On the safety

I saw a QB get hit in the head. Should have been automatic first down.

He was pretty much wrapped up and just flung it. That will always be called intentional grounding.


Either way, he should have thrown it away when he saw his receiver in bracket coverage.

There were 4 eligible receivers within 5 yards of where the ball landed.

I was at ground level behind Jefferson on that play. When LSU lined up in formation, I could see that LSU had only one wide reveiver, Reuben Randle. WKU had a corner on Randle, with a safety over the top for double coverage. I knew right away that it would be hard to get Randle the ball. JJ dropped back to pass and then looked Randle's way. Apparently, JJ was shocked that Randle was covered and he froze, not knowing what to do. The protection was not real good on that play, and it led to the safety. Basically, the quarterback had to know before the snap that there was a good chance of Randle being covered and he needed to be prepared to throw the ball out of bounds to the LSU sideline if that was the case, not hold the ball and freeze in your own endzone.

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It was called correctly. Stupid play by JJ, poor OL blocking and stupid play call with JJ in the game (his release is too slow).

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In some defense of JJ that was a horrible called play. You give your guy one receiver set from his own endzone. Expect failure. At Moo State we were in the same position but they ran an inside crossing route with RR. OC should be ashamed of himself.