re: Loss 100% on players. Not Miles. Not coaches. Not plays. Not fraud clock guy.

Has anyone mentioned yet that we NEVER should have even been in a position to have to snatch victory on a last second TD pass? Forget clock mgmt, forget replay officials, and forget the players actions in the last drive. With the talent on this LSU team, there is zero excuse that we should ever have been in that tight of a game. This is coaching. Period. So many other coaches have done much more with much less. Anyone who thinks this, and the mistakes of the last few years, isn't solely on coaching is delusional.

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I didn't see any coaches motioning for them to go any faster in the last drive.

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These players have been the studs of their teams for probably 10 years playing this game.

You think they need to be told with 2:30 left in a game that needs a winning TD drive to hurry up?

There's plenty to pin on coaches in a whole lot of areas, but last night's game falls 100% on the players.

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100% on players

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100% on players

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You are fricking either retarded, have a TBI or a relative of Coach Static Headphones

Three moons for yo arse

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Coaches should coach that part though. And the play calling in the red zone all game was enough to justify firing everyone on that side of the ball.

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Holp schit we agree LNCH!!!!!! yyyeeeeeeeessssssss!

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Meauxjeaux

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Indian name for Miles' Wife

Honestly, I thought Etling handled the final set of downs pretty well. LSU picked up a 1st down at the 13 with 54 seconds left and the clock ready to restart. At this point, you have to assume LSU has four plays left, limited by downs, not time.


:54 1st down whistle/clock stopped
This is where most people complained. Clock ran off 20 seconds before the next play. We were lined up around the 45 second mark, but Etling directed Dupre to the other side of the formation. Honestly, though we ran time, it didn't bother me. Etling seemed like he was in control and there was no panic. Besides, he's showing he knows he's limited more by downs than time.

:33 1st down snap
Pass incomplete. Clock stops

:28 2nd down snap
Etling sacked, and immediately calls timeout. The play took four seconds. Now it's 3rd and 17, and LSU should have more than enough time to run two plays, so long as the next play goes to the sideline.

:24 3rd down snap
Dupre catches the ball with :22 on the clock, decides to fight for an extra yard or two instead of going out of bounds. THIS WAS THE KEY MISTAKE. LSU had no timeouts thanks to the sack, but Dupre caught the ball and had the lane to go out of bounds. Instead, he turned upfield for a meaningless yard or two. He was down at :18

:06 4th down snap
Getting the play off in 12 seconds was pretty good by Etling again, who did a good job with the clock and seemed cool under pressure. The receiver ran his route short of the end zone and was down with 1 second left. And we know the rest.

The only player error was by Dupre. Etling, I thought, did well in the final minute and played with no panic. If he had played like that the rest of the game, we wouldn't have needed a late frantic drive.

WTF are you doing, seeing how many downvotes you can get. Pretty funny post

Player performance or the lack there of falls directly on the head coach. Period

I think you're approaching a record number of downvotes.