re: Are you LSU fans more nervous about Bama than you have been...

Mark my word, you will see more of the old Les Miles during the Alabama game. Seriously? What Changed? He is back to being the underdog...Perfect rallying cry for a coach. "No one is giving us a chance to win, when you play tonight you have absolutely nothing to lose, go have fun, play loose and lets show the nation what the LSU Tigers are made of"

I am objective,believe it or not

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"Mark my word, you will see more of the old Les Miles during the Alabama game. Seriously? What Changed? He is back to being the underdog...Perfect rallying cry for a coach. "No one is giving us a chance to win, when you play tonight you have absolutely nothing to lose, go have fun, play loose and lets show the nation what the LSU Tigers are made of"

RR,I made this post yesterday. However, I never mentioned anything about X's and O's!!! This is clearly his weakness. He needs to get out of his own way. His unpredictability is what made him tough to play, but all that is gone. You have to admit his onside kicks, fake punts, fake FGs put points on the board. Now they are not there. Just a fact,it is easier to do that when you are the underdog. When you are the favorite, your mindset changes from "hell, we arent suppose to win, lets try it" to "if this doesnt work,it might cost us the game"!!

Not real sure what you were talking about when you referred to me knowing what is going on behind the scenes at LSU!! I clearly stated I did not know.....

RR, I am a Tiger fan. I do not post this in hopes that LSU loses, that in no way, shape or form is my intention. Matter of fact, my passion for football and LSU is why I post what I do.

Why should you trust my evaluations? You don't have to. I respectfully decline to tell you who I am. Do you ask people that share your same views "why should we trust their evaluation?" If there is someway you can give me your personal email, I will be glad to share. My opinions are just that. I feel as though I use a lot of logic in my opinions along with knowledge of the game. However, football is not rocket science. As I have said in many post, it is a numbers game through and through. I love talking the game. Its in my blood. My post are long because I like to thouroughly explain everything..This is best way I can break it down and it really is (when you get through the BS what coordinators are trying to do) this simple. In your opinion, which set group has the best chance of succeeding...Your are offense....Group A: You have 2 offensive players and 1 defensive player or Group B,you have 9 offensive players and 10 defensive players. They are all the same size, age, etc...who in your mind has the best chances to be successful. As a coach, your job is to put your players in the best possible position to be successful. Obviously Group A has the better chance and this is not being done on the offensive side at LSU. Its not always that clear cut, but thats why teams use motions and shifts is to gain a numbers advantage. This is the very reason that the "Wildcat" is so successful. Because of the QB, the defense can always send one more than the offense can block. Well when teams get into the "Wildcat" it evens things out (it allows the offense to be accountable for ever defender; another football term you will hear on Saturdays, You now have a "hat on a hat"! The QB is now accounted for a WR and the ball is directly snapped to the RB!!

Damn, I am even tired of typing. If LSU would simply use the basic concept that every offensive coordinator tries to accomplish from Pop Warner to the NFL, the offense would have more success. I apologize in advance for the long post, but hope this helps RR

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For two, as fired up as Bama will be, they aren't desperate

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how do you know that? The winner will be on top of the division and have the inside track to atlanta, lsu doesn't have any less to lose than bama

MY TAKE
I think McCarron is definitely in control and does exactly what Nick wants him to do - that's the biggest difference from last year

I know Yeldon is good but I don't think he's anywhere close to Trent from last year

I think the defense was far more dominant last year with guys like Upshaw, Barron and Hightower.
But again, it's Nick's defense and the key for LSU is to put themselves in favorable 3rd down distances and not be so predictable on offense.

Defensively, I think LSU's LB play has improved a ton since last year. I still don't think LSU has been tested with a very strong passing game as of yet. LSU did shut down Keith Price and their TE but their WR's are pitiful. USC, Fla and A&M had dual threat QB's as opposed to traditional passing attacks. Amari Cooper is the guy LSU needs to take out of the equation and that will definitely be a matchup to watch as well as the TE passes which killed LSU in Jan. I don't think Bama has any problem with LSU wr's - they will shut them down.

Praying for a physical MSU game this weekend!

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Are you LSU fans more nervous about Bama than you have been

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uhhh NO!! If I was ever nervous about playing bama it definitely would not be a night game at death valley. Besides we 3-0 against bama after the bye week under CLM so they should be nervous not LSU. Stop lying anyway gump because we walked into denny last year and shocked the world. No way you thought LSU was winning that game in Bama last year. LSU also have played against two on the better defensed in the country (USC and Florida). MSU not gone be a test either which is why vegas got the spread at like 1000. Don't get me wrong now i'm not going out and bet money on LSU against bama because our chances of losing still pretty high. Impossible to be more nervous than last year