The narrative of the LSU game getting away from us because LSU dominated our offensive line is false.
Watch the the link above. Malik had good protection and we ran the ball on them.
Oline ain’t the reason we were down 24 in the first half.
It was physically pretty even until the bonehead coaching and **** execution took all the wind out of our sails.
We fell behind because:
1. Richt had a bad gameplan that didn’t stress or confuse the defense enough and relied on Malik hitting downfield passes early in the game (which he almost never did in any game.) Malik killed drives throwing long low percentage passes before he was hot and needed acrobatic catches just to get early completions.
2. Feagles was TERRIBLE and constantly gave them short fields.
3. Dean was TERRIBLE. Young’s injury and Bandy’s bullshyt ejection cost us DEARLY. Dean gave up a busted coverage first down on 3rd and 9 that got the first field goal. How do you blow man 2? Watch that drive. He got toasted and abused on the second td after a Feagles shank.
3. Manny with that TERRIBLE safety blitz to the boundary on 2nd&15. WHYYYYY?????? They were behind the chains and we were getting after them. That call was reckless and stupid.
4. Aranda called a PERFECTLY executed corner blitz to Malik’s blind side and Homer missed the pickup and Malik rushed a bad throw for the pick 6. Play call was bland and LSU was sitting on the routes. Malik should have ate the sack but his and Homer’s mistake happen when the defense makes a great call.
People cherry pick the bad plays by the oline, but our d line got after them too. They took emotional control well before they took actual physical control.
With Richt, Rosier, Feagles, Dean, and to a much lesser extent, Manny, ****ing a winnable game away, LSU started to lean on a demoralized Miami team that kept shooting themselves in the foot.
All that is to say, THIS GAME IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM LSU 2018.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
So stop moping and expecting defeat. We were right to be confident last year and right to be confident this year.
Coaches come in with a smart and aggressive, but not reckless, game plan, and we will have a lot to celebrate.
Scoring will probably start slow, but pick up as Jarren settles down. The defense will eat more Franks than a Kobayashi. 8/24 will be the worst day of his life.
Have you forgotten that we DOMINATE running qbs? The only thing we can’t do is leave receivers open for short, quick passes and let Franks feel comfortable blitzing gratuitously for no good reason.
WE WILL DOMINATE THEIR WEAK *** OFFENSE. Just need Jarren to play well. We will run for over 175 yards combined.
Canes 34-13 because of Jarren getting a rhythm, good run game, pick 6, and some strong special teams returns.
No need to mope.