re: Point of view after rewatching the game...(LONG)

Fan emotion has clouded realty. I, too, saw a lot of huge positives.

These kids will re-group, stay focused, and crush Vandy on Saturday.

LSU is going to have a good season. Book it.

I think alot of the bad talk about the defense is a little unfair. They were on the fireld "most" of the game, I believe they were worn out. The offense did not put together a "solid" drive all night. The first score was a slant to Sheppard but I believe we started with a short field. Then a long bomb to Randle, a long run by Sheppard, a safety, and a punt return by PP. Doesnt qualify as solid drives IMHO.

With all that being said JJ did manage the game leaps and bounds better than last year. I agree give it a couple more weeks and lets see what happens.

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I appreciate your optimism and I try to share it as well. But, the problem that I have is that this is the same thing we were saying last year. After the Washington game, we were looking for positives and expecting to improve. We never did. It isn't that I don't have faith in the players. I have lost faith in the coaches because I see the same thing year after year, whether we are in the first game, or the 13th.

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Bingo. If anything, the teams seem to get worse as the season goes on because other teams adjust to what few new wrinkles that LSU has.

Doesnt matter; Series to Series, Quarter to Quarter, Game to Game, Year to Year...The team simply does not improve or adjust well enough to be meet its potential. They will win games because they have alot of talent on the team.

They would be serious National Championship contenders if they were able to make adjustments better and execute accordingly. It pains me to say it but its true.

A similar "positive take" could be written after pretty much any game, win or lose. A UNC fan could certainly come up with an even more positive take about their performance.

The problem is that Saturday night was more of the same for LSU. "If this" and "if that", but what it all adds up to is that LSU once again played sloppily and down to its competition. LSU coaches once again were outcoached in the 2nd half. Once again we were outgained. Again we failed to control a game despite clearly having better players.

I don't dispute that we have a lot of talent and could do good things this year. I wasn't even disappointed Saturday night, and I saw quite a few things to be happy about.

What I dispute is the idea that this team under Les Miles will EVER be the kind of team that most of us want it to be (organized, able to control a game when it has better players than the other team, makes use of the full 60 minutes, has a good gameplan going in and makes better adjustments for 2nd half, plays up to its ability instead of down to its opponent, etc). It's just not in his DNA, and his DNA is what defines the team. It took a few years, but it's fully in place now.

We might win 10 games this year. We also might lose 5. There's only one sure thing: it won't be pretty.

Joseph appears to be a good 2nd TE...

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not that T-Bob made much of a block

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He pancaked the guy.

Not saying that..... What Im saying is the offense really did nothing...There was no consistency... If we can beat on big plays then lets do it all year, but you know as well as I do thats not going to happen! I just was expecting to see a little more solid play from the offense, but hell from the looks of it I expected too much!

i just hate how when this coaching staff gets a lead of about 14 pts or so they just sit on it and get extremely conservative with the play calling even if being aggressive is how we got the lead in the first place

also im worried that our coaching staff doesnt show that they have much confidence in our QBs ability to perform and its holing back the offense and JJs confidence/progression b/c he is so scared to screw up something

that being said a win is a win lets move on the the next one!