LSU's 2024 Win Total | Season Preview & Prediction | Cover 3 College Football Podcast

count them [Applause] out now turning our attention to Baton Rouge and LSU with an over under win total of nine and a half at FanDuel Sportsbook Juiced a little bit to the under uh as we sit here breaking it down no you know you lose Jaden Daniels you lose your offensive coordinator um you make a new higher at defensive coordinator you promote internally Joe Sloan you like your defensive coordinator higher we have been questioning what LSU's defense will be you've got new leadership but the Personnel still is mostly the same two of the best tackles in the country a quarterback in Garrett nus who we're all very very excited to see um but where where do you want to start with uh Old tossup City LSU so I am over to the market at LSU price just FanDuel has the absolute best price in Market to bet under not over so by my numbers with the FanDuel number that we have to pick at at 9 and a half 138 I am slightly under however I can go out and bet 9 minus 05 to the over which is you know quite nice not really 70 Cent half win there so team break so give me under Mikey for the graphic uh on these FanDuel numbers but I'd much rather bet over Elsewhere on this one if I'm betting nus Meer at 60 and 55 and 50 to go first overall I clearly believe in this team and I think they have a again on the very short short list for best offensive line in the country with what Georgia Texas maybe Oregon and that's probably it maybe I'm missing somebody I'm sure a fan base will let me know Illinois yeah well of course Illinois that is true obviously Spencer Brown half um so uh I think the receivers will be pretty solid good offensive line I don't like what they did in the transfer portal on defense but it almost certainly cannot be worse than it was so projecting some defensive Improvement and you know can the defensive Improvement outpace the offensive progression which I think they will have and I think there is some chance that actually can so under for the show pick but I still like this team I'm on the under I mean this team has won 10 games in each of the last two seasons under Brian Kelly but those include Bowl win so that doesn't count for our win toes in the regular season and what has honestly changed about this team from last year I mean I know the names have changed but the offense is still going to probably be pretty dang good and the defense is going to give up a whole lot of points and if the offense just isn't quite the level it was last year where it had the Heisman winning quarterback and two first round wide receivers maybe it takes a small step back even with that offensive line so to me nine and three is far more likely than 10- two same it feels so much like USC with you know CH you lose the Heisman Trophy winner you lose a ton of you know Talent you bring in a new defensive coordinator to fix a defense which has been really broken which by by the way I think that game could be absolutely a shootout you lose a ton of production like I get the B I get the offensive Line's going to be great but my goodness Brian Thomas and Malik neighbors were special on the outside and oh by the way Jane Daniels did a lot with his legs that I don't Garrett nus doesn't bring that to the table so I don't love it it's not one I would be running to but I think you almost have to go under are they favorite in every game no no I think they are an underdog aren't they an underdog to Alabama they're an underdog at A&M I think they're favorite over Alabama at all the preseason lines really it's in Death Valley then yeah but that's I've got I've got like so you get USC neutral Old Miss is in Death Valley Alabama's in Death Valley Oklahoma's in Death Valley you've got some some good like your key games that are going to decide this them being at home is is really really big I'm spot on right here at nine and a half I guess I guess I'm gonna lean to the under but to me the USC game like that that flips this so right how about this right now LSU is a six and a half Point favorite against USC that's not quite for me a gimme status you know I normally like it to be a little bit closer to double digits but it would not surprise me for USC to win that game and I might be picking USC to win that game so if that's the case that's the kind of game that probably has this sliding a little bit more to 9 and three so if they go out there and Harold Perkins sacks Miller Moss five times and USC's offense can't run and Garrett nus who in the words of Tom forelli has a hose if Garrett nm's hose is out there just lighting up Las Vegas well then you know what this is probably going to be a 10- win season for LSU but as it sits I'll go slight ever so slightly to the under I feel like it might be and three but I not rushing to bet this one at all because there's so much unknown including what what a nus me offense looks like when the live bullets start firing so I'm excited about that one any other LSU thoughts no but I I mean maybe if the young dman step up early like if they arrive a year early which is possible that that is a position where you can play early sometimes if you're just freak possibly but um it is weird to me they didn't do more in the portal because I I think this is an offense that you could really win something big with if you had like a good defense not just an average one yeah we we'll go ahead and we'll call back the we're not in the business of buying players we can just sort of play that clip on Saturday players because they're definitely in the business of recruiting out of high school yeah but like they had um uh they had defensive tackles on campus for portal visits and they went elsewhere yeah it'll be interesting to keep track of