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The Lesson of the 2013 Defense

LSU’s offense cannot be stopped. The LSU defense can’t stop anyone.

2019? Or maybe the not so distant past? In 2013, LSU boasted a 3,000-yard passer, two 1,000-yard receivers, and a 1,000-yard rusher. LSU’s offense could seemingly score at will, and all of that firepower resulted in… a 10-3 season.

Hey, a 10-3 season is nothing to sneeze at. 10 wins and a trip to a January 1 bowl ain’t a bad day at the office, but when it seemed you had finally cast off years of conservatism, it felt like a disappointment. So much so, that the standard line has become that the one time Les Miles had a great offense at LSU, it was the one year he had a lousy defense.