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That damn 4th and one @ Kentucky

Posted on 10/25/26 at 7:51 am
Posted by doya2
Charenton
Member since Jan 2005
9035 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 7:51 am
We needed yesterday’s Kiffin for that game. That decision was awful. Threw away our mulligan. Would be tied for SEC lead this morning…
Posted by John Rambeaux
Heauxpe, WA
Member since Oct 2023
1677 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:02 am to
It’s not a cop out but I honestly think this team beats Kentucky by 2 tds if we played today.

This team had a lot of new pieces and a new coaching staff and a qb that wasn’t practicing in the spring.

We get substantially better every week.
This post was edited on 10/25/26 at 8:03 am
Posted by Tiger Voodoo
Champs 03 07 09 11(fack) 19!!!
Member since Mar 2007
22730 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:02 am to
As the biggest Kiffin fan on this board, no one was more disappointed in that call than I was.


But it was game 6 in his rebuild of this program and culture, and seeing the way the team and Kiffin himself have responded may end up being better in the long term.

We never know how things will work out, so the key is always to let the story of the season evolve and evaluate once we have the complete picture.


That said, I am very tired of this nerd at Kentucky and would absolutely love another shot at those bitches before the season is over.


No question who the better team and coach is, and that fanbase needs a reality check the same as those scorned pussies in Oxford that tied themselves to the Golding anchor.


Posted by djrunner
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
5736 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:04 am to
If he would have gone for it and not made it you or someone else would have made a thread with the same name.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
42265 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:06 am to
We’re the number 1 team in the country on 4th down.

Zero reason to punt there
Posted by Yaboylsu63
Member since Mar 2014
3962 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:09 am to
You could argue the team wouldn’t have been as locked in at Auburn with a 5-1 record and lost.

Never know. Just win.
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
28924 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:10 am to
Thanks for reminding me
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
42394 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:11 am to
Truth is. We had the lead and our defense should have stood up for one last drive.


Kiffin would have heard “he gambles too much” if we would not have made it.

BK would have lost to msu or AU.
Posted by ipodking
#StopTalkingAboutWomensSports
Member since Jun 2008
59552 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:11 am to
That call will haunt Kiffin and this fanbase for a long time

Worst of all, you get the trash Kentucky fans thinking they can talk shite

LSU should never lose to trash programs like Kentucky.
Posted by touchdownjeebus
Member since Sep 2010
27120 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:13 am to
quote:

That call will haunt Kiffin and this fanbase for a long time


If we win out and make the playoffs, it’s nothing more than a blip on the radar screen.
Posted by toosleaux
Stuck in Baton Rouge traffic
Member since Dec 2007
9526 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:13 am to
I made a thread about it the other day. I think the direct snap to Jones has like a 98% success rate for gaining at least a yard. No reason we didn't run it.
Posted by BomBayTiger
Member since Feb 2009
4232 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:14 am to
100% agree.
.

Kiffin owns the mistake and undoubtedly regrets it.

However, not going for that 4th down may have been the best thing that has happened to him and this team moving forward. They know they had it, and are now determined to prove they belong.
Posted by GeauxLSUBengalTigers
Member since Sep 2016
930 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:14 am to
quote:

If he would have gone for it and not made it you or someone else would have made a thread with the same name.



Yep. They'd say with this defense why go for it there on your side of the field.
This post was edited on 10/25/26 at 8:17 am
Posted by BomBayTiger
Member since Feb 2009
4232 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:15 am to
No it won't. bullshite
Posted by MFn GIMP
Member since Feb 2011
23172 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:47 am to
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Zero reason to punt there

In hindsight we should have gone for it but prior to that final drive UK had 148 total yards on 6 drives and the two long drives they had, 65 and 51 yards (a FG and a missed FG) took 5:19 and 4:45. Kiffin had trust in Baker not playing soft and the defense performing how they did the rest of the 2nd half. However, Baker did Baker things and played soft instead of how the defense was called the rest of the 2nd half.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
24289 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:50 am to
quote:

We needed yesterday’s Kiffin for that game. That decision was awful. Threw away our mulligan. Would be tied for SEC lead this morning…


Coulda woulda shoulda. Just win and it will take care of itself.
Posted by moock blackjack
Member since Apr 2008
116446 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:52 am to
It happenned
Nothing we can do about it now
Time to get over it and move on
We just have to win out
And who says we would have made it
Posted by K Baw
W Monroe
Member since Jun 2019
722 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:55 am to
That soft zone with no pressure up front is what cost us that game. You play that all game and you lose by 50.
Posted by LCTFAN
New Iberia
Member since Mar 2013
2968 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:58 am to
quote:


doya2
quote:

That damn 4th and one @ Kentucky


Play aggressive defense and it was the correct call

Clearly LSU has better players

Kentucky made the big plays

LSU stepped on their own feet, clumsy play

The punt return was a pivotable play

I think Lane was out coached specially at the end of the game
Posted by BleedPnG
LA
Member since Sep 2015
1272 posts
Posted on 10/25/26 at 9:00 am to
We can be upset about the call, it definitely spurred thoughts of Les Miles in my brain BUT....
The SEC decided that was the game with the least viewership to hang an L on Lane and LSU.

The 4th and 1 sucked but we fought the entire SEC that night and still had the opportunity for a W.
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