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Posted on 8/20/13 at 9:20 am to RBWilliams8
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Alatiger... I must say, when I started reading this I was disappointed for a second. I was all "not you too alatiger!!".... Should have known better
Always positive!
If we can't be excited now, when can we be?
LSU against the world!
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:03 am to jeff5891
quote:This. While the players that we lost to the draft certainly consisted of household names and a lot of starpower, they really mailed it in for much of the year in 2012. I don't know if it was a 2011 hangover or simply being deflated after the bama debacle, but they simply did not come anywhere near the previous year's level. This year, we have young, hungry guys who are sick of hearing about the step back that the D will take and who are ready to make names for themselves. That can certainly spell DOOM for opposing offenses.
Since so many of the players we lost underachieved last year, the players taking there place this year are easily upgrades
Example DE position
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:05 am to AlaTiger
I thought that sounded familiar. 
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:11 am to Grit-Eating Shin
Losing Mathieu really hurt our defense. He was the leader, obviously. He was also the emotional firecracker for the team. He went out in Fall camp, remember. LSU lost their best player and Heisman finalist right before the season started. That really affected the Defense.
After losing to Bama, the defense mailed it in. They were off to the NFL and were just playing out their time. All of those juniors were.
They were great for LSU, but it was time to move on. The 2011 season, the loss to Alabama on 1/9, Mathieu's expulsion, and the loss to Alabama again last year took the fire out of them, I think. They were ready to move on.
But, honestly, that would have been the case if they would have beaten Alabama. Those guys were good, but they were ready for the NFL and their paychecks. I do not really blame them. In the future, we are going to have to win with Sophomores and Juniors who are trying to still prove themselves.
After losing to Bama, the defense mailed it in. They were off to the NFL and were just playing out their time. All of those juniors were.
They were great for LSU, but it was time to move on. The 2011 season, the loss to Alabama on 1/9, Mathieu's expulsion, and the loss to Alabama again last year took the fire out of them, I think. They were ready to move on.
But, honestly, that would have been the case if they would have beaten Alabama. Those guys were good, but they were ready for the NFL and their paychecks. I do not really blame them. In the future, we are going to have to win with Sophomores and Juniors who are trying to still prove themselves.
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:12 am to AlaTiger
In, Belatedly.
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:16 am to Rickdaddy4188
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This post was edited on 8/20/13 at 10:18 am
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:17 am to AlaTiger
quote:the biggest loss was Ron Cooper two years ago
LSU Lost Too Many Defensive Players To Be That Good
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:20 am to AlaTiger
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Those guys were good, but they were ready for the NFL and their paychecks. I do not really blame them. In the future, we are going to have to win with Sophomores and Juniors who are trying to still prove themselves.
:kige:
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:21 am to plance
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quote: the D was not very good after the Bama game last year
Neither was the offense
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:23 am to sunnydaze
Well, Mettenberger played well sans the Clemson game. But, he was on his back most of that game, too.
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:26 am to TheFlyingTiger
I think our D will be better. I do not know if we over trained or what, but we looked tired the end of last year on the defensive front, and our secondary was average. I really think Reid under performed. Teams are going to be shocked how well we play this year, especially if Moffit did his job the way he did in 2011.
Posted on 8/20/13 at 10:29 am to AlaTiger
I still like this thread..
..a lot
..a lot
Posted on 8/20/13 at 11:03 am to AlaTiger
I find it rather amusing that the only team in college football who has lost players is LSU.
No other team lost anyone in the last year.
And that no one will be replacing the ones we lost. We will play with 3 players on defense.
Alabama has not lost one player in eleventy-seven years. They're all in their 30's. The players that Alabama (and other teams) lost from 2012 just like, don't count or something. Only LSU's.
They also act like the many LSU players that return this year are just out of high school or something. They don't even comprehend that many of them started games or played significant time last year in games.
I hope we embarrass them this year.
No other team lost anyone in the last year.
And that no one will be replacing the ones we lost. We will play with 3 players on defense.
Alabama has not lost one player in eleventy-seven years. They're all in their 30's. The players that Alabama (and other teams) lost from 2012 just like, don't count or something. Only LSU's.
They also act like the many LSU players that return this year are just out of high school or something. They don't even comprehend that many of them started games or played significant time last year in games.
I hope we embarrass them this year.
Posted on 8/20/13 at 11:27 am to Ford Frenzy
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the biggest loss was Ron Cooper two years ago
This was huge, I agree. I was very pissed when he announced he had some place better to go, that bastard
Posted on 8/20/13 at 11:30 am to spike0311
The one player I really wish we still had is a minter. If do anything to have him back one more year. What a beast.
Posted on 8/20/13 at 11:51 am to AlaTiger
I am not an LSU fan (though I enjoy watching LSU games), but LSU rarely gets good press from the sports media.
Posted on 8/20/13 at 11:56 am to TheFlyingTiger
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they were countin' their draft spots, brah
I hate to say it, but I think this is the case.
Posted on 8/20/13 at 12:22 pm to jeepfreak
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The only question mark is the offense. If the offense performs, the D will close it out.
nothing but the truth. well said.
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Those of us who were there when we were hoping to even make a bowl game under Archer, Hallman, and Dinardo are ecstatic with the shape of the program we have now. Everything else is lagniappe.
something that many on this board will never, ever understand. only one scenerio could have made the last 12yrs any better and that frickn' scenerio resides two states over looking larger than the Alps...but we have our own version of Hannibal and we comin'.
crush the toads.Posted on 8/20/13 at 12:35 pm to byubengalboy
Better late than never.
In this bitch
and we're gonna be killin teams this year. I hope my optimism about the offense comes true and we blow teams out this year.
In this bitch
quote:
Speed kills
and we're gonna be killin teams this year. I hope my optimism about the offense comes true and we blow teams out this year.
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