Mo Claiborne swung the momentum back to LSU on that fantastic return, but he missed a ton of tackles in the game. For a guy who everyone says is faster than PP7, he sure can't tackle anything like Peterson. PP7 wrapped people up, and if they did complete a pass on him, he clamped down on the WR and put him in the dirt.

Our DB's missed tackles all night, and Claiborne was the worst. Miles mentioned the poor tackling in his postgame interview with Erin Andrews, which leads me to believe they are going to be emphasizing it in practice. I'm just hoping they correct this before we face the speedy, juke happy UF skill players.

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Posted by burke985

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Member since Aug 2011

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Posted on 9/26/11 at 8:38 am to tenacious

i would have to see him and pp7 line up next to each other and race to believe hes faster

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Posted by Coater

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Member since Jun 2005

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Posted on 9/26/11 at 8:38 am to tenacious

to this point we haven't missed but a handful of tackles. that has truly been one of the strengths of our defense. i agree that it will be emphasized this week and we shouldn't see that again.

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Posted by Tiger Roux

Houston

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Posted on 9/26/11 at 8:39 am to tenacious

Tackling was much better vs Oregon and MSU. I think he was playing off a little to far??

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Posted by mtntiger

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Member since Oct 2003

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Posted on 9/26/11 at 8:41 am to tenacious

After re-watching the game, I'm convinced most of the tackles were missed out of being overaggressive. Instead of getting into good position to limit the gain to another yard or two, the DBs were flying in trying for the quick stop. They were much more under control against Oregon. YAC for WV was unreal Saturday night.

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