#1 Play tight man to man in the secondary why? Green QB or a shaky Tebow = Lots of int opportunities #2 Stop the run. Please stop this true sophomore from gaining 130 yards AGAIN. The Green QB cannot run and may god let Tebow try to run if he plays so he can get knocked into next week. #3 Unload the football out of bounds and avoid the sack. We cannot face 2nd and 16 or 3rd and 20 CONSEQUENCES Seeing how Florida’s best player AND team leader is shaky and may not play LSU should win this game. If for some reason the wheels fall off and they lose then rebound beat Auburn and Bama and hope that Auburn beats Saban like they did when he was here. OUT
what i want to know is if the Tigers beat UF with the backup QB, will the national media only drop UF to 3 and keep LSU at 4?
I don't know about you guys, but i sincerely hope Tebow somehow starts and plays. I don't want another excuse for the media to use against the Tigers. Bad call at Georgia...Tebow not playing... I want us to beat FLA with Tebow playing, so we can get the respect we deserve.
If he is truly OK I hope he plays but otherwise no. Reason is that if one of our guys blasts him and he goes back to the hospital. You want to hear the national lamestream media do a rant? They will be on it like sharks on blood. You will see 1000 stories and 10,000 reruns of the play with analysis to paralysis that LSU is dirty and they hit him above the ankles so obviously they were trying to hurt him. The LSU player who hit him would probably have to take a lie detector test and swear on a bible in front of the pope that he wasn't intentionally trying to take Tebow out. No thanks.
They key to victory is a productive offense. If we can't get more than 3pts out the redzone, we're gonna be in trouble. The other issue there is, sustaining drives... we can not leave our defense out their sucking air all game. The obvious consequence there is we lose the game... which would drop us out of top 15... but I think our defesne will keep us in this game, and i'm hoping LM has decided to listen to some of the things people say and open the play calling better utilising the JJ/RS tandom.
We will have to play our DBs on an island. That's ok, their wideouts are ok at best. We can bring the safety in the box to protect the run. We must be careful with Hernandez roaming the middle of the field unnoticed, however. Chad Jones will have to play his best game as a Tiger in order for our team to be successful defensively. He has got to be in the right place at the right time and deliver the big blow when necessary. Somehow get inventive and get to the QB on some disguised blitzes. At worst case, pressure the QB consistently and make him think about if we're coming at him or not. This is especially true if Brantley plays (and I am banking that he will). We need to confuse him into thinking we're blitzing when we're not and visa versa and surprise him with a corner on the edge or LB coming up the gut. Offensively, diversity is the key. I fully expect Crowton to dig deep into his bag of tricks and see plays we haven't seen all year. We need to keep this D-line from teeing off on a suspect LSU O-line. Let's at least try to even the playing field in the trenches. The linebackers of Florida will not allow Charles Scott to slam through for 6-8 yards a pop in a conventional style running game. They are too good. Expect the unexpected from this LSU offense Saturday night. Hurt them with Holliday on special teams and keep James at bay. That's a difficult task, but somehow we need to come through in this area. We need really good field position to help a young Jefferson drive a shorter field. Conversely we need Florida constantly having to go 70 plus yards. LSU will have to be on top of their game and have few if any mental mistakes. Discipline on defense against these pesky scat backs. Discipline on special teams to contain James. Ingenuity on offense.
Hopefully our d line will see success against Brantley since he's not a runner... he can hurt us with the throw if we're not in proper assignments, but I think our dline gets a lot of confidence in this game, regardless of who's playing... I have a feeling their going to be pumped, wanting to prove something. Chad Jones should have a great game, and im hoping for some PP magic. I think we have a good shot... but offensive production is key to full success. Maybe we'll see some heavy duel threat shepard action.
