re: Scott Rabais (The Advocate) on the LSU defense...

quote:

---

this thread reminds me of a teenage girl complaining about the floor mats of her BMW that daddy bought her for graduation.

---

I didn't write the article and I'm not complaining. As I stated in earlier in the thread, my takeaway was that Cam won a championship with a worse defense. If you see it as complaining, that's an issue with you.

Former Tigers like Jacob Hester said LSU has been forced to play more zone defense than ever before because man defense is too taxing if LSU’s offense is going to insist on these multiple two-minute scoring drives.

all that bs has been debunked here with actual TOP numbers basically being even on both sides of the ball AND the plays per game

So many out of work D-1 cords on this board.

Every big run by Speedy Gonzales in the Ole Miss game was caused by Delpit biting on the OL misdirection.

Queen filled the correct gaps.

It is just that those gaps took him out of the play, because. . . misdirection.

quote:

---

Solo Cam

---

...spot on

So it takes a D1 DC to realize a tackle was missed?

This is why I wish people would quit crying about the defense.

They make the stops needed to mount a huge lead any ways.

I don’t want change to affect the most efficient offense I have ever seen.

quote:

---

Poor tackling, angles, and players not being in place to make a play are all valid concerns. All of those issues lead to big plays against the defense.

You chose to bring up 3 and outs. LSU's defense has more 3 and outs this year than UGA, Bama, Auburn, and A&M(all of them are ranked top 25 in total defense). LSU is top 20 in 3rd down and 4th down defense. There have only been three occasions this entire season that an opposing team has scored twice without LSU scoring.

All of that tells me the defense does make plays when they need to. Still have work to do but a week later the sky still hasn't fallen. Relax and enjoy the game today.

---

You totally confused what I said. I was very clearly not talking about how many three and outs LSU had on defense last year or this year. I said "Why is it that LSU's OFFENSE put up zero points, and had multiple three and outs last year, but the defense held Alabama's high powered offense under 30, while this year's defense barely held Ole Miss under 40, despite being on the field for LESS time?... Poor tackling, bad angles, you named it already. But people still make the same lousy excuses."

So you gave me a stat that has nothing to do with anything I said. The point I made was entirely about showing how little rest the defense had last year, and yet they were able to hold teams down, including Alabama, despite the fact that our offense did NOTHING against them last year.

And so, all of the people complaining that we "score too fast", and using that as the reason our defense has stunk it up most of the year, are not dealing in reality. They just seem to want to make themselves feel better, instead of calling a spade a spade.

what LSU does on third and 4th down defensively, is negated, when they allow so many yards on 1st and second down. They never stopped Texas in the second half, so where was the stop when we "needed" it? Who decides when a stop is needed? Unless you know, before the game, EXACTLY how many points it's going to take to win the game, you can't just pick and choose when a stop is needed. Every possession is critical, and LSU's offense SCORED when they needed to.

Almost the exact same thing happened against Alabama. The defense brought pressure in the first half and managed to hold Alabama down, but then they got really passive, and had ALMOST no stops in the second half. when the whole world knew they HAD to be in prevent with a little under two minutes to go, they allowed a long touchdown pass on the first play. Where was the stop when we "needed it" then? All you're doing is effectively saying that if LSU gets ANY stops on defense, at any point in the game, and we win, that our defense is getting stops when they need it.

With all due respect, that sort of rationale kind of de-legitimizes any thought of objective analysis, when you set seemingly limitless boundaries for what is acceptable play, before you've even begun the discussion.

quote:

---

If your day is ruined by an observation that any honest person can see, then maybe it's best not to participate in forum which may contain opinions and observations that don't align with yours.

---

How do you know my day was ruined, because I said I was sick and tired of people who are sick and tired of our (then) 10-0 team? Do you see the irony in your post?

quote:

---

People are going to cover their ears while yelling “la la la” but the defense is a massive liability going forward.

---

Exactly. If it costs us a game then nobody is going to be defending it. I feel like LSU will either win a championship 45-42 or lose one 45-42. The latter will have people pulling their head out of the sand.