re: a few comments from Columbia

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a few comments from Columbia
here are some observations from a lifetime (hardcore) Tiger fan (BR native) living in Charlotte for the past 10 years.

1) the music blaring over the loudspeakers at Williams Brice is about the coolest thing i have heard in a football stadium. the place was rockin' for no other reason. not particularly "Loud", just SUPER high-energy. Tiger Stadium could use some of that. From what i gathered, it's about the only thing they've got there that we might want.

2) Columbia is pretty much a dump. Makes the drive from Port Allen to Tiger Stadium via River Road look like the Champs E'lysee.

3) If there is ONE thing possibly evident from the stands that may have been less so on Television, it is the extreme level of general confusion and disorganization on the field shown by LSU. I understand there will be check-offs. I understand the guys need to make adjustments. I understand that football is a complex game. What i don't understand is an offensive coaching staff making things SO incredibly complex for such a young group of guys that half the time they DO NOT KNOW where to line up, who to block or which route to run.

Yes this is 2008. Yes, Gary Crowton is an X and O genius (i think), but i gotta say...our offense sure looked gimmicky at times. Something is wrong when you have to run a triple misdirection double fake statue of liberty BS to produce a 3 yard off-tackle gain. It simply introduces too much opportunity for error.

I don't know if you guys could see it on the Television, all 4 receivers looking at each other, the coach, back to each other, the quarterback, pointing, shifting, changing sides of the field....before almost EVERY PLAY. it was insane. KISS!

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Dude you are dead on correct 100%. They look lost at times and instead of simplifying the offense it looks too hard for them.