re: What do you guys make of Blue going in before Ford?

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Ford will transfer.........just a prediction!

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I hope he does and it breaks my heart.

I know him personally and have been looking forward to this year (actually to last year) since he was a sophomore in high school.

To see him ride the pine with no chance of playing is pretty disheartening to me.

I haven't seen him but once since he went to LSU but he was still upbeat then - almost two years ago.

The kid is a fantastic person - polite, clean cut, dedicated, and in high school he was the entire team - with a little help could have led us to a title.

I haven't seen where he has fouled up at practice - only that he 'doesn't know the playbook.' I find that hard to believe, but don't discount it entirely.

However it is hard to reconcile that situation with his performance in the spring game.

I is even harder to believe that Blue is better than him to the extent that as a true freshman he would 'earn' to play before Ford.

I had never heard of him before he entered the game last week. Still don't even know where he is from. I certainly didn't see him do anything Ford couldn't do as well or better.

Color me confused.

But now I want Ford to play some football - if not here, then somewhere else.

So just because you know ford means that he should play over blue because you don't know who he is? Great logic.
I dont get lsu fans. Everyone complains when they think miles doesnt play the younger players and when he does people complain. I don't know how anyone can complain about the running game yesterday unless you just hate miles and bash everything he does.

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Players earn this "tust" in any number of ways. If I were a coach I would play a kid that I "trusted" would not blow plays, miss assignments, etc. over one that had a great high school career.

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like when they fumble twice in one game?

Blue is from Hahnville. He was a pretty good back in HS last year, can remember one game where they down with little time left and he basically willed them to victory, carried a whole drive by himself and scored a TD on a 4th and about 4 after breaking 3 tackles. I listened to it on the radio, announcers were in awe.

That being said, I have been looking forward to seeing Ford play with more anticipation than anyone since Kevin Faulk. I know you can't live off what a kid did in high school, but for pete's sake, the kid broke all of Cecil Collins' rushing records and we all know what Cecil could have accomplished had he stayed out of trouble. I am gonna be very disappointed if Ford doesn't start getting some carries that matter within the next game or two. I refuse to believe that Blue has learned more of the playbook than Ford given that Ford has been there a substantial time longer.

Keiland got jacked around for playing time (my opinion), God forbid the coaches find a way to screw up Ford's career and make it a two-fer.

i have not read most of this topic, but what i have read is inaccurate. blue was used as a situational back. by the goaline to give room for punts and move the ball away from danger, in the redzone, and on 3rd and short situations. he did a good job. he converted a 3rd and 4 on a 6 yard carry, a 3rd and 3 on a 5 yard carry, and a 6 yard td run. he is the only rb to score in the redzone. the only other redzone td was a pass to russ shep.

he was in before ford because of the situations that came up. ford is a feature back and is competing for time with ridley. there are not too many guys who converted 2 third downs for us last night. also he converted in the redzone. a lot of promise for blue and all you stargazers are ticked off. blue was a stud just didn't hear about him when he was a freshman or sophomore in high school. that makes him no better or worse than anyone else.

ford will get his carries and will be as dominant as anyone we have, but blue did his job well and will continue to serve that role.

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there are not too many guys who converted 2 third downs for us last night. also he converted in the redzone.

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I saw those runs, and they were pretty much gifts from the OL. I am pretty sure I could have made it through those holes - (although I might not have been able to get up afterwards.)

I'd like to see him break some tackles or run over someone like I know Ford can do before my confusion over the order of selection goes away.

Let's be clear - if Blue is better than Ford, I do NOT begrudge his playing. But that should be pretty evident in the coming games. There needs to be some outstanding play by Blue to erase the expectations a lot of us have from Ford - either that or seeing Ford NOT be able to produce.

Let's play the best players ==== no problem with that.

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or run over someone like I know Ford can do

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Where have you seen evidence of this?

ALL these boys ran over folks in high school

I heard Ford left his playbook in his other pants this summer and his mom washed it, he deserves what he's getting

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And if Ware and Ford were playing you would be complaining that Blue didn't get his chance

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Wrong!!!!