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Title: "2012 preview: LSU strives for BCS national title"
Post by: Chechem on July 14, 2012, 05:43:56 AM
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/07/alabama_2012_season_preview_af.html

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...Why should they worry?: Mettenberger might have a better skill set and better promise than Jefferson and Lee, but he's yet to prove he can play at this level. The loss of Randle in LSU's wide receiving corps should not be overlooked. His presence made a receiver like Beckham Jr., who caught 41 passes for 475 yards as a freshman, a much more dangerous threat. It's also unclear whether this will be the year when LSU figures out what on earth to do with talented athlete Russell Shepard. This defense is loaded, but there are a handful of question marks at linebacker, a position where the Tigers struggled a bit in 2011. Early projections have LSU starting freshman Lamar Louis at one of the outside linebacker positions...