re: Crowton is the issue

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i'm sad for lsu fans. they can't even enjoy football anymore. we can't just win. we have to win big. lsu is still in the running for team of the decade for crying out loud but you would think lsu has had 4 losing seasons in a row from reading this board.

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Nah, it's more like how much fun is it to watch a squad chronically underperform, W or L? If the offense was remotely close to where it should be and moved the ball consistently everyone who has a realistic POV would be much more sedate about the horrible offense. I think the majority of us, call us whatever, are tired of slow starting offenses, and this season it is simply non-starting. LSU did not burn it up the first half of many games in 2007, either, and caught UF in a major rebuilding year, then lost to UK and AR when AR continually gave LSU great field position the first half. I would not be happy with 0-6, but barely sqeeking by inferior opponents week after week does not provide much to get excited about. If LSU had been playing powerhouses and struggled it would be understandable, based upon the schedule to date not so much. Add to this the penalties, OL deficiencies, lack of cohesiveness in executing plays/player assignments, etc. It really isn't a great product put on the field given the time and money put into the progam, 5-1 or not. The 2009 version of Crowton's O will not beat above average teams, I think we see that played out over the next few weeks if the O is not revamped. I wouldn't mind Blackwell and Hurst getting into the OL rotation, either, Blackwell seems to have a mean streak that is missing from the current group of starters.

I wonder what would happen if G Tech and LSU lined up this Saturday and whether LSU could move the ball on Tech's horrible D.

Look at UGA, they lost Stafford and Moreno as very high picks in the draft, and even with their struggles they are ranked ahead of LSU in total and scoring offense.