Beyond merely stupid- stupid to the 10th power.

mistakes were made

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"We had to throw the football," Miles said.

"We were not running the football. They were in a position where they outnumbered us in the run."

LSU's three passes allowed Swinney to save his timeouts.

"I had three timeouts," Swinney said. "If he runs it three times, I can call timeout, timeout, timeout.

"I think (Miles) was trying to win the game. I think he felt confident in the plays. I know he knew he needed to get a first down, because if he gets a first down I have to start burning timeouts."

Boyd said having 1:39 to stage the final drive "is like having 10, 15 minutes for us."

"When I saw that clock and that we had three timeouts I said, 'Let's get it.'"

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Just played right into their hands.

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The pass on 2nd down was a good call.

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Obviously not.

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The pass on 2nd down was a good call. If Mett doesn't throw the ball straight to the ground, we get that first down. Miles will never win over some of our fan base. He gets called an idiot when he runs against an 8-9 man front and he gets called an idiot when he calls a good passing play on 2nd &2.

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You know that there are more ways to run the ball than straight into the teeth of the defense right? frick, if he lined Ware up and then had him run to the edge everyone would be so baffled that it wasn't Ford that he'd likely go all the way.

It was a stupid call, not specifically because it was a pass, but because it was a designed roll out with a QB who is awful when moving in a situation when forcing them to use timeouts was at least as important as getting a first down. And then he did it AGAIN on 3rd down!

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The pass on 2nd down was a good call.




Obviously not.

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They are only good calls when they work.

And if we got the first down on the pass and won, you would be slurping the Purple Drank.

Look at the stats. We got our asses beaten.


All the foolish coaching decisions are just the lagniappe.

You're an idiot, dude. All game long, on short yardage situations, Clemson sold out or the run and stuffed us. Miles did the smart thing on second and two - he faked run and threw a short pass in the flat. Miles was hoping Clemson would sell out or the run, and he must have been thrilled when he saw the play unfold. They had tricked Clemson. Landry was wide open. Mett was moving that way, and had a short throw, with no one in between, to win the game. LSU coaches were probably already patting themselves on the back. Clemson coaches were surely watching the receiver break clear and thinking all was lost. The game was ours if Mett could throw the ball 12 yards to a wide open receiver and Landry could catch it. Done deal, right! Nope, Mett blew it! The coaches made one of those rare, truly brilliant calls; it worked like a charm; and you think that's stupid.

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You have a 2-point lead.
You have the ball.
Two minutes remain.
Get 2 first downs, run out the clock, & you win the game.
Go 3 & out, & they will come back at you with one of the country's better fg kickers.
What do you do?
Throw on 1st & 10, catch them off guard, & pick up 8 yds- good idea.
On 2d & 2 you can run, but instead you PASS again?!!!
Then you make the same mistake on 3d & 2?!!!
You are beyond stupid

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You forgot Hill was averaging 10 yards per carry.

So since the loss is obviously all on Mettenberger failing to complete one "simple" pass (since obviously a football game is one play long and if you fail to complete it you have lost, and no other plays happen, you must put the whole game on one play) can we blame the coaches for recruiting and playing such a shitty QB that he cannot make even a simple throw?

At one point do we get to blame the coaches? We can't blame them for calling plays that the players evidently can't run correctly, we can't blame them for not coaching the players to run them correctly, we can't blame them for recruiting players who are so bad that they cannot be coached to run plays correctly?

What the frick are the coaches even there for if their jobs are utterly meaningless and every loss is all on the players not executing a masterful game plan, despite perfect recruiting and perfect coaching?