It is hard to believe, but five football seasons have now passed since an undefeated LSU team won the national championship. The Tigers football program has been on a roller-coaster ride since their national title game victory over Clemson in New Orleans.

Three games into their Southeastern Conference schedules, the LSU women and men’s basketball teams are at opposite ends of the league standings.

Here is a breakdown by position of LSU’s defensive personnel and specialists as winter workouts begin.

Coach Brian Kelly has brought in eight offensive transfers. Now, five of those players were full-time starters – wide receiver Barion Brown, tight end Bauer Sharp, offensive linemen Braelin Moore and Josh Thompson and quarterback Michael Van Buren.

LSU scored the first two points of its game at Missouri on Tuesday night. Missouri scored the next seven points and the game was basically over. Missouri, which had not won a SEC game since two years ago, coasted to an 83-67 victory over LSU.

So, the women’s team lived up to its expectations and dismantled Arkansas and Auburn. Now, Mulkey can focus attention on Thursday’s trip to Tennessee... Meanwhile the men...

Brian Kelly is not coaching in a SEC dominated by a Hall of Fame-type coach. There is no Bear Bryant, no Steve Spurrier, no Nick Saban stalking the sidelines in SEC stadiums. Georgia’s Kirby Smart is the only current coach in the league with a SEC title.

Put everything together and the Tigers’ 2024 body of work was not a surprise. The results produced a good year for LSU, but ...