Down and distance has almost become irrelevant

I was very cognizant of the down and distance while watching LSU offense is over the past decade.

Every first down I would say “God please let us get 5 yards on this play, so we can set our self up in position to gain another 3 yards on second down and have a makeable third down conversion.”

Just year after year of watching LSU grind out first downs so slowly and just hoping that we could string enough together to get in position to at least kick a field goal. It was painful.

This year, I hardly ever notice what the down is and the distance is almost irrelevant. Every three downs is like three pitches with a chance for us to hit a homerun. And we almost always hit a homerun on one of those downs.

In past years, if we had lost 2 yards on first down the we might as well have punted the ball. Now “who cares?” Joe will just hit one of our big play receivers for a 20 yard game.

Every time we get the ball I am positive that we are going to score. And on the off occasion that one of Burrow’s passes lands on the ground, it feels strange. On the few occasions that we actually punt, I am shocked.