Those of you who think we can beat USCe are not paying attention.

Look, nobody wants LSU to win on Saturday more than I, but those of you who think we can win that game are simply not paying attention.

Florida didn't just beat us, they whipped our arse's in the second half. They played more physical than we did, and the game was not as close as the score indicated. As that game wore on, our defensive line got wore down. The fact is we are light across the defensive line, and Florida exploited that weakness...So will South Carolina.

South Carolina plays a physical brand of football, maybe more-so than Florida. They have a more physical back in Lattimore, and a better Qb in Conner Shaw, and dare I say a better coach in Steve Spurrier.

We are better than we played on Saturday, but we have been ravaged by injuries. Injuries are a fact of life in football, so we have to deal with what we are dealt. That depth that we had at the beginning of the season, we no longer have. The fact that Florida had a bye week prior to our game helped them immensely as well.


The only way we win that game is to go back to a physical, smash-mouth brand of football, which we all complained about last year in the national championship game. We run on first down, run on second down, and have a 3rd and 5. What we did against Florida was run on 1st down, pick up 4 yards, and then play action on second down with an incomplete pass, leaving us with 3rd and 6, which forces us into a passing situation.

When we got the ball on the turnover right before half, we had it on the 7 yard line. We ran on first down and took it to the 4. If we run 2 more times, we punch that in for a TD, but the play action pass on second down made us predictable on third down, just like every other drive where we went 3 and out.

I hope I'm wrong, I just don't see it.