re: Miles Says Offensive Scheme Is Not The Problem

LSU seems to have a history of a lot of different players being "unable to execute"; especially in the passing game.

Total offense
Year Rank
2009 102
2010 81
2011 57
2012 77

Passing YPG

Year Rank
2009 97
2010 107
2011 106
2012 94

Those numbers don't kill you when you have a "lights out" defense. When you don't (like last year, and thus far this season), you better be able to put points on the board against good teams.

There's a lot of ways to describe Les Miles' offense, but for me, it is the most "risk averse" offense in college football. Miles is terrified of letting his passing game make plays because of the risk that they might also turn the ball over from time to time. The funny (sad) thing is that in times when LSU has been "forced" to throw (usually to catch up or keep up), the passing game has delivered. See: 2012 2nd half v. Bama; 2012 v. Ole Miss; 2010 v. UF; 2014 2nd half v. Wisc.

Les, you obviously thought your QBs, WRs, TEs, were good players when you recruited them. Give them a chance to make plays!!!!