Quote Originally Posted by Tater View Post
I'll say it like this. With the money we're throwing around, my expectations are Omaha this year. Y2 and onward, natty appearance every year. In that sense Y1 does need a bit of building. But the worst rebuilding years at state moving forward need to be in Omaha anyways. No excuse.
My expectations haven't changed. We should at least be in a SR every year. I do agree that Omaha is the expectation and we should be in Omaha most years. If O'Connor wins a couple of NC's I would be very happy with his tenure as anyone else should be which I estimate to be 10-12 years if everything goes well.

I just want to also avoid what Mike Rooney was talking about earlier this year- the rock bottom WTF? seasons after we have a special season or time period. Happened under both Cohen (2015) and Lemonis (2022-2023, 2025). I mean- LSU isn't going to go from winning the NC to like 22 wins next year with a bunch of losses to random midweek teams like Air Force, Northern Kentucky, and Central Arkansas. Now if I am wrong about LSU I won't complain- LOL.

The good thing about it is- we have the NC monkey off of our back. It has been done here before now. There is no more "can we win one or can we not." Also, O'Connor has won one before as well. So, we know he is capable of winning one. I think that takes a lot of pressure off of everyone. Like, I can't imagine the pressure someone like a Link Jarrett has at Florida State or Bakich at Clemson and Van Horn probably has the most at Arkansas- he has been eliminated or lost NC's in some absolutely brutal ways or even a guy like Schlossnagle who has never won one and is essentially being measured up against college coaching legends like Augie Garrido.