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Exactly. Priority #1 there was to get the 1st down and extend the drive. You call the plays that you feel give us the best opportunity to do so, regardless if they milk the clock.

So because we lost the Bama game the calls in the Clemson game were correct, even though we lost the Clemson game too?

Do people forget that when we ran on Bama we needed to get 8 yards on 3rd down, versus 2 yards on second down? Is it so important to service the stupid analogy that you forget basic and important facts about down and distance?

If your power running team can't get 1 yard a down running the ball against a mediocre defense like Clemson then your team is not very good.

And I'm fine saying that, LSU was not very good and that is because the coaching, particularly on offense, was a failure.

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Posted by Penrod

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Posted on 1/1/13 at 8:40 pm to nf

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Do people forget that when we ran on Bama we needed to get 8 yards on 3rd down, versus 2 yards on second down?

It wasn't the eight yards on third down call that I disagreed with; it was the second and (I believe) six. Calling plays is about catching the other team off guard. I was at the Bama game. Bama had their strong safety at linebacker depth. We had a receiver on the right side one on one with a chump. It was almost automatic. If you don't see that, there's no helping you. Similarly, on third and two, with a full game history of getting stuffed by Clemson's run-loaded short yardage defense, a pass was the right call. The coaches picked that moment to make an artistic, thing-of-beauty call that worked as in their wildest dreams...then the QB inexplicably failed. It happens. But don't blame the coaches for the call.

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