Greg McElroy high on Tigers' potential down the stretch: 'Do not sleep on LSU'

It hasn’t always been pretty, but after dropping a heartbreaker in Week 1 to USC, LSU is 5-1 to start the season and now has a lot of momentum on its side after a huge win over Ole Miss on Saturday night.

Now, the Tigers are starting to think about the College Football Playoff again, and Greg McElroy, who was on the call for ABC in Baton Rouge on Saturday night, is thinking the same thing.

“Do not sleep on LSU,” McElroy said on his “Always College Football” podcast, per On3. “I’m just telling you right now. I watched that game, I called that game, I was in the building for that game. This LSU team, I think, was outplayed for most of the game – most of it, okay. I thought Ole Miss left a few plays on the board. Ole Miss had a fourth down & one that was stopped behind the line of scrimmage inside the LSU 10. Ole Miss missed a field goal high and right…They had a drop by their best offensive player downfield that, if they catch it, he scores and it’s a different-looking ball game. They had about four different fourth-down opportunities, it felt like, to get off the field. Ole Miss, I thought, outplayed LSU, really, from start to finish. But LSU is one of those teams where they’re always seemingly capable of creating a matchup that will beat you.”

McElroy is especially high on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, who he called “the real deal.” He thinks Nussmeier will continue to improve as the Tigers give teams fits down the stretch.

“They are going to be a real problem, a real problem, for a bunch of teams down the stretch,” McElroy said. “Maybe LSU somehow backdoors their way into the SEC Championship. I don’t know how it happens but their schedule is kind of manageable. Like, I’m telling you. This LSU team? The arrow is pointing up – big-time up. They were fortunate this weekend that Ole Miss made some critical mistakes that allowed LSU to steal it but their best football is in front of them.”

Tigers fans will hope McElroy is right as LSU looks to close the season strong and reach the CFP for the first time under coach Brian Kelly.

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