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LSU Wire Roundtable: Predictions for ReliaQuest Bowl against Wisconsin

Here’s how our staff sees Garrett Nussmeier’s first start playing out.

LSU will look to cap off back-to-back 10-win seasons on Monday as it takes on Wisconsin in a New Year’s Day ReliaQuest Bowl matchup.

While the Tigers will be without starting quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner [autotag]Jayden Daniels[/autotag], who opted out, it will have potential first-round receivers [autotag]Malik Nabers[/autotag] and [autotag]Brian Thomas Jr.[/autotag], as well as defensive tackle [autotag]Mekhi Wingo[/autotag], who makes his return from injury following surgery in October.

The Badgers sit at 7-5 in what has been a somewhat disappointing Year 1 for Luke Fickell, and they’re dealing with some opt-outs of their own, headlined by star running back Braelon Allen.

Here’s how our staff thinks that bowl matchup will play out as quarterback [autotag]Garrett Nussmeier[/autotag] prepares for his first career start.

LSU Wire Roundtable: Staff predictions for LSU’s regular season finale against Texas A&M

The Aggies are looking to replicate last season’s upset over the Tigers.

It hasn’t quite been the season LSU fans hoped for, but coach Brian Kelly’s team will look to close the season out strong with another 9-3 regular season as it plays host to Texas A&M.

This Aggies team enters at 7-4 led by an interim coach in Elijah Robinson after firing Jimbo Fisher midway through the season. They’re looking to replicate last year’s season-ending upset in College Station as 5-7 TAMU stunned LSU and ended its College Football Playoff hopes.

The Tigers will hope to avoid that result this time around on their home field. Here’s how our staff sees this one playing out.

LSU Wire Roundtable: Staff predictions as Tigers take on Georgia State in Week 12

The Tigers face what should be a tuneup on Saturday night against Georgia State.

After bouncing back with one of the most prolific offensive performances in program history against Florida, LSU is looking to make it two in a row as the Tigers host Georgia State in what should be a tuneup against a Sun Belt team on Saturday night.

The Panthers are 6-4 on the season having dropped four of their last six after starting the year 4-0. Now, they’re looking to pull another colossal upset against an SEC team after beating Tennessee in 2019 and giving Auburn a run for its money in 2021.

Here’s how our staff sees Saturday night’s game against Georgia State playing out.

LSU Wire Roundtable: Staff predictions for Week 11 matchup against Florida

The Tigers will look to bounce back against Florida this weekend.

LSU came up short in the game that mattered most last weekend against Alabama on the road, but now it will try to avoid letting one loss become two as a Florida team dealing with its own set of struggles comes to town.

The Gators enter seeking bowl eligibility at 5-4 after a loss to a previously 2-6 Arkansas team that followed a demoralizing blowout against rival Georgia. Coach Billy Napier makes his return to the state of Louisiana for a night game at Tiger Stadium.

LSU enters this one as a heavy favorite. Can it get the job done?

Here’s what our staff thinks about this game.

LSU Wire Roundtable: Predictions for marquee SEC West against Alabama

Here’s how our staff sees LSU’s game on Saturday against Alabama playing out.

It’s largely a one-game season for LSU this weekend.

Score a win on the road against Alabama — which would mark Brian Kelly’s second in as many years at the helm in Baton Rouge — and it will mark a successful year, assuming this team doesn’t slip up again.

Lose, and it’s hard to imagine another three-loss regular season will be deemed a sign of positive progress in Year 2 at Baton Rouge.

The stakes are clear in this one with the SEC West title potentially on the line again. Here’s how our staff sees LSU’s game on Saturday against Alabama playing out.

LSU Wire Roundtable: Bye week predictions for the rest of the season

LSU is taking a breather this week, so we’re bringing you a forward-facing roundtable for the bye week instead.

LSU has the week off as it prepares for perhaps the most important game of the entire 2023 slate as it will hit the road to take on Alabama for a Week 10 matchup that could decide the SEC West once again.

While we don’t have a game to predict this week, this edition of the roundtable will instead focus on what’s to come for LSU. With two losses through eight weeks, the College Football Playoff likely isn’t in the picture, but the New Year’s Six and a return trip to Atlanta absolutely could be.

With that in mind, here’s how our staff sees the rest of the season playing out for LSU now that we’ve reached the bye week.

LSU Wire Roundtable: Staff predictions for Tigers’ Week 8 contest vs. Army

Here’s how our staff at LSU Wire sees this weekend’s contest against Army playing out.

After playing five SEC games in a row, LSU has a bit of an unconventional matchup in Week 8.

The Tigers will be hosting a service academy in Army, which will mark just the second time LSU has faced a service academy after the two teams squared off in 1931, a game the Black Knights won 20-0.

College football has changed quite a bit since the interwar period, and LSU enters this game as a heavy favorite. Following this matchup, it’s a bye and then a road contest against Alabama that could decide the SEC West.

The Tigers can’t get ahead of themselves, however. Here’s how our staff at LSU Wire sees this weekend’s contest against Army playing out.

LSU Wire Roundtable: Predicting the Tigers’ Week 7 SEC West contest vs. Auburn

As LSU looks to work through some of its problems with a big game against Alabama looming in a few weeks, here’s how our staff thinks this one will play out.

After playing two games in a row against ranked opponents on the road, LSU is back in Tiger Stadium this week for an SEC West showdown against Auburn.

The Tigers are coming off a much-needed bye after dropping back-to-back games against Texas A&M and Georgia, though it was surprisingly competitive in the latter.

Coach Hugh Freeze’s team enters this game at 3-2 in his first season, and it looks to provide the final nail in the coffin for LSU’s hopes of returning to Atlanta.

As LSU looks to work through some of its problems with a big game against Alabama looming in a few weeks, here’s how our staff thinks this one will play out.

LSU Wire Roundtable: Predictions for LSU’s must-win game at Missouri in Week 6

Can LSU get back on track on the road against another explosive offense this weekend?

Coming off an extremely frustrating performance — particularly on defense — in a 55-49 loss to Ole Miss, LSU enters October with two losses and its season seemingly on the brink.

Its College Football Playoff hopes are all but over, and its dreams of returning to Atlanta as SEC West champion may be on the line this week, as well, when the Tigers hit the road again to take on Missouri.

Mizzou boasts one of the best offenses in the nation and has been very efficient passing the ball, in large part thanks to receiver Luther Burden, who leads the FBS in receiving yards. Still, this feels like a must-win game for an LSU team that looks to be able to score on anyone.

Here’s how our staff sees this one playing out as the Tigers look to avoid falling to 3-3 in Brian Kelly’s second season.

LSU Wire Roundtable: Predictions for Tigers’ key SEC West matchup at Ole Miss in Week 5

Here’s how our staff sees a pivotal SEC West matchup playing out.

The Tigers were fortunate to avoid a loss against Arkansas last week, and the schedule doesn’t get any easier in Week 5.

LSU heads to Oxford to take on Ole Miss, a team it beat definitively at Death Valley last season. The Rebels are licking their wounds after a 24-10 loss to Alabama last week, but they are still a dangerous team that could give the Tigers struggles.

With a win on Saturday night, it would really start shaping up to be a two-team race in the West between the Tigers and Crimson Tide. Here’s how our staff sees the game playing out as LSU looks to do just that.