and the offense will need to be in a better rhythm going up against No. 17 Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon. That's because the Commodores rank 7th in the country scoring 43.2 points per game this season.
The LSU running game finally got going on a consistent basis against South Carolina, as the Tigers ran for a season-high 166 yards and 5.