Tyson Jackson: "I already know how we're gonna play" ....

Riley also said the game seemed a lot slower than practice lol...maybe we should put John Williams at QB and run a little option heh.

Man, Paul Johnson is an arrogant chap isn't he?

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Refused to admit we "understood" the option offense...make a snide remark about us "still trying to score" in 3rd quarter.

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And I will agree the fake punt was a bit much, but LSU throwing deep was fine in my book. GT came back from like 20 down to beat Georgia, so I was fine trying to put a few more points.

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I'm the opposite on the fake punt/passing deep. I think the fake punt was fine and a perfectly executed play. Why punt it away and put the ball in their hands with 8 minutes to go when you can get the first and continue to run the clock yourself?

I do not agree with throwing it on 5 of 6 of the next plays after the fake punt. In my opinion, it makes the fake punt look like more of a dick move, whereas running the clock would have made it seem that was the reason.

We understood the option in the way of noticing "hey, if we just shove the shite out of everyone and push them 3 yards back, we disrupt this offense. Let's just do that every time!" Worked well!

As for the press conference, I don't think Johnson was saying LSU didn't understand the spread. It seemed to me he was laughing at the question because he felt there was much more that went on the in the game that was not affected at all by the LSU defense understanding the offense.

His repeated "what goes around comes around" makes it obvious he didn't like the fake punt, though he did say it was a nice play

Miles said they threw the ball simply because they put an extra defender or two in the box on those snaps. If they put more in the box, we must make them cover in the field...regardless of the score or time.

I have absolutely no problem with what he said. Seemed classy to me. Made the point clear that the better team won the game.

I'm thinking that there was no intention of running up the score but rather with the lead we had there is no better time than to try out the trick plays and/or fakes just to see how we execute them. If they fail, no harm. If they succeed then teams next year will have just that more to prepare for on defense.

Let's not forget, GT was ranked #14 and we were ranked somewhere way down there. Making one helluva showing last night can only help recruiting for those kids who might still be riding the fence.

Without a doubt, when Miles has ample time to prepare his team he is tough to beat. He came in with a game plan and I'm glad he stuck with it just to see if it could be executed. After all, we only scored 3 points in the second half. I wouldn't consider that as trying to run up the score.

Brah, put some make up on Johnson and I bet the guy looks like the Joker off the movie"Batman"
He probably made some smart arse comment and anger Les Miles forcing him to fake punt and do an onside kick just to put the first year coach in his place.

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I do not think we understood the triple option as much as we understood that we needed to get the game to a point where we would not have to worry about executing against the option. The best defense against the triple option is forcing teams to abandon the triple option.

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Totally disagree. If you watched the whole game, you saw Ga Tech continue to run the option and LSU absolutely stuffed it. I distinctly recall Hatcher and McCray fighting off blocks to stop the pitch man for a loss or no gain. Believe me, LSU understood how to play the option, and excecuted.

Most tiger fans knew the team could play like this...thus the frustration when they played so badly and with no discipline.

Listening to Les' presser: About 9:35-10:05, the "special contacts" comment, I wish we coulda seen JJ's face.

Rule #1 of Les Miles football, don't believe a word he tells the press. You, as the QB, need to learn that quick, also if you ever have specific leg injury, the most specific you can get is upper or lower leg everything else is not necessary.