re: ESPN Power 5 offensive efficiency last 3 years

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Are you saying 15 yards is the difference between creative and shite?

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I agree with your point. Another issue is that in close games the difference can simply be who made two or three critical plays that never show up in the average stats. That is what I will judge this team by. When you have people on the field who will make game winning plays or knockout plays against the stoutest competition then you will see a NC competitor.

Last year I saw LF, Guice, and Adams play at that level. I am looking for Harris, Dupre, Dural, Beckwith, and White or Toliver to make that leap in performance this year. This is not to say they are doing badly but they become "go to" players in crunch time.

LSU had a decent offense last year. Harris was still young and was injured the last few games. Overall against the sec the stats may be a bit quirky because we dominated Auburn and South Carolina, but got manhandled against Arkie, and Bama. We got a lot of yards against Ole Miss but that is somewhat misleading because of the score. But I don't care about the last three years. This year is all that matters.