Hello trex1250

Me thinks you have succumbed to what Saban refers to as catastrophe syndrome

Look around...

UGA scored 30 on UA in one half
UA scored 31 on UGA in one half

Ole Miss hangs 31 on UF
UF hangs 30 on Ole Miss

You get the drift. . .anyway, there were some missed tackles the other night that sure didn't help with sacks and or stops

MSU QB played lights out. . .that 40 yd pass he dropped in over double coverage in the 4th quarter would have done Peyton proud

MSU was playing a game on the weak side against LSU and it is difficult to completely shut down

Here's what was happening

MSU would get in trips to one side and leave a back in on the TE side

This makes the defense play either a match up zone or straight man to man on the back side

It appeared LSU was playing mostly man on the back side with LB on HB and CB on TE

TE would release and pick LB, HB would hit flats
Riley would react and typically gain was short. It may have looked like the guy wasn't covered but each time Riley was coming like a locomotive and gain was short, until...

The time MSU changed things up and instead of the back hitting the flats, he ran the wheel route. . .Perry, saw the back release and hauled tail to where he thought he was going. . .when he realized he'd been had, he gave hot pursuit but he was toast by then. . .luckily ball was not caught

Now, for EVERYONE hollering to blitz more, these are the kinds of circumstances that can be created if the QB is mobile (he was) and the right play is called (it was)... watch the film and you'll see LSU in some sort of blitz around 1/2 the time on pasing situations (making it harder for the offense to predict what they need to do)

If Riley takes the right angle on that play he's in good shape...If LSU tackles well many of the longer gains never get started

And, I'll say it.. .the defense HAS NOT played poorly. . .2 TD's to AU at AU is a good recipe for having a chance to win the game and, there were 2 picks for good measure

Finally, if MSU's QB plays as well as he did Saturday night you're going to see those guys give a lot more teams issues

Saban just called. . .the sky is not falling regardless of what some may be saying