Two weeks ago, LSU was ranked No. 2 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings and set to visit Alabama in what was supposed to be the game of the year not only in the SEC, but perhaps all of college football.
My, how things have changed.
According to Scott Rabalais of the Advocate in Baton Rouge, the losses at Alabama and at home to Arkansas have thinned the ice under 11th-year head coach Les Miles to the point where he might have to win out over Ole Miss and Texas A&M in order to keep his job.