Yep I sure do, I lived about 20 miles from the stadium. As you know, all the tough games were played in b'ham. I saw some great games and when LSU came to town I would have walked that distance to see it. My dad used to manage a state park and the week leading to the big show it was packed out with LSU fans in our campgrounds. I loved it, yall travel well, got loud fans but fun loving. Win or lose it was the only group that never backed off, but i don't remember too many nice things they had to say about coach Bryant, something about bear meat. Like I said, it was fun.
Dude, that was the score when they played South Carolina this year. Come on, we're way better than the Cocks. No way the hang 20 on us, and no way we only muster up 6. If coach keeps the reigns off of Jefferson, our offense will be productive. I think the single biggest X-factor for this game will be Russell Sheppard. He is a threat from several positions, and out of a very wide range of looks. His recent productivity is quite timely, as his very presence on the field will force Alabama to keep an eye on him at all times. If we get him a couple of decent looks early on, he'll be on their minds every time he's in the game, regardless of whether or not he gets the ball. To this point in the season, he's gotten the touch virtually every play that he's been in. You've got to think that the coaches are planning to decoy him. Personally, I think he'll break a long one. :LSU231:
By recent productivity you mean the All-Barn game. Their defense was leaking like the titanic. they haven't been giving up first downs they've been watching wind sprints going the other way all year. When they said they were going to the spread I thought they meant their offense, that things contagious, out of control. Their idea of Defensive strategy is regrouping at midfield to receive the kick off. Tulane........ never mine. The x-factor is your offensive line. They need to be successful for 4 quarters against a really stingy defense. I'm not saying that decoying sheppard wouldn't be an option, but at this stage of his career he doesn't remind me of Percy Harvin.
That was the year we had Leonard Marshall, Bill Elko, and Ramsey Dardar on the defensive line and held Bama to 0 first downs in the first half. No one had ever seen Bama stopped cold like that.
That will all depend on what the coaching staff's mentality coming into this game. Do we come out aggressive in the passing game or play it as conservative like we did vs Florida? If we're conservative, we're in big trouble and walking right into the Bama strength (forcing mistakes). Take the kid gloves off Jefferson and give him a chance to succeed. That's all I ask.
Beasts...all three of them. Dardar? Sad. Still in prison. What a waste of talent. So much worse than Collins. Amazing the difference between his post LSU life and Leonard Marshall's.
I bet Bama doesn't drop 31pts on them. And? Good offenses trounce bad defenses. What's your point? The definition of 'x-factor' has eluded you, my friend. At this stage of his career, McElroy doesn't remind me of John Parker Wilson.
