... months leading up to the start of the college football season. There is an anxiousness in the air, which is compounded by extreme heat and constant 90-percent-plus humidity.

I know. I grew up there. I can remember listening to my dad talk about LSU football with friends.

"I think the Tigers will look good this season. We'll be close to the SEC championship game for sure this year," he would say. But his tone relayed doubt. Coach Gerry DiNardo was at the helm, after all.

While the Tigers improved under DiNardo (LSU had six straight losing seasons before DiNardo took over in 1994), LSU was never close to competing for a national championship. DiNardo's Tigers went 33-23-1.

Two BCS championships and top-10 r...

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