re: Amazing QB controversy Really?

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You’re trying to paint it like the defense and special teams were the only reasons LSU didn’t win the SEC this year, which is absurd. They held FSU to 24 points. Two wins this year the offense scored 21 and 13 points.

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I said that with Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee replacing QBs NEXT year having a better and more consistent defense and special teams would create a CEILING of winning the SEC, not that they would definitely win the SEC and not that they would have won the SEC this year.

They “held” FSU to 24 points because FSU only had 9 possessions. Some of that was the offense having some long drives, but mostly it was because the defense couldn’t get FSU off the field on 3rd down. A normal game is 12-13 possessions. The points per possession were more like a typical game giving up 31-35 points. It was NOT a good defensive outing. That said, you are missing the fact that I combined defense and special teams in my comments. The two muffed punts and 2 blocked kicks were an even bigger contributor to the loss.

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Bennett’s “inconsistent” was a hell of a lot more productive than Daniels’. He threw for 1,500 more and 10 more TDs.

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Bennett had 289 total yards per game compared to 271 for Daniels and that was with Daniels playing only one quarter against Southern and missing the second half against Georgia. Bennett did account for 37 TDs to 29 for Daniels, but he played an extra game (plus the parts of games Daniels missed noted above). The overall production between the two isn’t as disparate as you are making it out to be.