re: Cam Cameron just won me over in 1 game

Mettenburger's improvement was obvious. Even in busted plays he looked better prepared.

Killing the play when it was busted is what impressed me. He did that well 3 or 4 times. Normally, at least a pic or two would have resulted.

Did we pass with more confidence? Yes. Were our receivers more open than usual? Yes. Did we mix up more passes into the offense? Yes, because we had more confidence. And in a refreshing development we also seem to run passing plays that are aware of where the first down marker is.

Otherwise, I saw a lot more of the same old Les philosophy. Bunched in tight inside the 10 yard line, no misdirection running plays, no bubble screens, no tight end involvement.

There was a spell there in the second half where everybody was screaming same old, same old... I would have liked to see more diversity in the running game.

Overall, though, a positive performance.

Yalls offense was WAY less frustrating than it has been the past few years. It wasn't perfect, but it looked promising.

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Yalls offense was WAY less frustrating than it has been the past few years. It wasn't perfect, but it looked promising.

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I made the comment that it is so much easier to watch. Has more of a flow to it than last year where there was a mix/match of failed running plays and sporadic passes.

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Little misdirection, no involvement of TE's, nothing out of the backfield. Meh... Too early too tell.

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You must have been watching a different game. The very first series that ended with a field goal, Mett threw into the end zone to Desean Smith, Freshman TE from Barbe. It was knocked away on a good defensive play. There was at least one more thrown his direction and a couple thrown to Dillon Gordon that he may or may not have caught, don't recall. The TEs were definitely involved.

Nothing out of the backfield? I remember two separate occasions where we tried something. Blue screwed up on one by getting too deep and Mett had to throw it away. The other one was similar but I don't recall the back.

The biggest deal should be made about the play calls being made to give Mett an opportunity to make those passes. That did not happen last year.

Cam Cameron's influence was visible everywhere. Mett showed great pocket awareness and he made some incredible throws. LSU had two receivers go over a hundred yds against some talented DB's. Cam gained a lot of peoples respect last night including some of LSU's top recruits.

Even though the stats dont jump out and there is still work to do the passing game actually looked good. The running game will come

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That sideline throw to Beckham right at the end of the game was a thing of beauty, and his ability to convert on third and long was amazing. By the end of the game I was no long worried so much come third down, because I believed that Mett could convert no matter the distance. Haven't personally felt that kind of trust in our quarterbacks in quite a while.

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Agree, last few years 3 and long was grab another beer time.