400 favorite Noah Williams is also an integral part of LSU’s highly rated 4×1 and 4×4 foursomes. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)
LSU’S BIG TOTAL from chart #2 dropped by 14 points after all the Conference dust had settled, but the host Ducks check in with 10 fewer. So overall Dennis Shaver’s Tigers are now projected to win by a mere 40, and to edge the meet’s previous high score, 88 for Oregon ’14, by 1.
LSU remains so good that it could (heaven forbid) lose the services of projected HJ/LJ double winner JuVaughn Harrison and still have a 20-point margin over the host Ducks. Harrison should have company on the top step of the podium, as 2 other Bengals are forecast to win: Terrance Laird (200) and Noah Williams (400). Overall, the LSU juggernaut is predicted to have 13 scorers.
The 10-deep predictions for each event (’ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):