Updated: LSU D & scores before half & end of game.

I posted this last week and I think it's relevant to our defensive failures yesterday. Giving up scores prior to half & at the end of the game are killing us. This points to a schematic failure.
Going back to the 2010 season and into this season LSU has allowed scores before halftime or late in 4th in 22 of 59 games. On two occasions LSU has been outscored in the 4th quarter and still won. At this point it's not a trend, but a staple of every season.

Here's the breakdown:
Record in those games: 16-6
Record if the opponent scores at the end of half & at the end of game: 1-4
Record against opponents who finished the year in the Top 25: 5-6.(assuming UGA finishes in top 25).
Total losses in that time frame:7.
Going into SEC play we play 5 teams that could potentially finish in the top 25: UGA (L), UF, Ole Miss, Bama, & A&M. We average roughly 5 games a year of allowing late points and it's happened in 3 games this year against some shitty teams.
We can talk about LB's, DB's or how great the offense is, but if we keep spotting teams 7-14 cheap points in 36% of the games we play it will catch up with us in an ugly way. Like happening in 5 games this year ugly.

For the Bama obsessed: it's happened to them 12 times in the same time frame and they are 11-1.


I listed the games we had this happen in below.
Teams in bold finished in top 25.

2013 – 3-1
TCU (w) – Outscored LSU 10-7 in 4th
UAB (w) – Scored 10 points in last 5 minutes of 1st half.
AUB (w)– 10 plays 88 yds TD 6 minutes left in game. 10 plays 57 yds less than 5 minutes. No Score.
UGA (L) - TD before half. Game winner at the end.

2010: Record 5-2; 1-2 against top 25 finishers
UNC (W) – scored TD at end of 4th to make score 30-24. 13 plays 67 yards.
WVU(W) – scored TD at end of 1st half. 10 plays 53 yds.
UF(W) – 10 plays 80 yards. End of game
AUB (L)– TD with 5 minutes to go in 4th.
BAMA (W)– 9 plays 74 yds TD with just over 2 minutes in the game.
OLE MISS(W) – 9 plays 80 yards TD just over 2 minutes left in 1st half. 5 plays 80 yards under 5 minutes 4th
ARKY(L) – 1 play 80 yards 6 seconds left before half

2011: 3-1; 2-1 against top opponents
ORE –(W) 11 plays 70 yds TD with 13 seconds left in game. Outscored LSU 14-10 in 4th.
UK –( W)12 plays 70 yds TD under 5 minutes in 4th.
BAMA- (W)10 plays 79 yds FG. Under 4 minutes to half.
BAMA NC Game –(L) 9 plays 52 yds FG right before half; 4 plays 52 yds TD under 5 minutes to go in 4th.

2012 – Record: 5-2; 2-2 against top opponents
Towson –( W6) plays 80 yds TD under 2 minutes in 4th
USC- (W) 11 plays 77 yds TD under 2 minutes in 4th.
TAMU –( W)9 plays 80 yds TD under 2 minutes left in 4th.
BAMA – (L) 6 plays 63 yds TD under 1 minute before half. 5 plays 72yds TD under minute in game.
MSU –(W) 9 plays 45 yds FG under 1 minute before half.
Ole Miss –(W) 11 plays 97 yds TD under 1 minute before half.
Clemson –(L) 8 plays 73 yds TD right at 5 minutes to halftime. 10 plays 60 yds FG. Game winner