Big big difference between those two. LSU was out of shape from the lack of conditioning and practice due to the total mess Katrina caused. They were simply gassed in the 2nd half against a good team. Tonight LSU had no excuses and was playing against a ton of reserves and a depth depleted team. This win was much much uglier than the loss to Tennessee in '05. NC was the team with the built in excuses like LSU in '05. LSU has absolutely no excuse for the way they played tonight.
Also, the first drive of the second half -- the offense seemed to be clicking then Ridley's first fumble. A TD there to open the half puts a different spin on things. :geauxtige
Bingo. Have to add the lack of ability to stop the slant passes, as well. But LSU basically killed themselves with stupid mistakes.
Not really, just a realist. You can read it on a few forum pages if you'd like. I figured that the rest of UNC would rally around the team, and we would be shaky at some point for the reasons which I listed in my original post.
We looked like a bipolar team. Streaks of brilliance at one point then absolute ineptitude at others. All I can say is thank God for the big plays because if we didn't have them we loose this game. I dont think anything has changed since last year. Not looking forward to it but I see mediocrity on the horizon. We should have stomped a mud hole in that team and we squeaked away with a win. We have no edge and no discipline.
by legitimate, you mean not even bowl eligible? jesus christ, y'all act like the backups for UNC were scooped up from a jr high team en route to the dome. was it pretty? phuck no! do we need to work on some things? hell yeah does this signal Armageddon? probably not look around the rest of the country: #12 Wisconsin up by only 3 at half vs UNLV #4 Florida looked absolutely horrid vs Miami (OH) #7 Oklahoma had a similar score to ours to Utah St. I would put money on UNC's "JV team" against any of those 3 opponents who gave the big boys a game.
