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Per LSUSports.net: ORLANDO, Fla. -- No. 17 LSU gained a 17-14 advantage with 2:02 to play in a back-and-forth 2018 Citrus Bowl before No. 14 Notre Dame completed a 55-yard touchdown to hand the Tigers a 21-17 loss on a rainy New Year's Day in Camping World Stadium.

LSU running back Derrius Guice caught two touchdown passes and rushed 21 times for 98 yards. His final touch was a reception that came up inches from the goalline and led to a short field goal that put the Tigers ahead for 35 seconds of game time.

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Tiger33776 months
This one is on head coach. Have to go for it on 4th and less than a yard for a TD with under 2 minutes to play. ND offense was out playing our defense at that point and those 3 points would not be enough!
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TampaTiger2276 months
ya? the head coach misses FGs? you are fricking stupid.
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Agreed. Nuff said. Can’t believe we didn’t geaux for it
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Tiger33776 months
@tampatiger22... I'm far from stupid. What's stupid is that the head coach had more faith in a kicker than Guice at that point in the game! We needed less than a foot! You tell me what's the smarter call at this point in the game? Guice or an 0/2 kicker?!
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LSUFreek76 months
We comin'...out the Top 25.
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Geauxmbo76 months
You go for it You get it, great. At worst you go into OT You don’t convert. Your D plays a 99 yard field with a likely run, run & run sequence in front of them. Team looked unprepared especially on the offensive side. (Shocking)
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TKLSUMD76 months
I am so glad this season is over.
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CL810076 months
Damn that lsu offense is bad, phew glad 2017 season is over. Why doesn't peterson have any faith in his offense to get a td? He opts for a field goal twice when inside the 1 yard line when you know you do not have a field goal kicker that can not do his job. Hope Arden key gets his dream shot in NFL, what a lazy dude to skip out on bowl game.
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Lexman176 months
Hey Aranda: Prevent defense prevents you from winning. Every time! Absolutely pathetic. I hope Donte Jackson leaves. He is horrible!
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BigTimer2376 months
Jesus..
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Vernonbrew2276 months
All in all, a decent season. 10-3 would have been better than 9-4. Keep recruiting and work for next season. Going to be a tough slate in fall ‘18
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Vernonbrew2276 months
Hats off to Guice
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CL810076 months
Going to be a really long tough 2018 season for LSU if can not get a QB from a community college transfer
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tryagainlater76 months
lsu has settled for mediocrity, evidently so
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Geauxmbo76 months
Second to say hats, shirt, and shoes off to Guice. Threw his body around like there was nothing to lose. A shame someone who commits to the team like that doesn’t receive the same commitment on 4th and inches..
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SoulGlo76 months
And a retarded fan base crapping on him.
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Jrv2damac76 months
8-5, 9-3, 8-4, 9-4. Average. Next year's schedule is tough. A 1-2 start is likely.
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Geauxmbo76 months
And they call this a melt lol..
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6-6 is average
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Doug336776 months
almost makes me miss the fake field goals that LM occasionally called. A 7 point lead with 2 min to play would have been nice.
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Hats, shirts, shoes off to Etling as well. Gave it all to this program on and off field. Made the very most of his limited qb talent. High character. Lots of chest.
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WJ76 months
Nice preparation/execution coach o. John Chevis-type d.
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eugene1928LSU76 months
4th qtr only, but thats when it counts the most. The 2 play drive was inexcusable and chavis like. Donte is horrible
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eugene1928LSU76 months
No 4th qtr D, poor red zone execution, feels like the Penn State loss a few years ago, and the nd disaster 4 yrs ago. Danny is a tough qb but we'll never be elite until we get an elite type qb. Against the better than us programs we never have enough offense to win, never. Guice may go down as one of my top 3 all time players, great effort unlike key.
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SoulGlo76 months
A year ago all the lanyards said we needed a game manager. We had a game manager... Now we must have an elite qb.
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Pepe Lepew76 months
Never thought we’d lose by getting passed on, damn !!!!
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Load Toad76 months
Seem to me a few freshmen played today I didn't see all season. Future is bright just lacking a QB.
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LSU_fan7976 months
Etling played good. Every time we lose y’all blame Etling it wasn’t his fault he played hard
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SoulGlo76 months
I'm really happy about our youth. People really need to quit bagging on Etling though. He played well and their constant bitching about him is annoying.
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Gumbo176 months
Etling sucks. Big heart but lacks elite QB skills. Truth hurts.
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schwartzy76 months
I'm not mad at the defense. Aranda is still the best coach on our staff. I'm mad at O for kicking a FG a foot away from the endzone in a bowl game, when Guice risked injury to play for LSU. He or Darrell deserved the chance to get 6 inches, and if they failed, at least you didn't play scared. It was stupid to kick when you've been missing all day. Notre Dame would've likely given up either a safety or punting in their own end zone. We're so far from being in the playoffs if Coach O is going to be like this and have issues with his staff every year.
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Geauxmbo76 months
Already been said but agreed
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SoulGlo76 months
Two inches.
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joejetpilot76 months
LSU continues to accept mediocrity from its football program. I fear we'll continue to be mired in mediocrity until we make wholesale changes in staff and administration.
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TigerSpray76 months
$15 mil per year gets your coach back. Ticket prices will increase 7x though.
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LSU_fan7976 months
Every time we lose everyone blames Danny Etling. Danny played good and played hard. At least he wasn’t worried about getting injured like some guys were. Look I like Coach O but he is not a championship Coach.
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MountainCat76 months
He also doesn’t have an NFL future like some guys do.
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Barbellthor76 months
Yes then no to your post.
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Gumbo176 months
Etling's playing heart doesn't make up for his lack of skills as a QB.
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JimBob4LSU76 months
WTF??? Twice you're on the one-foot line and you don't go for it in a classic Bowl game. Pathetic play-calling.
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Barbellthor76 months
Once we were and we were going for it, then false start.
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TigerSpray76 months
if guice is screaming to the press box to get the ball, fake it to him next time. everybody knew he was getting it.
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BowDownToLSU76 months
Special Teams coach... lack of
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TigerSpray76 months
at least the special bus guy slobbering with his mouth open is gone.
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