re: Overall just very disappointed with the lack of creativity on offense

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Look, LSU was averaging 22 PPG in SEC play. That is not enough to win every game. It just isn't. No defense is good enough to win every game when your offense is playing that badly. If your defense keeps the #1 team in the country to 21 points (I don't care how many seconds it took them to score them) then they have done a good enough job that your offense needs to be able to seal the deal. They didn't though, they put the defense in yet another must-win situation, and the defense got beat.

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It's obviuos LSU had some problems on offense this year, no one is denying that. We were young, inexperienced, and made too many mistakes.

I'm not willing to give LSU's defense a pass and it wasn't because they were put in these "must-win situations" you are referring to or because they were worn down.

The offense improved towards the end of the year and played well enough to win ball games, while the defense regressed.


Over the last 6 games of the season LSU's offense averaged 27 ppg and 380 ypg, while the defense gave up 21 ppg and 371 ypg including 3 straight 300 yd passers and over 460 yards in their last 2 games.

During that span of games LSU's average TOP was 33.25, while opponents averaged 26.35. So the worn out defense doesn't carry any weight.

LSU's offense wasn't incredible this year, but it won games for us and put us in position to win multiple times, when our defense let us down.