An Infrequent Poster's Attempt at Rational Thinking

I read The Rant daily but rarely post and think this may be my first thread to start...but here goes. Here is my rational (at least in my opinion) take on the game last night and our team as a whole.

First, JJ is not the QB the media said, many tiger fans thought, and the rest of us hoped at the beginning of the season that he would be. He is just 19, so there is still plenty of time for him to improve, but he seriously crippled the Tigers last night with some inexperienced decisions (i.e. when it's 4th down there is never a reason to get sacked, throw the ball long and far and hope someone catches it!).

Second, we cannot run the options, period! Why we keep trying that play is mind-boggling. I guess it works in practice but it clearly does not work in the games. If that is all JJ can do, then lets put him back in the I-formation and run dives, counters, sweeps, and PAPs all day long. The I-formation is still a legitimate offense, regardless of what some on TD say. It's at least better than running the option like it's going to work.

Third, I think the offensive play calling is a mixture of my first point and some stubbornness/lack of imagination of our coaching staff. I think when you combine the poor play of our young OL with the inexperience of JJ then the coaches aren't left with much but they shouldn't be completely off the hook either.

Fourth, Chavis was a great hire and the LSU defense will be good for year to come. The one thing that will hurt the Defense in weeks to come is if the Offense can't stay on the field for more than a couple minutes at a time. The Defense's ability to fight fatigue will only get worse as the season wears on.

Fifth, I have no idea why RS didn't get in the game, but they should have at least tried to see if he brought a different look or tempo to the Offense last night.

Finally, I am not ready to give up on this team (or its coaches) but I do think we will need to improve on the offensive side of the ball as well as play calling to not drop the Bama game plus probably one or two more regular season games.

This is just the way I see it.