re: Sorry folks, I hate I say this

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The staff wasn't ready and made very little, if any, adjustments. That's the other half of what is driving people crazy. Nothing, NOTHING, changed in play calling the entire game.

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I think you ignore the very obvious truth that this offense, without a running game, is dead in the water. When we lined up and couldn't even semi-effectively move the ball on the ground, we were dead.

In the 2nd half, the coaching staff came out and again tried to run the ball...but it still didn't work. Then, we started trying to throw it downfield a little bit which is when you saw Jefferson unable to let the ball go (no surprise there) and taking sacks and/or having to scramble out the pocket way for a loss or very short gain.

There were no moves that the staff could make without a running game.

That doesn't mean the staff did a good job. They did not. Criticism is warranted. And, while I don't think it would have made a difference, the move to Lee should have happened at some point. But, taking the running game away from LSU is like taking Peyton Manning away from the Colts. No amount of coaching will overcome that with our QB. It was a nightmare scenario. Hell, the EXACT same scenario unfolded in the first half of the SECCG. Luckily for us, we found a way to get the running game going in the 2nd half.

Still, with all of that said, the negativity is waaaaaay over the top.