It was hardly the best season for defending national champion LSU Tigers, struggling to find rhythm on both sides of the ball at the beginning of the season.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges the team faced was getting the defense right, which was led by defensive coordinator Bo Pelini this year.
This season marked Pelini’s second stint with the Bayou Bengals, taking the place of Dave Aranda, who departed for Baylor last offseason.
Now, Pelini and LSU are expected to be parting ways ahead of the 2021 season, according to several reports.
LSU technically finished off the season on a high note with back-to-back wins over Florida and Ole Miss, which is nothing to scoff at, with a 5-5 overall record that could have looked a lot better if no conference games had been a part of the schedule.
But the Tigers were No. 13 in the SEC in the categories of total defense and pass defense — something that absolutely has to be fixed moving forward.
It will be interesting to see who takes Pelini’s place in Baton Rouge moving forward.
The expectation is that Bo Pelini will not return as LSU's defensive coordinator, per sources https://t.co/aqdWzQiVqc
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) December 21, 2020