LSU fans, be happy that after week 1, we are 1-0 in the SEC West divisional race, with no injuries. Not only that, we scored 45 points, and forced 7 turnovers. I don’t understand why a lot of fans are downplaying LSU’s 45-0 victory over Mississippi State last Thursday, others are angry and upset about our performance last Thursday night. If y’all can’t be happy over a 45-0 shutout over a divisional conference rival, you should just stop watching football all together.
Yes, I know it’s Mississippi State. Yes, I know that their QB Mike Henig threw 7 interceptions. Yes, I too was surprised that our offensive line got rolled a couple of times by the Mississippi State defensive line, but for christ’s sake, we won 45-0. I wonder what Mississippi State’s record would be if they were a mid-major team, if we’d still be laughing at them if they only had to play against the Tulane’s, SMU’s, and the UL-L’s of the world. Before I get to the rest of the NCAA action, let’s get to the breakdown of the Mississippi State Game:
The good: Our defense was unstoppable. Any time you force 7 turnovers, you’re doing something right — Bo Pelini’s coverages tricked and confused young Henig. Early Doucet and Terrence Tolliver both looked pretty good (although Tolliver only had one catch), and Lafell looks like a hell of a blocker after game 1. Hopefully we’ll see more hits like that as the season progresses. Did anyone else think that Perrillouz looked pretty good?
The Bad: Our offensive line. What the fuck was that? Well, we’ve got a new o-line coach, and a MUCH more complex offensive scheme — I assure you that coach Miles and his staff will make some corrections before week 2 when Virginia Tech comes to visit.
The Ugly: Our trick plays didn’t work. I assume that part of this is due to the new offensive scheme, and part of this is due to an improved Mississipi State defense.
Key Takeaways: While the media pundits mock Les Miles (did anyone see the Cal – Tennesse game last week?) and diminish us by saying “LSU doesn’t look much like a #2 team”, we did an awesome job last weekend. I think we found out just how clutch Jamarcus Russell is. LSU had the widest margin of victory against any opponent from a BCS conference last weekend. It’s sickening that teams are allowed to feed on weaker teams like they do, at least most of them played their backups — I have no problem with running up the score so long as you have your #2 and #3 teams a shot at playing. Here’s how the other half lived:
USC Defeats Idaho by 28 points: What? The trojans didn’t cover the spread? No shit. And their Defense gave up 10 points to a non BCS team? Color me skeptical. By the way, I did catch that run by McKnight over the weekend. Let’s see him do that against a Pac-10, SEC, ACC, or Big 10 defense, then I’ll be convinced. I think we have all we need with Keiland Williams.
West Virginia, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Louisville, Alabama crush weaker opponents: Good job — call me when you stop playing high schools and crush a big boy team. Pussies.
Michigan loses to a weaker opponent, season ended: I hope the media keeps talking about Les Miles as if he is the worst coach ever so that we get to keep him.
Cal beats Tennessee: I was really impressed with Cal this week. There is no reason why they shouldn’t be ranked #1 going into week 2. But….that’s why we shouldn’t have rankings until week 6. By the way, Nick Saban wasn’t able to keep Lavelle Hawkins around – and you still think he’s a great recruiter? Have you seen what he left ‘ol Les with on the O-Line, a position that takes about four years to develop? Y’all are out of your fucking mind.
Florida State hires an all-star staff of coaches, constantly good at recruiting, and get rolled by Clemson: The more I look at the Jimbo Fisher situation, the more I think he was asked to leave by Miles. He was unimpressive at LSU with the talent we had, and looked terrible with all of the 5 star talent that FSU has.
September 5, 2007 at 3:57 am
I thought RP looked good – poised and head’s up. Nice TD toss, good running.
I also thought the depth of the D was worth noting – hard to tell when the backups were in or not. LBs look strong.
Will be interesting to compare our D to the VT D. Personally, I think they might be overrated. We’ll see.