re: Kelly is going down with the Nuss Bus.

Going down? shite we are breathing thru a tube now we are so far under. Its awful

Here comes someone to point out some meaningless stat. Here is what matters, points. Points win games. And we don’t have enough of em

it's not difficult to understand it all. Can't believe you're making me say it but the guys behind him are not good. It's that simple. Nothing else to it.

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He fades backwards and is afraid to throw on 3rd down. It’s been coached out of him to take chances.

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LSU is like #7 in the country in third down conversions.

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going down with the Nuss Bus

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Au contraire mon frere-- Garrett Nussmaier has been the one keel of stability this team has. In LSU's six wins, Nussmeier's quick releases and accurate throws consistently pulled this team out of the fire.

Nussmeier is by no means the weakest link in this chain.

Do you not realize that the backups just aren't very good? It's the same reason Jardin Gilbert, Major Burns, DJ Chester, and Paul Mubenga haven't been replaced.

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It is difficult to understand his allegiance to Nuss.

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No it's really not. We have known this since before the season started that the backup quarterbacks are not ready to play.

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The other guys must really suck

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This is the only conclusion you can make.

He has always went with the more mobile option at QB when possible.

I'm sure having a dad that is an NFL QB coach plays some part in his decision, but it is impossible to quantify just how much his lack of mobility handicaps every aspect of this offense.

Sloan needs to stick with short passes(maybe some slip screens) to get the ball out of Nuss' hand quickly since the OC is struggling and Nuss tends to panic as a result and make bad decisions/throws

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it bothers me that Kelly has not turned to the backup QB's for a change.

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Bc the backup qb's are always the answer right. It is amazing that fans think a highly successful (or any) coach would not play the guy they think gives them the best chance of winning. What have you seen of the backups that makes you think they would have more success and put us in a better position to win than Nuss.

Your post is 1000% correct. People keep screaming for Nuss to step up into the pocket, when all Nuss sees when he wants to step forward is 2 DL and/or a LB right in his face. The outside DE rushers are forcing the play inside where LSU is the weakest. 66 and 50 are ok at forcing the outside rushers outside and past Nuss, but when the rush comes up the middle (which is what the defense is creating) then Nuss tries to turn outside and get out of the folding pocket, the DE's are outside waiting for him.
When Dellinger went down, so did our offense, and you can believe that Vandy and Okla will do the very same thing because they are keenly aware that our coaching staff has not answers. They just keep running the same running plays into our weak OL area and throwing deep pass patterns that take seemingly forever to come open, and by then Nuss is scrambling his a$$ off.
It is true that Nuss has not been a great scrambler, but his is clearly one of the best passers in college football if he is given any time at all to throw.
There are few qb's that could succeed in our situation.....we just remember JD, one of a kind QB, that was able to do that like no other...and they compare Nuss to that. It is simply not realistic.

Not disagreeing with you, but this is my concern for most positions. We don’t do the little things right. Executing fundamental football. Nuss isn’t the only player guilty of this and that’s where I’d look to coaches to enforce that. I feel like that’s a missing culture piece.