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Re: Official LSU vs. Appalachian St. Game Thread

10 am it is.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/breaking/27661724.html

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Re: Official LSU vs. Appalachian St. Game Thread

Okay, so is there TV?

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Re: Official LSU vs. Appalachian St. Game Thread

Ugh... My God....

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you're playing the role of Lou Holtz real well.

Don't kid around. They are a one-man show.

They go as Edwards goes.

He accounted for nearly 3,000 of their 7,325 total offensive yards last year and he didn't even play in four of their games.

They have signed 7 guys with a "star" ranking on Rivals in the past 3 recruiting classes.

I mean, yes, they have some D-I caliber guys on their roster.

They just don't have 80+ like LSU does. And LSU's gameplan will be to take away the big fish and the head of the snake.

If they do that, LSU wins in commanding fashion.
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So you think Coach Miles and company believe all they have to do shut down one guy on their football team? Sorry, but it doesn't work like that. When you see one guy having incredible stats... thats only because either he is one of those rare Barry Sanders types (which Armanti Edwards is not), or because he is surrounded by a well-coached team that does their job extremely well. For every great play guys like Armanti Edwards make, there are numerous others that did their job in superstar fashion, most especially the guys doing the blocking assignments for Appy State. It just takes one guy to fail on his blocking assignment to make the rest of the offense look like crap on that play, even if the rest of the offense did their job to superstar perfection.

Also, you do realize that Armanti Edwards only plays offense, not special teams or defense, right?

If you want to point out reasons why Appy State will lose, this is what I would point out:

1) Appy State beat Michigan. After that, anybody who plays football respects that they are a great team that is capable of beating anybody. Thanks to Michigan, any strong Div 1 team that played Appy State this year would be expecting a strong overall football team.

2) LSU played Appy State in Mile's first year, so we already have some experience with them.

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tigerdro said: ↑

10 am it is.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/breaking/27661724.html
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Interesting.

LSU-App State football game moved to 10 a.m.

The LSU Appalachian State football game is now scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, LSU and governor’s office officials decided today.
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JohnLSU, Aug 29, 2008

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Wish it would not have been true. 10:00 is even worse than noon. sigh

LSUGradin99, Aug 29, 2008

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This is now looking like a perfect Raycom game.
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I would think it's too late for that. Probably ESPN Classic or nothing.

COTiger, Aug 29, 2008

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Wish it would not have been true. 10:00 is even worse than noon. sigh
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Yeah... They should have just cancelled it. Sheesh, 10:00am. :redface:
I guess it's better than nothing. But I was already bummed out that it was ASU at 4:00. Now it's ASU at 10 AM. :geauxtige

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What's the line on this game? I can't find it listed. Thx.
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3 or 4 days ago, a Louisiana local TV news station said that the spread was 28. I forget which station it was.

At http://www.vegas.com/gaming/sportsline_ncaaf.html they don't mention LSU/Appy State.

This may shed some light on the issue:

Finney: A lot of questions about the spread

Posted by Peter Finney, The Times-Picayune August 27, 2008 8:11AM

So what's the spread?

If you're talking about Saturday's LSU-Appalachian State football game, it all depends.

If you're talking about the offense the visitors will be using, "the spread," or some version of it, is the rage in college football.

If you're talking about money, how many dollars LSU spread out on the table to lure the defending champions in Division I-AA to visit Tiger Stadium, the answer is $750,000.

If you're talking about the Morning Line point spread, there is none, because no betting lines are posted on games between Division I-A and I-AA teams.

"If I had to make an unofficial line, I'd probably make LSU a 35-point favorite," a member of The Gold Sheet said.

Which is about what Appalachian State would have been a year ago, a 35-point "unofficial" underdog, when the Mountaineers went to Ann Arbor and upset fifth-ranked Michigan 34-32 in front of 109,218.

"One of the greatest upsets in the history of college football," they called it.

A week later, when Michigan lost to Oregon 39-7, there were second thoughts in some quarters.

Perhaps the Wolverines were vastly overrated?

Perhaps.

Or perhaps the Wolverines had no idea how to defend "the spread," an offense shared by the two teams that stunned them, an offense that makes defenses defend the whole field, creating lots of man-to-man pass coverage.

That's part of what makes Saturday's season opener interesting.
Personnel-wise, when it comes to moving the football, the visitors realize they'll be out-manned.

But the trick is, what if the Mountaineers are successful in keeping that fearsome foursome of the Tigers up front a little off-balance, just long enough to beat one-on-one coverage with short completions and long ones?

In the final minutes last season, Michigan allowed Appalachian State to drive 69 yards to a winning field goal, unable to come up with a big stop, in the air and on the ground, when it counted.

Another intriguing part of Saturday's story line involves Rich Rodriguez.

Remember him?

It was Rodriguez's "spread" offense, as a Tulane assistant, that made Tommy Bowden a 12-0 coach in 1998. It was Rodriguez's spread that Coach Jerry Moore was happy to install at Appalachian State. And it was Rodriguez's spread that worked wonders for him at West Virginia, an offense he's installing at Michigan, a job many felt would be filled by Les Miles.
Funny how things turn out.

Yes, the spread is hot. But yes, the spread can be strangled.

While West Virginia's spread was upsetting Oklahoma in last season's Fiesta Bowl, at the Sugar Bowl, Georgia was using its defensive quickness to sack Hawaii's Colt Brennan eight times in a 41-10 rout at the Superdome. A run-and-shoot team that had averaged 46 points in winning 12 games could advance the ball no closer than Georgia's 24-yard-line until the game was virtually over. [But note that #8 Georgia was stunned by Rich Rodriguez and West Virginia's spread attack recently in the Jan. 2006 Sugar Bowl, 38-35]

Which is what Miles is hoping his Tigers can do Saturday, get in the quarterback's face before he can do some quick-pass damage.
It won't be the first time LSU's defense will be asked to defend the entire field this season. The SEC's most celebrated convert to the spread is Auburn's Tommy Tuberville, who has brought in a guy named Tony Franklin to install the "Franklin System." It's a version of the spread Franklin turned into a lucrative business the past seven years, selling DVDs (at $3,500 per copy) to as many as 350 high schools.

Florida Coach Urban Meyer said 80 percent of high schools today are running some version of the spread. The Gators run it with Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, part quarterback, running back and fullback, and Percy Harvin, a wideout/running back.

Missouri also does it with a quarterback and a wide receiver who pose dual threats.

And Texas Tech does it with a four- and five-wide receiver spread that has led the nation in passing the past five seasons.

So yes, looks like the spread is here to stay.

Why?

As Rodriguez said: "If you see one West Coast offense, the next one will be similar. You see 10 spreads, and 10 different things are being featured."
Which Michigan learned in a hurry at the start of last season.

On the flip side, what the chancellor of Appalachian State learned was euphoria gone wild.

On returning to Boone, N.C., from his trip to Ann Arbor, he discovered the goal posts from the Mountaineers' home field had been uprooted and deposited in his front yard.

He took the vandalism in stride.

And why not?

The Mountaineers had not only become the first Division I-AA team to defeat a team ranked in the top five, they received a $400,000 guarantee.
As for Coach Jerry Moore, he took everything in stride.
Asked how long the celebration might last, he said he hoped not too long: "Keep in mind, we've got a game with Lenoir-Rhyne at our place next week."
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Peter Finney can be reached at 504.826.3405.

http://blog.nola.com/tpsports/2008/08/finney_a_lot_of_questions_abou.html
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JohnLSU, Aug 29, 2008

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FWIW, Im hearing a possible ESPN Classic broadcast.

If not...chicken wire or pay per view for me

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