by Russ Mitchell, lead SEC Columnist for College Football News... --Barkevious Mingo...With great power comes great responsibility, KeKe. Mr. Mingo was supposed to be a dominate force this season playing across from All American DE Sam Montgomery. While by no means a flop, he failed to meet these lofty preseason expectations - certainly not on a consistent basis. His sack production fell to roughly half what it was last season, as did his number of tackles (both solo and assisted). He also failed to register a single forced fumble; compare that to the now departed DB Tyrann Mathieu, who had 11 in about a season and a half. Regardless, Mingo will likely be a first round NFL draft choice, and as such should depart early for the League. But 2012 should leave a sour taste long after KeKe starts cashing NFL paychecks --LSU’s Wide Receivers...LSU finished the season ranked 78 in the nation in total offense, with a passing attack once again in the bottom 25 percent of college football. When it comes to identifying causes for the seemingly perpetual offensive woes in Red Stick, the Tigers’ wideouts are hardly the sole problem. The Bayou Bengals struggled with a plethora of key (and non-key) injuries this season, most specifically on the O line. Still, the receiving corps was relatively healthy, yet for much of the season it appeared as if LSU’s wideouts thought catching was an optional part of the job description. LSU had more drops than AT&T’s wireless coverage. Indeed, some of the early criticism of quarterback Zach Mettenberger was the direct result of poor receiving play. It wasn’t just catching, either - when not dropping passes, this unit failed to run crisp routes consistently and at times even block efficiently downfield, the latter a hallmark of LSU receivers. Sophomore Odell Beckham Jr. was particularly average in comparison to expectations after an All-SEC Freshman campaign in 2011. --LSU’s Two Minute Drill defense...With so much riding on the line, that last minute is going to sting for a long, long time, Tiger fan. After 30 minutes of their November 3 matchup in Baton Rouge, LSU was down 14-3 to the Tide, but the Tigers would go on to simply dominate Alabama in the second half. LSU scored 14 unanswered points to take the lead, and held the defending BCS champs to three and outs on four of their next five possessions...until 1:43 to play. Then, with no timeouts and facing said defense over 72 yards, Bama scored in 43 seconds. If you were paying attention that night it was less shocking than most thought, as the Tigers did the exact same thing at the end of the first half - allowing Bama to drive 63 yards for a touchdown in just 57 seconds. The prevent defense once again only preventing a good defense from working. http://cfn.scout.com/2/1250540.html
LSU’s Two Minute Drill defense...With so much riding on the line, that last minute is going to sting for a long, long time, Tiger fan. After 30 minutes of their November 3 matchup in Baton Rouge, LSU was down 14-3 to the Tide, but the Tigers would go on to simply dominate Alabama in the second half. LSU scored 14 unanswered points to take the lead, and held the defending BCS champs to three and outs on four of their next five possessions...until 1:43 to play. Then, with no timeouts and facing said defense over 72 yards, Bama scored in 43 seconds. If you were paying attention that night it was less shocking than most thought, as the Tigers did the exact same thing at the end of the first half - allowing Bama to drive 63 yards for a touchdown in just 57 seconds. The prevent defense once again only preventing a good defense from working. http://cfn.scout.com/2/1250540.html[/quote] The asshole had to remind us of that...there goes my appetite.
You are wrong, they just succumbed to mighty AJ. See any post since Nov from the resident gumptards that continue to think we give a shit about their homer opinions.
Selective thinking. If the writer claims that Bama's defense didn't live up to expectation, that is incorrect. What expectations? Against the elite teams, every team gets hit harder and I'm sure the stats will support that, most of the time. So what? Our superior offensive line, running game and QB play was suppose to carry this year's squad and it did just that. The fact that Bama also had the number one defense along the way, when they lost so many to the NFL, is why they are in Miami. Just another article about something that is hardly relevant in the long run. It takes TEAM.
The 2-minute drill Defense was unecessary A. LSU held McCarron the entire second half to negative yardage therefore logic dictates "why run it?". B. This lack of execution cost LSU football a hard earned victory vs #1 Alabama, potential BCSNC title shot, Leonard Fournette (he'll choose Alabama now).
