re: Russell Shepard Long TD Run against Towson

Answer: CLM

Funny how people see thing so incredibly differently..... I feel (as do a lot of Tiger Fans) that RS has one of the best work ethics on the team. Even though he has been mismanaged his entire career at LSU he still gives 110% on every single plan and seems to have a great attitude on and off the field.

RS has not been mismanaged; he's just not very good. He has good - not great - speed. He has decent - not good - hands. He gets tackled by the slightest contact. And he's kind of small. No knock against him; he's a good Tiger and I appreciate him.

When I saw it live it looked like he got gassed after running SEVENTY EIGHT yards. I watched it again and it confirms my suspicion.

The guy is a good athlete, but perhaps not a track star.

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t I do feel that he should have been a bigger part of the offense since day 1....

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While I don't disagree with this point I feel like perhaps these inconsistencies have come out in practice. Doesn't this explain him falling back on the depth chart?

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I'm not sure what it was, but I'm certain CLM drew it up that way on the back of a TJ Ribs napkin.
"You really have to sell the busted play and almost knock Mett down at the exchange."

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it's a counter play. Auburn just ran it against us the week before, and UF used to run it a lot with Harvin.

I was hoping we'd incorporate it for Shep when we got Billy G, but that was the first time I'd seen it run.

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do some off you guys not know what a counter is out of the shotgun?

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I don't think I've seen it done with a handoff chest bump.
Nice acceleration into secondary by Shep.

First of all no where have I said Randy Moss has good work ethic. I'm comparing TT's physical build to Randy Moss and then questioning RS's work ethic. There are so many players who don't have the physical build but put in the work ethic and become a great player much like TM7. Don't you think there are hundreds of football players who have to give the game up because they are not blessed with the size and speed of a RS.

Secondly, if you can't see the slight pull up around the 30 yard line then you are not looking close enough. My first thought was maybe he was tired, but there is no way that is the case. He pulled up slightly and got caught by a guy running all out to catch him. And yes, I understand the angle argument.

One of the bad elements of TD is people constantly calling other posters out with never being held accountable. It's so sad to see so little respect for other posters. It's okay to disagree but to use name calling and in some cases foul language moves a discussion board to having just a bunch of name calling screamers. The more level headed posters slowly drift away leaving all the name calling screamers.

It looks like RS has incredible acceleration, but he just not have top end speed. Regardless, he gives 100% on every play and I think he is a great Tiger.