LSU had 4 first half drives

House not being able to get his D off the field really killed us. FSU grinding the clock made it hard to watch.

Defense letting them chip away and convert 3rd downs kept our offense off the field. Our offense is dangerous because at any time Daniels can take off for 25. You have to account for that so that takes a man out of coverage. Just have to be able to block the pressure packages teams will send.

I’ve been repeating this exact thing since the night of the game to everyone claiming the qb sucks and the offense sucked. Reading this board you would think LSU didn’t gain a yard til the 4th quarter when FSU allowed them to score the points.

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House not being able to get his D off the field really killed us. FSU grinding the clock made it hard to watch.

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This is the biggest overall issue, even more than the special teams flubs.

You can't experiment and play around on offense, when you know if you punt, you won't get the ball back for another 20-30 minutes.

Daniels finished the game with 8 straight completions and was 14/18 in the 4th Quarter. Definitely reason for optimism.

The third drive we had a 3rd and 5 inside the 10 before a false start. Wire got the call but if you rewatch it, like 4 players jumped a half second early. Looks to me like the center snapped it late.

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And FSU should have had a FG with 1:20 left and the game would have been over. You can't play "should have" with one team and not the other.

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Just like we shouldn't have muffed the punt for them to even have that opportunity...

Don't try use stupidity like this to shite on someone acknowledging the positives from the game.

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And FSU should have had a FG with 1:20 left and the game would have been over. You can't play "should have" with one team and not the other.

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The OP is not saying LSU should have won the game. He's saying the offense moved the ball relatively well for the most part. They just didn't convert that success into points as much as you'd like because of self inflicted wounds. It took LSU only 4 plays to get inside the FSU 10 on the opening drive before a bad snap caused a 14 yard loss. Two drives later they were back inside the 10 until a false start pushed them out...subsequently ending in a blocked FG.

In the second half LSU scored TDs on 3 of 4 possessions. That is frustrating considering LSU literally gave away two possessions by dropping punts.

It doesn't mean LSU should have won the game. But it does provide a basis to think the offense could be solid if they can clean up the turnovers, poor snaps, and ill-timed penalties. All things that are fixable.

Shouldn’t it be concerning that we only had 7 real drives?

Out of how many in total? FSU did an insane job with clock management. I noted that as soon as the game started. I mean 7+ Min for their first possession... I felt like I was watching old school Wisconsin ground pound (& Les Miles) by how long it took...