re: Baker - for those of you dogging him

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Gave up 1 TD in the second half.

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He gave it up by going back to exactly what he gave up 24 points in the first half. He deserves a boatload of criticism for his scheme, because overall, it was awful. It was also no coincidence that their offense went to crap once Lacy went out.

1 too much and the 2 pt.

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How many teams on Ole Miss schedule are you willing to bet on giving up less than that this year?

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Wouldn't shock me if it happens this weekend.

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The defense was beaten by a outstanding performance of a great quarterback and great wide receiver that were in sync Saturday night.

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You can't honestly think that is true. If you do, you need to learn more about football.

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You people are incredible. And not in a good way.

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We 3 and outed ole Miss on the first drive for -13 yards.

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Ole miss 3 and outed themselves with a backwards lateral that lost 15 yards. Apparently 3rd and 29 is the requirement to feel safe about a Blake baker defense getting off the field.

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If he hits the dozens of open receivers all game he missed the defense gets to rest more and we score 14+ more on offense.

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If the defense doesn’t allow ole miss to march up and down the field at will the entire first half then ole miss scored less points.

That was never the point. Kiffin made Chambliss who he is, and there’s enough film to know you have to pressure him or he’ll pick you apart. He waited an entire f’n half to start bringing pressure—that’s what has so many people pissed.

By the third series, we should’ve already been mixing in blitz packages and making him uncomfortable. Chambliss is a completely different quarterback when he’s under pressure.

Agree for the most part but playing soft coverage keeps their offense on the field more than they should be. Defense gets tired and less offensive opportunities. I still like Baker a ton, but everytime they went into a soft coverage defense they picked us apart. That is a slow death to me.

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You could argue it's a big part of what lost the game. The coaching on the touchdown pass was unacceptable. You should have the entire end zone peppered with 5-6 defenders because you don't care if they throw it short.

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They did. Perhaps you should go back and watch the play. Trinidad tucked the ball and ran full speed ahead, only to pull the ball out and put the money on the center right seam against 3 deep less than a full second after the safety started coming down to stop him from rushing to the end zone.

That play was not schematically stupid. It was an insane play. It was one that he did not make his first two games.

I don't care what anyone else says, this game was everything to Ole Miss, and they had a massive, massive homefield advantage. They didn't have players getting served papers, coaches getting sued, you freaking name it as well all leading up to this game. They have the full support of the country... that seems to have completely forgotten that they tampered Clemson's LB straight over to Ole Miss and got a home cooked judgement to get Trinidad to begin with. Meanwhile, LSU couldn't and even now, can't turn on their computer, the news, espn, sec network, cnn?! you name it without hearing someone trash talk them.

Yeah, im making excuses. It's whatever. It sucks, but in the end, even with the mistakes that Leavitt made and that the D made in the end, they looked much better in the second half versus the first half.. on their first road game of the season as a team as well.

And honestly, yeah Florida might hold them to less than 32.. its possible... but Florida isn't getting them at Ole Miss in a game that they've had circled around their calendar..

We will see, but for LSU to have come back against this team...

and thats the biggest issue people dont seem to remember.. they didn't just come back, they lost the game on Ole Miss's 6 yard line with a minute left in the game.

This LSU team is going to be just fine.

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They did. Perhaps you should go back and watch the play. Trinidad tucked the ball and ran full speed ahead

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They did not have 5-6 players in the end zone. Perhaps you need to watch again... And who cares if Trinidad runs? They had no timeouts. He also does not tuck the ball and run full speed ahead like you said. His head was up the ENTIRE time.

Having 4 defenders at the 10 yard line is pointless, and I was screaming it as the play unfolded. Two of them needed to drop farther back into coverage.

Great play by Trinidad, but bad coaching.

Lsu Front four is very good vs the run but cannot generate a pass rush and that puts this lsu at a disadvantage in coverage. Baker in his years at Lsu has yet to generate pressure with just 4. That is his Achilles heel.