Iwrote, after LSU's Week 1 win against then-No. 4 Clemson , that this is the year for Brian Kelly and the Tigers. At the time, they looked like the cream of the SEC crop, primed to take advantage of a wide-open conference race while riding that momentum to a potential appearance in the College Football Playoff National Championship.

Time to eat crow. It's not now. It's never for Kelly's Tigers.

Their 24-19 loss to No. 13 Ole Miss in Week 5 proved that this is just the same ole Kelly-coached LSU team. Good, but not good enough to compete for anything that matters.

This time, though, it's not the defense that's holding LSU back. The offense, led by quarterback Garrett Nussmeier , who entered the year in the No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick conversation , has been a complet

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