re: I think Hanigriff and Rush nailed it pretty well yesterday..

Katy Tiger,

You are correct.....I have not seen a "hot route" run by this team since Day 1....with athletes like Dickson, TT, Lafell, RJ Jackson, RS, and Holliday, it would seem that this would go for an occasional "big play".

Hell, we don't even run a screen unless the other team absolutely knows it's a screen. My wife and I were watching the game yesterday - JJ had just been sacked for a loss on 1st down (when we were already within FG distance). I looked at my wife and said "now watch, they're going to finally throw a screen here, and we're gonna get killed because MSU will read this before the snap even goes off. Sure enough, a screen called that almost produces a sack and illegal grounding, but instead produced an "illegal man downfield" penalty. When I saw this, I told my wife.....just wait, this game is going to be a nail-biter now.... should never have happened.

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I think Hanigriff and Rush nailed it pretty well yesterday..
I really think the "check with me" before every play tends to help kill any and all flow that the offense would otherwise have.

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I think they do that because JJ seems to have trouble reading defenses. I hope he improves with experience.

the key to a solid running game is the OFFENSIVE LINE

we cannot get a push to open up the holes in the middle.. it looks like we want to be that same power running team we have been then throw off of that success, but when we cannot get runs up th middle for very much and the defense can rush for jefferson in obvious passing downs, our offense won't be very explosive.

after 4 games, i think the problem with our offense is the line.
(its not jefferson, not scott, not the lack of shep, not the receivers, etc.)

im not a negatiger i am just calling it like i see it

we are 4-0!!! but if we want to keep it that way we need to get these o-line concerns fixed this week

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I think Hanigriff and Rush nailed it pretty well yesterday..
Honestly, I think Les came up in an era of football that says you have to be dominant up the middle with the run game or you are not a complete team. His unwillingness to let go of that philosophy and trust a different approach shows itself in the tendency to go back to the I-formation runs right up the middle on an 8 or even 9 man front. Even when it has failed consistently against 4 opponents of inferior talent.

The real dilemma is does he need to see it happen once or twice with success to finally let go or will that only embolden him more to run it again.

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If you can't run up the middle at any level of football,you can't win.Teams are stacking the box hoping LSU will pass.Due to poor pass bocking,JJ's inability to go through his progressions,or a combinaton of both Tigers' passing game is not respected.