some of them, i can see a way to blame miles for, but answer me this: how is a missed field goal les' fault? there isn't a single kicker i've ever heard of who never misses. how is the onside kick his fault? blue was in position to make the play, he just got drilled.
The Good: LSU has some playmakers, who won us the game last night. LSU got a win against a ranked team. Tiger Band sounds as great as ever. The Bad: UNC's offensive line moved LSU's defensive line 2-3 yards down the field every running play. The pass rush was OK, but the run defense has AMAB fans licking their chops. LSU could not put away a drive in the second half that would have ended the game. The Ugly: UNC exploited huge holes in the LSU zone, almost leading to the loss. Eugene, the FS was 40 yards behind the long TD. That softened the zone, giving away the 20 yard pass. LSU had no push on the O-line to help establish a running game. The Crowton habit of random play calling instead of systematically exposing and exploiting a defense is still around. I'll take the win, considering the result in Oxford, but I am still concerned. GEAUX TIGERS
To be fair, their O-line allowed 4 sacks and UNC got 24 yards rushing the whole game, averaging .7 a carry. I'm not too worried about our run defense yet.
I apologize if a lot of this seems like regurgitation of points already made, but I'd thought I'd take a stab at summarizing what I saw and offering an opinion. Please go easy on me. I think the good is that we can be scary good. The first half saw a lot of things Tiger fans wanted to see: 1) a long TD pass connection between Jefferson and Randle 2) rushing TD by Shepard 3) excellent special teams play by Peterson 4) suffocating defense Essentially an explosive offense and suffocating defense put us up by 20 and tiger fans everywhere (including me) thought the good old days were back. The bad is that we can be just plain scary--see the second half. This was a big letdown for everyone. I think this came from the coaches going too soft. If this is true, then it is easily fixed by having the coaches maintain aggressiveness on both sides of the ball. I know it is a fine line to walk by not wanting to let the game slip away without giving the appearance of showboating but I am willing to risk negative perception obtained by piling up points if we can't let off the gas without going backwards.
LSU left a lot of points on the table. Instead of getting possession and having the chance to get a FG or TD, they roughed the kicker--and gave up a touchdown to NC. The LSU fumble inside the 10 gave up a FG or TD. The TD called back from holding. 3 bad plays in a row taking them out of FG range in the 4th. I'm probably forgetting some others. LSU did not show a killer instinct, nor was their execution polished. They looked like a talented, but youthful team. If we are lucky, this was a wakeup call for the players and Les. After the scoreless 3rd quarter he probably should have been in their faces.
Depends on what line you are talking about. With the true starters in, LSU's D line DOMINATED.. Case and POINT! I dont agree with large amount of Subs in the second half, but PT is never a bad thing. LSU had plenty push on the O'line...PLENTY. Don't lose 4 fumbles or have bad holding and LSU would have rushed over 200 easy...
At some point, blame does go to players. Miles didnt go into the locker room and say " Pack it up boys, we're done!" We still played starters on D and they just got worked in the second half. We can call out Chavis, but his scheme works if played right. On the 95 yard TD, our players just got beat. Guys were in position, but ran up on the thought of the QB running it out....
