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re: is anyone concerned about defending the spread tonight?
Posted on 9/10/16 at 10:59 am to LNCHBOX
Posted on 9/10/16 at 10:59 am to LNCHBOX
Yeah... keep telling youself that. I hope your team feels the same way. That is why Eli only had 344 yards of total offense against Auburn last season, playing alongside a roster full of FCS players. If he was behind a FBS line with FBS receivers and backs, he would light it up the same way.
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Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:04 am to Tigers4life
Our OL will have its hands full. I imagine the gameplan will be to roll Eli out and get him space. They won't leave him in the pocket against your rush. He throws really well on the run, and his threat to tuck and run will keep your rush honest.
If Barge is healthy, he will present a challenge for your DB's. We have a couple of others who are good, but I don't think that they can consistently cause you problems. Barge can. It isn't that he is really tall or really fast, he is just really good. He has a knack for getting space, and catches anything that comes near him. He made Auburn's secondary look like high-school players. I know that your secondary is better than Auburn's, but Barge is our best hope to cause problems. Without him, we will have trouble keeping drives alive. We may pop a big gain or 3, but Barge is our money receiver.
If Barge is healthy, he will present a challenge for your DB's. We have a couple of others who are good, but I don't think that they can consistently cause you problems. Barge can. It isn't that he is really tall or really fast, he is just really good. He has a knack for getting space, and catches anything that comes near him. He made Auburn's secondary look like high-school players. I know that your secondary is better than Auburn's, but Barge is our best hope to cause problems. Without him, we will have trouble keeping drives alive. We may pop a big gain or 3, but Barge is our money receiver.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:07 am to GamecockSaturdayNite
I will keep telling myself that. You can't argue the level of your competition. Auburn was fricking terrible last year, but regardless, you aren't playing a full schedule full of talented defenses. Getting up for one game is one thing, doing it for an entire year is vey different.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:08 am to LSU GrandDad
No, with our defense still be smaller and faster in some areas, the spread does scare me as much as some of the heavy power teams.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:12 am to GamecockSaturdayNite
Looks like JSU should give LSU a hell of a game. If they win this board will implode. GL and may the best team win. 
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:12 am to LNCHBOX
Aside for injuries his RF season, Eli is a four-year starter.
You don't get named first-team AA and put on watch lists for top awards because you got up for one game.
There is a reason FBS teams were back-door contacting him in the off-season to see if he was interested in transferring. He would be starting at LSU right now if he was there.
You don't get named first-team AA and put on watch lists for top awards because you got up for one game.
There is a reason FBS teams were back-door contacting him in the off-season to see if he was interested in transferring. He would be starting at LSU right now if he was there.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:14 am to LSU GrandDad
No
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:16 am to LSU GrandDad
If ball control doesn't work, this team will lose because the defense will get a harsh reality of the 3-4.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:17 am to LSU GrandDad
Not in the least bit.
And the success or lack thereof has nothing to do with it.
I simply just don't give a shite.
And the success or lack thereof has nothing to do with it.
I simply just don't give a shite.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:18 am to LSU GrandDad
Only concern I have is our DE not being effective falling back into coverage. We saw bad they done against Wis. Key is a good rusher not a man to be thrown into coverage. Other than that I think we will be fine on defense ......... Offense is a different story!
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:27 am to GamecockSaturdayNite
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He would be starting at LSU right now if he was there.
What an amazingly high bar to set.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 11:34 am to Hunter82378
You are probably right.
As I said, I don't expect us to have a lot of success.
You guys are hard on your team because you lost, but the reality is that your defense is outstanding. If you shut us down, it is because you have a great defense, not because our offense is bad. You will shut a lot of teams down.
Our offensive deficiency is that we don't have the personnel to line up and smack you in the mouth. That is the formula to have offensive success against LSU. It will be very hard for us to have sustained success. I am hopeful we can possess the ball between the 20's for long enough to rest our defense, and that we can pop off a big play or 3 to keep the pressure on. If the talent gap is so big that schemes are out the window and it turns into a straight-up 11 vs 11, we lose by 30+. We have a lot of talent for a FCS team... equal to most G5 and better than a lot of them... but we aren't SEC level - though I think we would beat the cellar-dwellers more than we would lose to them.
As I said, I don't expect us to have a lot of success.
You guys are hard on your team because you lost, but the reality is that your defense is outstanding. If you shut us down, it is because you have a great defense, not because our offense is bad. You will shut a lot of teams down.
Our offensive deficiency is that we don't have the personnel to line up and smack you in the mouth. That is the formula to have offensive success against LSU. It will be very hard for us to have sustained success. I am hopeful we can possess the ball between the 20's for long enough to rest our defense, and that we can pop off a big play or 3 to keep the pressure on. If the talent gap is so big that schemes are out the window and it turns into a straight-up 11 vs 11, we lose by 30+. We have a lot of talent for a FCS team... equal to most G5 and better than a lot of them... but we aren't SEC level - though I think we would beat the cellar-dwellers more than we would lose to them.
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