Actually I don't see LSU winning. It's on the road, OM has 2 weeks to prepare for them, lsu oline has been abused 2 weeks in a row , OM front 7 is better than Arkansas and their secondary is more physical too. Lsu looks like a team in disarray at this moment. It will take a perfect game from Harris to beat OM and I don't see that happening , fournette has been a non factor in his last 2 games. Another distressing issue for lsu is that their overhyped defense has looked bad when facing comparable or better competition. OM is not a good match up for them, Alabama and Arkansas were better suited for their style of defense and we saw what happened there. Regarding LSU defense it isn't just the DBs are average, their LBs are just not that good, their DL outside of Neal is undersized and not physical enough. Fournette will get his yards, but it may not be enough. Lsu is not equip to have a shootout with OM, anemic as our offense has been sometimes this season we actually went toe to toe with OM when we needed. If Harris has to put the team on his back when Fournette becomes ineffective all bets are off.
For people or fans who believe OM rush defense is average and can be run on, here are the stats regarding their rush defense vs SEC teams in 2015:
W Alabama: 215 yards. Henry (125)
W Vandy: 128
L Florida: 84
W Texas AM: 58
W Auburn: 125
L Arkansas: 163. Collins (108)
I will include their game vs Memphis too because they lost that game ( 107 rushing yards).
2 of their 3 losses, the opposing team didn't reach the 100 yard mark or barely made it (Florida: 84 / Memphis 107).
Fournette ran for 113 on 23 carries against Mississippi in 2014. LSU as a team rushed for 264 total yards in that game. they are going to have to repeat it again in order to beat OM. OM has allowed only 2 RBs to go over 100 yards this season ( Henry and Collins).
OM allows an average of 128.33 yds per game vs SEC teams. that doesn't sound like a team that can be easily run on.
Alabama is the only team to rush over 200 yards on them. let's see what LSU can do this year.