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re: O line is now the main concern

Posted on 9/1/14 at 10:03 pm to
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Maurepas
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Posted by NotRight37
Nashville, TN
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 9/1/14 at 10:11 pm to
This is true on OL, but these guys did well last year minus Turner. Yes he was good, still, I think they probably went in thinking they would dominate. I've seen people say Hoko did very well this game and Ethan played and did well. So the only component that was missing was Porter. Yes constant run blitzes and a shifting defensive front clearly confused us.

Grimes was supposed to improve on something that wasn't broken. All OLs who played last year with significant snaps played including Pocic, other than Turner and Porter..

I did like that after the win he reached out to each OL and hugged them and he is a good recruiter from what I can see. They look a bit confused for awhile. but a win is a win.

Badgers took us by surprise for 3 quarters with run blitzes, shifts, etc... I'm much more worried in the long haul about our DTs and the LBs as a whole.
Posted by MattLSU
New York
Member since Dec 2011
195 posts
Posted on 9/1/14 at 10:13 pm to
The funny thing about the pass rush comment is that when Gary Anderson was questioned about why he did not switch quarterbacks, he said it would not make a difference because of the pressure the qb was under.
Posted by tigersbh
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
10423 posts
Posted on 9/1/14 at 10:16 pm to
I'm not worried about the OL. LSU had very unimaginative play calling in the first half, and I think that was by design. Run, run, run and wear them down, like the old Nebraska teams. LSU started pushing them around more and more as the game went on.
Posted by bulldogger
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2010
2094 posts
Posted on 9/1/14 at 10:21 pm to
Nope. That wisky d line was weak and O line struggles mightily until the final injury. Miss St & Ole Miss lines will have a field day if we don't improve.
Posted by Hooligan's Ghost
Member since Jul 2013
5208 posts
Posted on 9/1/14 at 10:23 pm to
that may be the best offensive line LSU will face all year

said it before will say it again...Detillier said all 5 of their offensive lineman are NFL bound; one is a top 10 pick
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
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Posted on 9/1/14 at 10:24 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/1/14 at 10:25 pm
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
An Incredibly Distant Star
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 9/1/14 at 10:32 pm to
quote:

So the only component that was missing was Porter. Yes constant run blitzes and a shifting defensive front clearly confused us.



The center is usually the guy communicating the alignments to the rest of the line to make sure everyone is on the same page on protections and schemes. Pocic, starting his first game, seemed to take a while to get into the swing of it, but he did in the end.

Having Porter back will probably help as much with that as it will with the leverage at the nose of the defense. Who really knows, though? Pocic may calm down a bit and get into a rhythm. Either way, I'm really not as concerned about the o-line as I thought I would be after the 1st half.
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