Although LSU was supposed to win, I thought that the team played hard and the coaches did a good job. After the early TD, the defense did not give up and shut MSU down.
MSU was not much of a test for our defense, and was punchless with an injured Connor playing and a weak MSU WR corps. Still, it was a good confidence builder. Teams will still pick on LSU's passing defense. MSU gained 150 yards on us. Should remove us from our #117 ranking there. IT WAS A GREAT STATEMENT GAME FOR LSU'S RUSH DEFENSE HOLDING MSU TO NEARLY NOTHING RUNNING THE FB.
The defensive front 4 played well, getting to the QB... that helps A LOT in this system... The bubble screen is back! Which also leads to the safeties coming up... which leads to the bomb... You can win, and you can win ugly... and I definately don't think we won ugly today
I was very happy to see the bubble screen some today and it also looked like the staff made an effort to get the ball in Green's hands more, smart move on both.
I would have to disagree. On defense there was only one blown coverage TD and MSU looked helpless the second half. Did you see that hit by Hollis on Travis Daniels (supposed to be on Jerious Norwood), it obviously hurt Norwood but definately looked like Daniels took the brunt. Mouthpieces and chin straps were flying. Defense played aggresively alot of blitzing and press coverage. Still it is hard to say if it was from MSU's ineptness or actual improvement. MSU still has a long way to go. They will not complete until they get a serviceable QB. Connor is terrible. Offense played OK, but scored pretty much at will after the first couple of series. JR definately needs to get rid of the ball quicker and make better decisions. There was a nice shot of Miles shouting - "Get rid if of it JaMarcus, sh@^. ".
