Predictions sure to be wrong.....

Jack Hunt he wasn't the most athletic safety but one of the smartest ever. He kept everyone in the right place.

 

I think that Steltz guy at safety was pretty special as well.

 

I remember the absolutely VICIOUS hits that LaRon laid on those Bama QB's. I remember Mussmouth (I think I was him) saying "That's just EVIL right there!"

 

Every day, 1 in 3 threads get jacked beyond saving. Won't you do your part?

 

It was kind of tounge-in-cheek, dude. Like those starving african commercials?

 

Jack Hunt was injured, he was our version of Bama's Rolondo McClain just at the safety position. One of the smartest defenders we ever had, he was a coach on the field as Winston pointed out and I'm positive we would have beaten Florida had he played. Plus it was a day game in Tiger Stadium and that's our curse. As Beano Cook once said, "Dracula and LSU football are best at night"

 

Yep, good question, should have been all we needed against Leak.

 

That 2003 team UF was bi-polar.

Your only loss, but they lost to Mississippi that season. They play a 10 win Florida State team in a very close game only to get blown out in their bowl game versus Iowa. Florida loses to Tennessee that season. The same Vol team that UofSC took to OT—and the Gamecocks only had two wins that season in conference play. The same UofSC team LSU slaughtered.

Of course, when I think about it, that was pretty much the Florida era under Zook—fielding bi-polar teams.

BTW, looking over the recaps of that game I'm leaning towards the turnovers killing LSU.

On all three, LSU was in Florida territory. Two INT's at the 40 and 41 and a fumble on the 31. Two of those on 1st down, one on second and 12, so the offense wasn't in a 3rd and long situation taking a risk.

 

The penalties hurt that game. By the looks of it their heads weren't in the game. Several back to back holding calls, false starts in the same drive, etc.

Holding calls, false starts, roughing the passer penalties and the like? Is that poor preparation or poor execution?

If one team just runs over another in one aspect of the game, that falls into poor preparation in my eyes. When you have pass interference calls, kicks out of bounds, and the other penalties mentioned above that falls more into poor execution.

I've seen a lot of teams lose games due to not "having their heads in the right place." Personally, I don't lay that all on the coaching staff's feet.

 

If I'm not mistaken I believe the following year in Florida we committed 5 turnovers and still won because Joe Addai just couldn't be stopped. Jamarcus never played good against Auburn or Florida.