Biggest concern from game: D’s inability to stop them from converting 3rd downs…

That will be a problem all year. Weakest position that we knew about were the LBs.

I'm hoping it was a wakeup call for House. Playing that far off the receivers. CNs played well for most part but scheme was big factor.

Not sure if Kelly dictated such a weak and soft D, but needs to change

I wonder oh he thought that our DL would wreck shite all night and having them play that far back would lead to pick opportunities from poor throws?

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I'm hoping it was a wakeup call for House. Playing that far off the receivers.

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That's what I noticed the most, playing 5-7 yards off the receivers they'll eat us alive with slants and they did.

How much of that was the LSU defense or Jordan Travis improvising? It seems like Jordan Travis made most of those first downs. They were 11 of 17 on third down which is too much for a defense to allow. Got to keep that shite below 50%. If LSU keeps it below 50% then then FSU is looking at 7 out of 15 or 6 out of 14 which is where your defense needs to be.

That weak arse zone is going to get us killed all year

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That all stems from a soft coverage at the line of scrimmage all night long. When LSU would actually walk up the DBs and take away the east short throws they had much better success. I don’t recall a deep throw completion by FSU. QB wasn’t at all past 15 yds. DC obviously didn’t trust his corners. It will be a long day vs Miss St. If they don’t get this figured out. You have to make the QB hold the ball to get pressure.

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Exactly.

Matt House is calling defenses like this the Kansas City Chiefs. These kids do not have the time to put in during the week to perfect zone defenses. I can't stand the defensive philosophy in CFB of zone a lot early then mix in man. No. Man up a lot, early and often, then mix in zone. Take advantage of the kids athleticism and man them up and stop relying on them to think (which zone does). Zone forces kids to be reactive instead of aggressive.

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How much of that was the LSU defense or Jordan Travis improvising? It seems like Jordan Travis made most of those first downs.

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You have to give credit where credit is due. LSU tried to blitz/put pressure on Travis on several of the 3rd downs...he made some good plays under pressure.

For me, the entire game it felt like the play-callers (on both sides) were calling plays like they weren't quite sure as to what their guys could execute. That is somewhat understandable give LSU has two new coordinators, two new systems, and several new players.

I don't think House was confident his secondary could hold up in man so he played a lot of zone behind the blitzes. That creates holes and you hope the QB can't find and/or hit them quick enough when he's under pressure. Travis did on several.

The LBs were virtually non-existent in the games. However, I think LSU will improve now that House has a better understanding of what his guys do well/don't do well after watching them in a game. I'm not saying the defense will be dominant. But I think they continue to figure things out.

They were using misdirection all night on offense really taking advantage of the fact this was our defense's first game. It had our guys lookin unsure and held any talent advantage we may have had in check. I hate using it as an excuse, but FSU capitalized on this advantage in a huge way with their gameplan.

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I would love to know the conversion rate on 3rd and 7 or longer.

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FSU was 11 out of 17 on third down. 4 of the 11 conversions were 7 yards or more...bolded below.

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3rd & 8 at FLORIDAST 27
(9:55 - 1st) Jordan Travis pass complete to Camren McDonald for 10 yds to the FlaSt 37 for a 1ST down

3rd & 10 at LSU 29
(7:20 - 1st) Jordan Travis pass incomplete to Ontaria Wilson

3rd & 9 at FLORIDAST 16
(3:30 - 1st) Jordan Travis pass complete to Camren McDonald for 13 yds to the FlaSt 29 for a 1ST down

3rd & 3 at FLORIDAST 36
(1:48 - 1st) Jordan Travis pass complete to Mycah Pittman for 6 yds to the FlaSt 42 for a 1ST down

3rd & 3 at FLORIDAST 49
(0:34 - 1st) Jordan Travis pass complete to Deuce Spann for 3 yds to the LSU 48 for a 1ST down

3rd & 2 at LSU 40
(14:15 - 2nd) Jordan Travis run for 3 yds to the LSU 37 for a 1ST down

3rd & 8 at FLORIDAST 22
(4:54 - 2nd) Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 9 yds to the FlaSt 31 for a 1ST down

3rd & 4 at FLORIDAST 37
(3:27 - 2nd) Jordan Travis pass incomplete to Ontaria Wilson

3rd & 2 at LSU 8
(1:24 - 2nd) Jordan Travis run for no gain to the LSU 8

3rd & 6 at LSU 49
(12:31 - 3rd) Jordan Travis pass complete to Lawrance Toafili for 10 yds to the LSU 39 for a 1ST down

3rd & Goal at LSU 7
(8:32 - 3rd) Jordan Travis pass incomplete to Camren McDonald

3rd & 10 at LSU 47
(5:30 - 3rd) Jordan Travis pass complete to Mycah Pittman for 14 yds to the LSU 33 for a 1ST down

3rd & 4 at LSU 27
(4:17 - 3rd) Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 27 yds for a TD, (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)

3rd & 2 at FLORIDAST 29
(14:00 - 4th) Lawrance Toafili run for 7 yds to the FlaSt 36 for a 1ST down

3rd & 1 at LSU 4
(10:16 - 4th) Jordan Travis run for 2 yds to the LSU 2 for a 1ST down

3rd & 5 at FLORIDAST 45
(2:25 - 4th) Jordan Travis pass incomplete to Ontaria Wilson

3rd & Goal at LSU 1
(1:20 - 4th) Treshaun Ward run for no gain to the LSU 1 Treshaun Ward fumbled, forced by TEAM, recovered by LSU Mekhi Wingo

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