re: What happened with Aranda vs Miss St last year?

“ injury and suspension lift very few D lineman”

While that might well be true to some extent, what explains the offense holding the ball for 24 minutes and scoring seven points against what turned out to be a four loss Mississippi State team?

Also, I don’t think we can explain away a 30 point loss solely on being short a few players. While it might have had an effect and some responsibility for the loss overall, a lot of the responsibility has to fall on the shoulders of the coaching staff not having the team ready to play. It seems pretty obvious that coaching blunders which played a big role in Troy loss had begun to impact team play long before Troy came to Baton Rouge on Homecoming nite.

I’m trying to think, was this the first time in the last 15 years that LSU played a game being shorthanded in some aspect? I ask because I don’t recall Nick or Les getting to use the shorthanded excuse in their times here for losses. Seems to be a rather new phenomenon .