Nice article http://www.nola.com/sugarbowl/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1072890474105831.xml TP: Do you think LSU has those same qualities? Danielson: Anybody can beat anybody, I still maintain that. But I think the teams that have the best chance to beat Oklahoma are LSU and Kansas State, because Michigan and USC have immobile quarterbacks, and I think that Oklahoma plays well against those type of teams. I think LSU and Kansas State have the type of quarterbacks that kind of keep that zone-blitzing, aggressive turnover defense a little bit more off balance. Plus, their front four is athletic enough. You know, it's simple math. If the four guys on defense, the defensive line, can control six guys, the offensive linemen and the quarterback, then you've got seven guys playing five guys, and I like the numbers. :geaux:
Nothing special ... just a decent analyst who sees past the hype Here's another kinard or myth disspelled for you Why is Tommie Harris not on the SI.com All-America team? How can the Lombardi winner not even be honorable mention? -- Brad Schaefer, Omaha, Neb. Seems more than a few people noticed that one. However, the question I'd be asking isn't how was he left off the All-America team but how the heck did he win the Lombardi? Harris is a superb athlete and I don't doubt he'll draw much attention from the NFL if/when he comes out this spring. However, we wanted players on our team who actually turned in All-America seasons. Fact is Harris, with 34 tackles, four sacks and nine tackles for loss, doesn't even come close when you compare him to the other defensive tackles who did make our team: LSU's Chad Lavalais (57 tackles, seven sacks, 16 tackles for loss) and Florida State's Darnell Dockett (52 tackles, 17 tackles for loss). Oklahoma's coaches will tell you it's because he gets double-teamed, but you can't tell me other elite linemen don't draw the same kind of attention. The ones who manage to overcome it deserve the All-America honors. Unfortunately, when it comes to awards like the Lombardi, reputation and hype often win out over actual performance. Take the Ted Hendricks Award for the nation's top defensive end, won by Georgia's David Pollack. Like Harris, Pollack came into the season with a monster pedigree, thanks to a consensus All-America sophomore season in which he had 14 sacks and 23.5 tackles for loss. He didn't come close to that kind of production this year, notching just 4.5 sacks, yet managed to beat out UCLA's Dave Ball, who led the country with nearly four times as many sacks (16.5). No Respect ... No awards ... Luvvit, luvvit gimme mo' uvvit Time for a Teddy Kruger story.
