re: LSU Defense

I think what has been forgotten in this thread is that, except for the td drive, which should have been negated had the ref called the penalty, Fla.s drives were sustained by penalties.
Alem has been lining up that way all season yet only in this game were the penalties called. The Fla. center moving his head just before the snap which was finally called in the 2nd half-why not from the start of the game?
I'm not saying that the refs cost us the game. Certainly the facemask penalty that kept alive a scoring drive helped and was warranted. My point is that their keeping the ball so long might not have occured had certain events outside of the d's play helped them along.
On the other hand, they can't do a damn thing with the ball if they don't have it.