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

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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.

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I'm sure our receivers are jumping for joy.
Our D is on the field plenty with this offense.

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FAIL...major FAIL. they scored on every single possession but two, and one of those was a fumble and another was after a dropped td by sheppard. You idiots are amazing. "by god, I don't care how much we win by, we didn't have 75 offensive plays and they had more time of possession dammit"..."who gives a frick about score....i want to control the clock and run more plays dammit"...."and while i'm at it, I want miles to be a great public speaker...frick the 54-15 record".....LOL...you guys are amazing.

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Read the fricking statement in context with the other sentences. I should have inserted TDs but oh fricking well. FG=/=TDs

mike4lsu, I totally agree that Miles is fundamentally into running over passing, with little regard to whether his running game is even effective. However, I disagree that he's ok with being a middle-road team, I think he's deluding himself into believing that we can consistently compete for titles with a miserable offense (like ours).

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DF, you have a QB that just isn't a good decision maker. Period. So, you simplify the decisions to be made, and run the ball.




Well then if he isn’t a good decision maker according to your absurd speculation, then why isn’t his backup the starter? I agree that the option route passing scheme isn’t worth a shite since it is extremely hard for the QBs and the receivers to get on the same page, but it doesn’t mean JJ is a poor decision maker, it means that the scheme isn’t worth a shite!

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You are slacking DF. Why didn't you call him a racist?

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FAIL...major FAIL. they scored on every single possession but two, and one of those was a fumble and another was after a dropped td by sheppard. You idiots are amazing. "by god, I don't care how much we win by, we didn't have 75 offensive plays and they had more time of possession dammit"..."who gives a frick about score....i want to control the clock and run more plays dammit"...."and while i'm at it, I want miles to be a great public speaker...frick the 54-15 record".....LOL...you guys are amazing.

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i hear what you are saying. But we do need to run the ball better and that is a FACT. Siting on the (5 yard line?) and running off tackle 3 times to the same place over and over into a bunch of maroon jerseys just aint gonna get it done. But i guess he figures 3 points is better then a possible int in the end zone. Had we been down a touchdown it probably would have been a different story. Once or TE gets healthy he will help ALOT in the red zone i hope. He needs more creative play calling from crowton, and miles needs some of his sac back.

THe more he is comfortable with the offense the more we can play to win and not to lose. Frustrating i know. But it is amateur football and no college team is perfect. Gotta do the best with the hand your delt.

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Low risk, low reward.

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not everyone thinks this is such a bad idea:

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LSU is playing not to lose - and not doing such a bad job of it.

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I don’t believe that Crowton has forgotten how to call imaginative and inventive plays. He certainly did in 2007, when the offense had a new wrinkle virtually every week.

But there’s something else that LSU had in 2007: Matt Flynn. Not the most talented quarterback LSU’s ever had, but a heady leader who wasn’t going to get you beat.

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In 2008, Jarrett Lee and his, what was it, 93 pick-sixes, got LSU beat to the tune of an 8-5 season, though to be fair it was Jordan Jefferson who quarterbacked the Tigers to a loss at Arkansas and a bowl win over Georgia Tech at the end. But it is that experience that I think still colors LSU’s offensive character and greatly influences the Tigers’ play calling.

So, here now is the basic strategy: lots of running plays, lots of short to intermediate passes, rely on a tough defense and strong special teams play.

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Playing not to lose isn’t necessarily a bad strategy - if you have the defense. And LSU apparently has the defense. The Tigers essentially gave up one sustained drive to the Bulldogs, and while they surrendered a season-high 152 yards rushing (Bully came in averaging 157.0), LSU turned State’s already questionable passing game into an aerial mine field. Five Tiger interceptions - two each by Patrick Peterson (the All-American added to his highlight reel by that first tip-drill grab) and Morris Claiborne, one by Drake Nevis (Drake, if you want me to be your agent, I’m available) were the most in a game for LSU since the Tigers picked six at State to open the 2007 season.

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Again, playing not to lose isn’t necessarily a bad strategy if that’s your best (or only) option. It’s led to many a victory over the years for Ohio State and Jim Tressel, and though “The Vest” certainly has his detractors in the Buckeye State - they don’t call them “The Luckeyes” for nothing - the man wins. A lot. It’s a resume that includes a national title in 2002 and a string of five straight Big Ten titles

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The formula LSU is using right now also isn’t that dissimilar to what Gene Stallings’ Alabama teams used to do back in the 1990s. Bama made a killing back then of relying on a rock-hard defense and putting up just enough points to pile up the “Ws.”

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Can the Tigers play this way and win every game? Certainly not. But given the fact LSU hasn’t gone unbeaten since 1958, and no one of realistic mind would have ever predicted this LSU team to do so, this is not at all surprising.

And, it could end up producing a pretty successful season. At this point, every one of LSU’s opponents except Alabama looks to have an Achilles’ heel. West Virginia is beatable, Tennessee is thin, Florida has issues on offense, too. McNeese State is a lay-up, Auburn beat Mississippi State by three, Louisiana-Monroe is another rent-a-win and Ole Miss’ defense is atrocious. Arkansas appears to be another stern test at season’s end, but not an unwinnable game. Neither, I’m convinced, is Alabama. Who knows how healthy or how the Crimson Tide will be playing by Nov. 6?

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[quote]If you’re fretting and fuming over LSU’s offense right now and blaming Miles for everything from potholes on your drive to work to oil in the Gulf, I pose this question: would you rather be a Mississippi State fan? State coach Dan Mullen is lauded as a top-notch offensive mind, and his Bulldogs were the darling of many pundits to be a dark horse - or at least a noisemaker - in the SEC this season.

But, again, here State sits, 1-2 overall and 0-2 in the SEC after losing to LSU and Auburn. A Mississippi State team that only lost by 10 to LSU in 2008 and by four to the Tigers last year in Starkville was really dominated by LSU despite the statistical anomalies (MSU outgained LSU 268-264 and had one more first down, 17-16.

And, of course, there’s the biggest stat of all: LSU doesn’t lose to State. The Tigers have now won 11 in a row over the Bulldogs (their longest streak ever vs. MSU) and 18 of the last 19. Mullen can be as clever as Thomas Edison and invent football’s version of the better light bulb, but he doesn’t have the horsepower that Miles has and probably never will.

But State has a stylish, inventive offense. Unfortunately for Bully, style points don’t count for nearly as much as the real thing.[/quote]

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But yeah, JL can throw better. whoooopppeee!

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No not really. He may have a quicker release, but his arm and his accuracy isn't as good as JJ's is in games. If you believe otherwise, re-watch the La Tech game from last season.

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I'm sure our receivers are jumping for joy.
Our D is on the field plenty with this offense.

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I know that like an idiot you believe JJ is the problem, but you are wrong. The problem is the ultra conservative play calling.

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committed to running the ball over passing in a power I or whatever with a few safe short passes here and there

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That will never work in the SEC with great recruits.

Sincerely,
Alabama, the team that hasn't lost a conference game in 2+ years