re: The problem is not with our offense is...

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FYI, after three games, we're 31st in the country and 3rd in the SEC in 3rd down conversions at 46.3%.

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I really dont give a shite about that state considering its just a stat and doesnt tell you anything.

If Team A converts on 2nd down 90% of the time and only faces 3rd down a few times but didnt fare well on those 3rd downs THAT DOES NOT mean they are worse at moving the ball than a team that converts 50 or even 60% on 3rd down.

LSU simply isnt sustaining drives and controlling the clock as is the plan according to dreaux.

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Miles is fundamentally committed to running the ball over passing in a power I or whatever with a few safe short passes here and there. Low risk, low reward. With superb recruiting, a good defense and the one dimensional run offense he will always beat the Miss. States, the Vandy's, the La. Tech's, the U-L-Ls, the La-Monroe's and win 8 games a year, get bowl eligible.

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So, if we had Colt McCoy as our QB, Miles would be committed to a dink-and-chink passing game? I mean no disrespect to Jefferson, but it's apparent Miles and Crowton believe he's not well suited to attempt many passes over 15 yards. Sure, I buy the fact that he's a run-first HC—most are I believe—but in this case, the coaches are tailoring the passing attack to the skills they perceive in the QB.

Just the same, I figure they'll have to open things up when we play Florida, Bama and Arky. We're not gonna run for 280 yards on those teams.

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LSU simply isnt sustaining drives and controlling the clock as is the plan according to dreaux.

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well it is the idle plan and i never said we run the ball great, i think that is why it is being forced so much. Miles has always wanted to establish the running game first. it makes sense and is not as risky. However, a balanced offense is better and i thought our O was balanced for the most part against state. The problem was we did not have enough field to work with for alot of plays and our d was on the field to long. They need to run the ball better, with more creativity.

They did make progress in my eyes and i think this saturday will show us alot.

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I really dont give a shite about that state

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I would imagine I would also try and ignore a stat that showed I didn't have the faintest idea what I was talking about.

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considering its just a stat and doesnt tell you anything.

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Actually, it tells us a magnitude of things. It tells us how successful we've been on coverting third downs (which was the subject matter of your post) and it compares that success rate with our counterparts.

And it certainly tells us more than some casual sport's fan subjective opinion of something he believes he perceives.

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LSU simply isnt sustaining drives and controlling the clock as is the plan according to dreaux.

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See . . . casual sport fan's subjective opinion completely unsupported evidence.

Basically running/ball control offenses are boring. You can go 13-0 and win a Nat'l Chmpship and people will still complain about the boring offense.

I do believe a top-notch QB would give Crowton and Miles more opportunity. Bottom line is Jefferson is just going to have to get the ball in the end zone no matter run or pass.

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See . . . casual sport fan's subjective opinion completely unsupported evidence.

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absolutley. I am mearly offering another point of view instead of jj sucks, crowton sucks, miles sucks, why are we not throwing the ball more, jl is better yada yada, bla, bla, bla.

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I do believe a top-notch QB would give Crowton and Miles more opportunity.

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Crowton has run his option route offense since 2002 while he was the head coach at BYU. He ran it from 2002-2004 at BYU. In 2005, he moved to Oregon and installed some of it in Oregon's 2006 offense (Bellotti was an offensive X's and O's guy had a harness on Crowton while he was there). Prior to the 2008 season, Crowton installed his option route scheme here at LSU.

In that time, how many of the quarterbacks under that scheme played well?

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Antonio Moss

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have to tell you that I enjoy reading your posts. It's like people run into a brick wall when they try to debate most of the info you post.

also think about for a second everything JL put the team through. During his starting time is was more then pick six's that ended his starting job. He basically divided the whole team. Players bitching and complaining, the defense was frustrated and everyone was out of sinc.

He gives jj the reins and the team rallies around him, he does not make the same mistakes as JL and has the players respect. there is more unity, and probably less complaining and bitching. Also, it helps the d play better because he is not constantly turning it over. Matter of fact, it's quite possible that jj may not even be better then jl, but the team might play BETTER for jj then jl. This of course is imo, and i could be completely wrong.

maybe miles is terrified of what could happen if he starts, which is why he probably wants to get JJ as much game time as possible.

I would also be more comfortable with JJ in a big game vs jl.

But yeah, JL can throw better. whoooopppeee!

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Uh, they punted one time in the State game and had no turnovers. SOMEBODY was not going 3 and out so your post =FAIL. Even the one punt was after a shep drop in the endzone or there would have been no punts.

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I believe what he meant was that we had to settle for field goals. We did not get the first downs and happened to be in field goal ranger when we were stopped. Therefore, instead of punts we had field goals. We got stopped plenty of times. When you start at your own 47 and can't score on 5+ separate drives, you have a problem(s).