re: the 3 reasons bama is the NC and not LSU

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Go back and re watch the Bama game and the South Carolina game. Mett was playing lights out. He was accurate on all throws.

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I have, they were all straight line passes. You're not going to find many with any kind of elevation that are accurate.

Someone gave 2 good examples a few posts up, but these are few and far between. One of them was in a 20mph wind.

Look, there's no doubt Mett showed improvement during the course of the season, but touch pass isn't on his resume.

I think the improvements in the passing game were more of a change in our coordination. We began to see more eligible receivers go out in routes, and began to trust Mett to throw to routes outside of their original third of the field (crossing routes).

It's definitely not all on Mett. Our receivers lack the ability to get significant separation, and as the Clemson "I'm Going to Stick in Miles' arse" DC so eloquently put it, "their idea of a trick play is a play action."

Instead of requiring too much increased accuracy from the QB position, the answer is to have a more mobile QB, who can still stretch the field with his arm. You don't want him running many designed runs, but have the ability to run when receivers are covered.

With the QB being a viable option to run, passing lanes are opened up, and it's much easier for the receivers to get the separation required for the QB to make a read.

This shite has been going on with every QB we've had outside of Mauck, the second half of JR's last season (when he finally decided he would run when needed), and Flynn. Jefferson was mobile, just not a very good runner or passer.

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Are you denying that the true and redshirt freshmen didn't step up when asked?

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Not denying Turner and Alexander didn't do well, except for Clemson game, but the point is we should not depend on freshman or redshirt freshman to be the first backups. Using freshman means that several recruites did not work out or there is a huge recruting void; yet Miles is a great recruiter. It's either bad talent eval or lack of recruiting for OL needs.

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Players did not get up for the Bama game.

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If you think a player can't get up for a game for a chance to play in the SEC Championship Game! You are an IDIOT!! It's obvious you lost your brain during the hurricane!!

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Um Hallman was the 90s. Miles has us in the 80s. When #14 was good. He won't take us to the 90s for at least a few more years. But rest assured we'll get there eventually

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I was at LSU in the 80's and we were never, NEVER, as influential in college football as we are today. Even when we were in the top 5 in 1987 it didn't really seem like we belonged there.

Little Nick definitely moved us up the ladder of success, but our program has continued to grow in size and importance since Les took over. Somebody has to get the credit for that. Who's is going to be?

That being said, we need to go get the best Offensive Coordinator money can buy and get him on campus yesterday.

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Little Nick definitely moved us up the ladder of success, but our program has continued to grow in size and importance since Les took over. Somebody has to get the credit for that. Who's is going to be?

That being said, we need to go get the best Offensive Coordinator money can buy and get him on campus yesterday.

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I agree. Miles has kept LSU at a reasonable high degree of national attention and success. But he has not been able to cross over to greatness. He truly might have last year. If we'd had somebody who could scheme a winning offense on 1/9, Les Miles would have received all the glory. And deservedly. But Les Miles is not the winning offense schemer. It is time to hire a real OC and step aside and let him get things together on offense.