Okay, well I looked at my old schedules I have stuffed away and LSU's 2006 defense averaged a SCANT 12 ppg, while '07 allowed 19. Still good enough to be top five in the country in most categories. The offense in '07 was better, averaging more than 38 ppg compared to 36 with MUCH more consistency, but that may be more scheme than anything else. My argument is weakening. The bottom line is that LSU is in good hands, and will continue to be for the forseeable future. :LSU231:
One fact, one observation. First, LSU had two triple overtime games last year, both very high-scoring. If those end in regulation, it's about 17.6 pts per game. Not a huge difference, but worth noting. Second, and this is pure observation (i.e. opinion) - difficult to get this from data - but teams that scored well on LSU last year did so by exploiting LSU's slow pass rush and relatively porous LB pass coverage. Of course, Arkansas just ran all over LSU. Anyway, no conclusions - just two cents to add in. Boy - we're off topic... But then, the topic is fairly - umm - tough to judge...
Like stated a by someone, it was just a matter of the 07' team getting the breaks and the 06' team not getting the breaks.
Yeah, '06 was plagued by some of the MOST HORRIFIC officiating I've ever seen in my life at Auburn and the MOST HORRIFIC ball control I've ever seen at Florida. Take back the gifts and that's a dominating NC team.
Would have had the same effect on the offense too!!!!! The 2006 team was more talented for the simple reason that darn near every player who had an impact last year was on the 2006 team too, except for maybe Byrd and Chad Jones. But that isn't to say the 2007 team was not immensely talented. Having a great recruiting class by ranking is very, very important to our success. It's been proven the last decade.
