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"After Matt Flynn’s record breaking game several weeks ago, two big questions came to my mind? One, how did LSU lose two games his senior year? And two, after the NFL has obviously proven that Jamarcus Russell was overrated and Matt Flynn was underrated, how did he not play over Russell at LSU?
Going into Jordan Jefferson’s senior year he was one of the most talked about QB’s in the country. Watching this kid at the Manning camp he had unbelievable raw ability. He could throw harder and was just as fast as anyone else in his class.
In 2007, this was a huge pickup for the Tigers. Therefore, as time has always been a great revealer of truth, why was he not as successful as the rest of the QB’s in his class? The obvious weakness was that he struggled to read defenses, manage the game, and was very indecisive. But like all college coaches think, “that’s okay, we can teach it”.
So what happened with Jefferson in his four years at LSU? With his first start coming against Arkansas in 2007 from the BCS game in 2012, we saw no progress in his game at all. Are you telling me for four years no one taught this kid how to read a defense or manage a game? Sure, as all raw talented athletes have done, he had his successful moments, but there was never a consistency.
Louisiana, player for player, is arguably the most talented state when it comes to football. In case you don’t know, they lead, and have led over every other state in producing NFL players per capita for a long time, and most of those have played at LSU.
So with all these “playmakers”, why was there not a point scored in the BCS game? Are you telling me they had better football players, better athletes? No, and if they did it was not a 21-ZERO difference. What was the problem?
Nick Saban took the LSU job, made a point to keep the in state players at home at LSU, preached discipline, and let the athlete’s make plays. Quickly he arose the sleeping football giant at LSU and won a National Title within a few years. By doing this LSU recruiting became a lot easier because they were keeping all of the in state talent.
Les Miles took over and seemed to not have skipped a beat in his first year going 11-2 with a dominating 40-3 win over Miami, which besides the non-conference 56-3 win over North Texas, was the most dominating game in the 2005 season. Why was that such a dominating game? Well one thing I remember was because of an injury to Jamarcus Russell, Matt Flynn received the start and beat the ‘Canes gracefully. Already in his first year people begin to question Miles, how come Flynn did not start the entire year?
In 2006, the starting QB was a question mark for fans, but Miles went with Russell. Russell, who like Jefferson, passed the eye test with having one of the strongest arms the game of football has ever witnessed, but also similar to Jefferson, the mental capability was a weakness. Once again going 11-2 with a Sugar Bowl victory over Norte Dame. Russell struggled against Auburn and Florida, which were the only two losses of the year.
Fans wanted to see more of Flynn, but were quickly hushed because after all the Sugar Bowl win was a BCS game. One rumor that never got out and that was never confirmed either way was that Jimbo Fisher, the offensive coordinator, wanted Flynn to start, but was overruled by Miles.
In 2007, Jimbo Fisher, an offensive mastermind, left for Florida State and Jamarcus Russell was drafted the number one pick in the NFL draft. Well, we all know how that ended up. Gary Crowton was hired and Matt Flynn was the starting QB. The Tigers went 12-2 with a National Title. There only two losses came in overtime losses against Kentucky and Arkansas.
Were those games put on the Flynn or the offense? You tell me: the defense gave up 43 to KENTUCKY and 50 to Casey Dick and the Hogs.
In 2008, it got bad. The Tigers went 8-5, finished the season unranked, Flynn, Russell, and Fisher, who were all brought in by Saban, were gone, Ryan Perrilloux, the only experienced QB was rightfully kicked off the team, and for some odd laughable reason Miles went to co-defensive coordinator’s.
After Andrew Hatch went down with an injury the Tiger fans were introduced to a freshman and inexperienced QB named Jarred Lee. The offense didn’t slow down a bit as they aired it out and Jarred Lee set the NCAA record for interceptions returned for TD’s. Fans were not happy. This kid was obviously not ready to be gun slinging and some believed that this ruined the kid at ever being a QB.
With frustrations rising, Jordan Jefferson received his first career start in the last game of the season against Arkansas and the Tigers still could not come out on top. The co-defensive coordinator was not the greatest idea, and John Chavis, an artist on the defensive side of the ball, was hired. A noticeable difference was made on the defensive side of the ball the next year.
The Tigers went 9-4 in 2009, as the offensive was still hard to watch. The Tigers lost to the former and future National Champs as well as two Heisman winners and to Penn State in harsh weather and filed conditions. But the hardest moment for Tiger fans that year was to watch the loss to rival Ole Miss after Miles failed miserably at clock management.
What ticked the Tiger nation off the most was how a 19 year old kid, Jordan Jefferson, was thrown under the bus after he clocked the ball with one-second left as time expired. Miles said the he did not tell him to clock it, later to be caught on TV obviously saying and motioning to down the ball. Regardless, the offense was horrible that year. Defense, athletic ability, and power were getting us through a lot of games.
In 2010, the Tigers were 11-2 and beat Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl. The two losses came to the Heisman trophy winner Cam Newton and the undefeated National Champions Auburn in a tight one, and the Arkansas Razorbacks.
The defensive kept the Tigers in a lot of games as the offense, desperate for answers, went to a two-quarterback system (Lee and Jefferson) that seemed to improve things. Once again, athletic ability, power, and defensive got us through the season. (cont to next post)

This post was edited on 1/11/12 at 1:01 am