LSU football has underrated players? Since when? Well, not until Nick Saban arrived in the early 2000s have the LSU Tigers been one of the consistently great programs in college football. Yes, they won and contended for national championships under Paul Dietzel in the 1950s and had a lot of success after that with Charles McClendon. However, we’ve seen the best of LSU football in the last 20-plus years.
Source: LSU football: 5 most underrated players in program history
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