My thoughts.. 1) LSU's offense is for real. It was a pleasure not getting that "oh shit" feeling every time it came to third down. Unfortunately, the run game was well prepared for by Georgia. 2) The refs were blind as a bat, but at least it was divided among both sides. We got away with a lot of PI's and Georgia did to. I guess they were letting them actually play the game. 3) Game was pretty much what I expected, but not what I wanted. LSU made a lot of costly mistakes. 4) Hats off to Georgia for preparing a plan to stop LSU's rushing attack. That ultimately was the difference in the game I think. 5) Our secondary needs work. In their defense, they went up against a very skilled and talented QB, but the problem is the SEC has a few of those, and we have to face them. All in all though, LSU can still get to where we all want them to be but there's a lot of work to be done in a short time.
If you look on the sidelines, Rivers has the headsets on, hes getting the plays from Cam and doing the relay. By next year Rivers will know more about the offense than any other player.
From my experience the qb on the sideline with the headset on calling the plays is more likely to become a student coach then a starting qb.
I remember Rivers hitting 70% of his passes in the Spring game. He knows what he should do. Smart kid and has an arm.
The problem with the defense is that the SAME scheme was used with experienced players last year against Alabama at the end of the game and it did not work............if it does not change against similar QB skills, LSU will lose AGAIN the same way.
I agree, Im still very critical of Chavis. I put the last three losses on Chavis and his soft D at the end of games. Miles is also part to blame because he is the HC, this is a time when he should step in. I rather coach to win, play aggressive. Rather than be super soft. Im just trying to be a bit positive that we are young and will have growing pains. Im not naive though to be content with what Im seeing.
I couldn't agree more about soft D at the end of games (and halves, for that matter). It's biting us in the ass the past two seasons. However, the bolded part is laughable to me. LSU fans are very fond of wishing (openly) that Miles would leave the coordinators alone and "let them do their job, run their side of the ball." But when we lose? Yep, it's Miles' fault by not butting in. So, which is it? Personally, I feel that Miles should step in at any time when he feels it's warranted because ultimately it's his team and his ass on the line. But we're back to the classic Miles Catch 22.
I agree Stacey, its a total catch 22. Thats why he is paid the big bucks though, to step in as needed or to give the leeway as deserved. I wont lie, Im just not completely sold on Miles over the last few years.
I understand what you are saying Dad but in most cases the guy who is not expected to play sends in the plays.
