Five points for the morning after

First, Bama's coaches trusted their QB to efficiently and effectively run a pass oriented offense. McCarron went 23/34, 234 yds, 6.9 yds/att, 0/0. LSU's coaches only trusted JJ to run the ball and throw short passes that Bama jumped all over. JJ went 11/17, 53 yds, 3.1 yds/att, 0/1. Which all leads to the second point.

Second, Bama's offensive gameplan surprised us and was pretty effective at moving the ball. Looked a lot like WVU. Short-intermediate passes set up by good pass protection and picks/crossing routes by the receivers. LSU's offensive gameplan...well I really can't figure out if we were a power run team, a zone-read run team, a short passing team, or an option team. It definitely was not a pass oriented offense. We had no identity on offense and everyone played confused. Which leads to number 3.

Third, say what you want about JJ vs JL, but with JJ at the helm it seems the offense is always in disarray, scrambling to get the ball snapped prior to a delay of game, and actually getting false starts and delay of game penalties.

Fourth, Bama beat us at our own game: special teams. Their kickoff and punt return coverage was outstanding. And their kicker was 5/6 with the only miss being a good block by Brockers. Wing had a great kick on his first punt, but after that he struggled most of the night (maybe his leg was getting tired?).

Fifth, we still had a great season and I'm still proud of my LSU Tigers Football team. I still think Les Miles is a great coach, even though I was ready to choke him last night. I still think we'll have a great 2012 season. And with that I say Geaux Tigers!