re: Daniels is the best QB we’ve had since Mett.

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He made a couple of big runs to open the game and I said then that I hoped he didn't fall into a pattern where he thought he could make big plays with his feet on every play instead of throwing it. He certainly played as though that was his strategy. At least for 3-plus quarters anyway.

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He WAS making big plays running the ball. On the open drive he got LSU to the 5 before the center sailed the ball over his head. Two drives later he got LSU to the 6 before a false start pushed them back. Still, on 3rd and 11 from the 13 he literally hits a WR for what should have been a TD...except for the fact the WR apparently didn't feel like being a receiver on that play. LSU was set to get the ball back with 5:00 to go in the first half...until Nabors fumbled the punt.

In the 2nd half LSU had one 3 and out. He then led a 10 play 82 yard drive for a TD in the 3rd that started with his star WR dropping a pass on the first play of the drive. On his next possession he led a 15 play 75 yard drive for a TD. He was set to get the ball back with 2:00 minutes to go...until Nabors fumbled again. LSU shouldn't have gotten the ball back, but the FSU fumble gives them one more shot. Daniels leads the team NINETY-NINE yards in just over 1:00 to get would should have been the game tying TD. A drive where he goes 7 for 8 in addition to picking up 34 yards on the ground. And people are STILL bitching about the guy!

Would you have liked to see him hang in the pocket at bit more? Sure. But it's not like he was scrambling around taking sacks. He had 114 yards rushing. He also completed passes to 9 different players. He wasn't "perfect". But if you told me before the game he would account for 330 yards, throw two TDs and no INTs, I would have been more than happy.