Monkey off the back of LSU now

Thank you Kentucky Wildcats! You finally did what needed to be done by beating the LSU Tigers and bringing them back down to planet Earth.

Now before you readers go sending me the hate mail and calling me a traitor to my own state, let me say that I have been an LSU Tiger fan since before most of you were ever born. I was a Tiger fan shortly after I was weaned and have very seldom missed listening to an LSU game on the radio while watching it on the television set. (You know you do that too.)

LSU was the No. 1 team in the nation the first night of the season when they humbled Virginia Tech, but ever since then things have gone down hill. I dare you to argue with that.

Now that the media hype is off the Tigers and they have time to think about things, perhaps they will come back to reality. They better do so quickly, because the Auburn Tigers are coming to Baton Rouge Saturday and, with a loss there, LSU could begin a downward spiral.

First though, the LSU wide receivers need to go to an Andy Hamilton camp, the O-line needs to find some consistency, the D-line needs to get more aggressive and the entire team needs to take a lesson on what constitutes a penalty.

It sure would be nice to see the same LSU that dismantled Virginia Tech make an appearance for the rest of the season.

And oh, has anyone else noticed that the fire the Tigers played with against VTU seemed to have gone from a roaring inferno to a flicker after the word Michigan was tossed in the mix?