Tennessee Vols: 2017 Pre-Season SEC Power Rankings
By Zach Ragan
6. LSU Tigers
I’m incredibly skeptical of Ed Orgeron.
Being successful as an interim coach is completely different than sustaining long term success as a head coach.
Orgeron has a losing record through his career as a head coach, though he has went 6-2 as an interim head coach on two separate occasions (USC in 2013 and LSU in 2016).
The Tigers will be unveiling a new offense in 2017 under new offensive coordinator Matt Canada. Given the personnel that’s already on the roster, there could be some growing pains.
LSU lost a lot of talent on defense, but they still have one of the better defensive coordinators in the SEC.
I think the Tigers could struggle to find chemistry in 2017, leading to some tough losses.