Blake Baker: A Product of Tiger Stadium?

He is very average!

I just don't think he's that good in the modern game. He only does well against overmatched teams or teams with a pro-style QB.

Put him against a hurry-up offense with even a slightly mobile QB and look at the panic in his eyes.

Lot of close losses there. Overlay time of possession due to shite arse LSU offense too.

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That’s an average of 25.2 PPG

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downvote me all you want, but pretty much all of those losses are on the offense

There’s a saying in football that ignorant fans will always blame the QB for everything. The Rant could be a case study to prove that adage.

You all complain but I know of a few prior to him that makes everything he does look excellent.

Not good.

That last 2 minutes of the UK game was horrible. I barely had the stomach to watch it again today. Almost every play was a pass play. and I counted 2 or 3 guys on every play covering no one. The passes were long too, not the 4 to 8 yard variety. I guess that's what a soft zone looks like. It looked like we only had 6 guys playing the game.

On their punt return, there were 2 blocks in the back and the runner barely stepped out of bounds, but they couldn't quite find a camera angle that clearly showed it. The best angle showed about 95% of the shoe, and a guys shoulder was covering up where the sole of the shoe was touching the line.

On the 1st play of the game, one of our def guys tripped and fell to the ground right as Baxter found a little daylight. If he had been in position, Baxter may have gained 2 or 3 yrds. On another long run up the middle in the 2nd half Duece was about to grab the guy and was held as he made the move back towards the middle.. I think he may have touched him, but if he had been released a second earlier the RB goes down with a 3 yrd game. And then the QB push that was stopped with no whistle.

I think all these calls could have gone both ways, but they were all in UKs favor. and were worth about 17 points , including the tying field goal.. I think we get these calls if the game was in TS. These Refs are timid and Lane knows it. They don't make calls against an angry crowd. This game was very close even though our defense was nonexistent 75% of the game.. We need Whit back and we need baker to have a little confidence in these players. He's starting to coach like Tepper, Malveto or House. Sam gives us a small chance to win, but the D erases that chance. Both need to get better in the 2nd half to avoid a 7-5 finish..

The 2026 road collapse is real statistically, but the stronger three-year conclusion is that Baker has not consistently delivered elite defensive results against P4 competition. That's the issue I'd investigate before attributing the problem specifically to playing away from Tiger Stadium

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but the stronger three-year conclusion is that Baker has not consistently delivered elite defensive results against P4 competition.

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Or maybe take into consideration that he has coached in 6 games that didn't involve Brian Kelly. And even with the anchor of no running game, an immobile QB, and the 3 and out offense constantly losing the TOP battle, he still turned around the worst defense in the history of LSU.

Who knows if he will be the right fit moving forward, but this defense has been lights out at times, and he has made some amazing half time adjustments. It has also looked like shite at times and struggled to close out games. Like the team overall. If nothing else, can we get thru a complete season without the culture of cancer head coach pissing all over the program before we pass judgement?

We gave up 298 yards and a score on every drive after the opening possession vs OM in the 1st half. In what world is that acceptable or equal to what the offense did?