Name a program with a more circular decade than LSU. It entered the 2010s at the top of college football. Les Miles could still run an offense the way he wanted to run it. LSU had the No. 1 team in the country in 2011. It beat Alabama. It went to the BCS National Championship game. It seemed like the Golden Era of LSU sports from Nick Saban to Miles was going to prosper.



Then it lost 21-0 to Alabama in that championship game and the decade changed. Six years without a top-10 finish followed. Recruiting dropped off. The way offense is played at the college level changed, and LSU was too slow to catch up. Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State won national titles while LSU has yet to reach the College Football Playoff.



But now, as the decade rounds out, Ed Orgeron seems to have LSU back. The Tigers caught up in recruiting. It did the unthinkable and it became a spread-out offensive juggernaut. It has a dynamic quarterback, one who very well may win the Heisman Trophy. LSU is...