re: Statistics: Why LSU will beat Wisconsin: A response to Wisc Trolls

You clearly don't understand Gordon and his role on the team. I'll break it down for you.

First, he was the backup. James White was the starter. He was drafted in the fourth round and is getting raves from Belichek, Bradey, and Ridley. Think Kevin Faulk but a better runner. If he lasts half as long as Faulk it will be a nice career.

Because of White, Gordon wasn't utilized in the passing game.

Second, you are viewing him in the wrong context. Last year we had terrible WRs except for Abby. Gordon was used in a role similar to how Harvin was used, minus receiving. He wasn't brought in to run between the tackles. He was used on plays like the fly sweep.

As the season progresses teams obviously keyed on this. Which helped us in play action. Remember, we needed all the help we could get in the passing game as Abbt had 78 catches while our next best receiver had 12. That is how bad it was.

He ran plays that everyone knew were coming, yet we still had to run them. Because otherwise the defense could completely cheat. It was Catch 22.

OSU: I'm not even going to touch your pitiful comment. But, you are completely wrong about stopping us. First, we put 105 on them on 23 carries. That isn't being stopped. If you watched the game you would have seen Abby destroy their first round pick Brady Roby for 200 on ten catches.

You seem to think we are a monolithic offense. We run a pro style offense. Which is now transitioning.

You have to view his performance understanding how limited our offense was and how it impacted him.

Scared: did I use that word? I simply found it curious that War Tiger, when assessing Gordon vs. good defenses left out USC. Seems kind of surprising that he would leave out an SEC team while including Minny.

The truth is that Gordon is one of the top backs in the nation. The NFL scouts have no vested interest and we know what they think. He is the equivalent of Gurley. Are you scared of him? Probably not, but you should respect him.

I guarantee you nobody in big ten country would be putting Minny ahead of USC. If you think there is a talent disparity between LSU and Wisconsin is big, then Minny is Tulane.