David Pollack sees LSU as a College Football Playoff team 'if everything went perfect'

David Pollack likes LSU as a College Football Playoff team if everything breaks right and that’s a big ask in 2025. There’s a lot of talent on the Tigers, but there are some questions going into the fall.

Garrett Nussmeier certainly helps going into the season. The LSU quarterback is a Heisman Trophy contender, but as Pollack pointed out, he’s gotta deal with a new offensive line.

Four of the five guys from last year are gone. So basically if everything’s perfect, which is rare, LSU could be a playoff team. 

“And so to start this off, that’s great (because you have Nussmeier),” Pollack said on See Ball Get Ball. “Four guys of the five up front are gone, and they got drafted. They went to the NFL. And here’s the disturbing part, like when I start to look at this roster, I see a lot of great. I see a lot of great, I see a lot of good things. I see a lot to be excited about. I see a team, if everything went perfect, they could go to the playoffs … if the new additions are who the new additions are, like, they’re a team that could somehow get it together. But the offensive line a year ago had four guys drafted … and they didn’t have balance on offense, and that’s where that has to grow for me. 

“Like I saw Caden Durham, who’s an animal. Like this dude is a freshman. He proved he’s one of the best backs in the country. He had more receiving yards than any other freshman in the country, he was good at that. He was almost three and a half yards after contact every single time he touched the football. Like, this dude can play the game. They’ve got to have more balance. If Nussmeier has balance on this offense, good luck. Like they’re going to score points at will against everybody, and then the defense obviously comes along and makes plays.”

David Pollack says LSU needs everything to break right

LSU has some talent as Pollack alluded to the offensive talent. Barion Brown and Nic Anderson transferred in at the WR spot as well as sophomore running back Caden Durham going into Year 2 with the program.

The defense for LSU has some transfers, including in the secondary. Harold Perkins is also back at linebacker for his junior season.

“They got the running back, the offensive line, does that come to fruition,” Pollack said. “The schedule you mentioned, though, at Clemson, at Ole Miss, at Bama, at OU, that’s a lot of ‘ats/’ And I think early in the season, while this all things coming together, like, are they out of it before they blinked? Like, are they out of it before they gel?

“Because I see this team down the stretch being a team that like crap, you don’t want to fool with. You don’t mess with (them) once they’ve gelled, once they’ve got experience. But coming out of the gates, how good is LSU and to me that’s why they’re not going to make the playoff to me.”