re: Time to eat some crow for our loss(long) from a Duck

I can appreciate the fact that you showed back up and ate crow. I can also tell that you are clearly trying to give LSU credit for the win.

However, I reserve the right to disagree with some of your points. I agree with the other posters that your turnovers were caused by speed and aggressiveness. Yes, it was a freshman. But, freshmen are used often and especially in the SEC where you need to go 3 and 4 deep at most positions or you'll be forced to later in the year. We threw to true freshman receivers about 5 or 6 times in that game. You still can't cough it up. I can promise you that I wouldn't allow that excuse for our players either. You are either ready to play or you aren't.

To the point about LMJ being caught from behind. It is irrelevant whether he was full speed when he got caught or not. You have never, EVER seen that happen to him by a 6'5" defensive end. That play is designed to leave the backside DE unblocked assuming he is too far from the play to make the tackle anyway. The backside linemen block second level to disallow persuit from the backside linebackers. Mingo completely changed your blocking scheme on a single play. Was your player injured prior to that and it slowed him down?? Perhaps, but if your starter and backup were both hurt after 1 half of play, then either your backs are made of paper or there was a hell of a fast aggressive defense battering their asses.

As I stated, you are noble for returning. However, you made too many strides to try to protect the shortcomings of your team. Now, to the point we make about the SEC VS the PAC 12. In our conference, you'd play 4 or 5 more games like this. Your backs were already slowed by injury. Your freshman phenom can't be relied upon to hold the ball. Your team suffered cramps all night. With depth issues like this, you'd be out of the conference race by week 5 and wondering about next year.

These were all points we tried to make to you and your other fans before this game was played.

See what we mean???

I'm reading a lot of excuses, while trying to sound geniune

i substantially agree with everything you said. overall, your playmakers are small and the hard hitting wore on them. the type of offense you run depends on timing and needs a defense to react. our defense attacks and we have the personell to do that. because of that and the injuries you mentioned (thus requiring you to play less experienced players), you did not match up well with LSU (your O and our D). however, your defense is legit and then some. i was particularly impressed with your db's and their speed. ditto, your lb's. your dl did a good job also but because of our rushing success many do not agree. but y'all kept our per rush avg. below 4 ydss and i'll bet few teams do that this year (yes, even sec teams). one point about the type of offense y'all run; it is dazzling and it does tire a defense out (usually) and it is very unpredictable BUT it requires near perfect timing and a reactionary type defense to be successful. like a hi-performance sports car, it can need tuning at times and will sputter against the type of D LSU has. this is a killer in the big games against the larger, very fast and very aggressive defenses. IMO, kelley blew it in this game by not running your qb more; that is the answer to the agressive defenses like LSU. he either got outcoached or your 2nd string qb sucks. getting your qb hurt in game 1 can be a disaster.

Good post Duck, I agree with most of what you say.... good luck to yall..

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Even though we had many more yards vs you, it is the scoreboard one goes by to decide a winner

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You do realize that a lot of these yards came at the end of the game when LSU was up substantially and playing somewhat of a prevent D right? Also, LSU didn't have as many yards primarily because of the D forcing short fields. You can say you are making no excuses, but then say fumbles cost you the game. I disagree. LSU dominated both sides of the ball, and had TWO 100 yard rushers basically. LSU completely dominated the second half of that game....turnovers or no, LSU had the best team. In all honestly, I expected a little more from Oregon. However, as your coach put it, LSU has a different kind of animal out there on the DLine....and, they will only get better and better this year......

hope the ducks win out!!!!!!

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I'm reading a lot of excuses, while trying to sound geniune

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This is what I read. LSU dominated this game up front on both sides...Oregon has talent, especially in the backfield on both sides of the ball......but these types of games are won up front.....and with special teams...and LSU excelled in both.....that won't change with a rematch......this whole "more yards" thing is always comical.....bottom line is LSU shut down oregon until the very end when they were up big...and playing a little more prevent than i would like.....don't let late yards fool you.....trust what your eyes saw, and that was domination up front by LSU.....

good read. Always like to see an opponent's view of game.

Oh, so after the fumbles, your defense didn't come out onto the field?

Not trying to be a dick, but you said you weren't trying to make excuses but then spent 1000 words making excuses.

So forgive me for not joining in the circle jerk. We won because we're better than you in every possible way, not because of the bullshite you listed.

What I read

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I am not going to make any excuses to losing,

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Then a whole lot of excuses