Dose of Reality - Week 3 Edition

This may be a good thread to add to our Sunday Morning armchair QB sessions.

Last night LSU looked like a different team with a capable QB and a very different mindset on offense. We mixed in a very good mix of both running and passing and Etling was very good at distributing the ball to multiple options on offense. The defense was very good for much of the game with the exception of some poor secondary play at times.

Our average starting field position in the 1st half was our 26 while our average starting field position in the 2nd half was the 14 (not counting the last drive). When you have a QB making his first start and has his team backed up inside the 20 the entire second half it is easy to see why the coaches went with a semi conservative approach.

We had 3 drives where we started at the 13 the 7 and the 1.... This is more on the defense and quality punts by the opponent than it is on conservative coaching.

We still threw the ball 12 times in the 2nd half and had it not been for 2 fumbles by our best player and a holding penalty that would have gotten the team out to about the 35 yard line, the score would not have been close.

Our defense gave up a few big plays down the field and then the onside kick recovery cause this game to be much closer than it should have been.

This was not a game that was close because of coaching or because of Les Miles! This game was close because of fluke plays and an opponent who simply played theirs hearts out.

We won a big SEC West game and we looked very good doing it for the most part.

Let's look forward to Auburn next week and keep putting W's on the board! Enough of the negatigers who only want to fit this win into their logic of poor coaching. Let's celebrate the win and an offense that put up 215 passing yards to go along with a solid rushing attack.

Rant over