bayoulsucajun said:
1. Major Applewhite - Great Guy. Went to a great high school in Baton Rouge, but his offensive scheme is no match for pelini's defense. I think he is about 3 years away from ready for a gig like this.
2. Trindon Holiday - Bama has noone on defense that can come close to catching him. We use him sparingly but he gets big yards we he is used.
3. Bye Week - When Miles has more than a week to prepare for a team, we always dominate. Look at the Vt game this year when we had 10 days and the Sugar Bowl and Peach Bowl the past 2 years.
4. Bama is overconfident - The win against Tenn was impressive, but now the bama team and fans think they are going to easily win this game. Welcome back to earth.
5. Miles has done better with "Saban's Talent" - Saban went 9-3 with a loss in the capitol one bowl. The next season Miles went 11-2 with practically the same team.
6. Saban is winning with "Shula's Talent" - What would shula's record be this year. You cant say miles is winning with sabans talent without saying saban is winning with shula's talent
7. Our defense has something to prove - People are starting to call them overrated. They are ready to prove how great they are and dorsey should be back.
8. Chad Jones - He has taken over the punt return duties and has looked flashy while he has done it. I predict he will return one for a td.
9. Running Back By Committee - Our running game has been dominate lately. Between hester, williams, holiday, scott and murphy anyone can rush for over 100 yards any given game.
10. Flynn and Doucet are back - Flynn looked like he finally feels 100% after the ankle injury. Early had 7 catches for 93 yards in limited pt in his return last week. He has another week and half to rehab and be 100%. He is what our offense needed.
(1) Before you declare Applewhite not quite ready for prime time, remember that he has what is essentially a co-offensive coordinator in Joe Pendry - who has 19 years of NFL coaching experience plus 11 years of college experience. Applewhite is the play caller, but from his pressbox seat he does get feedback from the most experienced and highest paid assistant coaching staff in the SEC.
Additionally, do you realize that after 8 games this season, Bama is 46 points shy of equalling the point total from 13 games last season? We will get that against Louisiana Monroe. It is within reason that we could beat last season's point output by 100 points and we played Duke and FIU last season compared with Houston and FSU this season.
(2) Trindon Holiday has been statistically a non-factor this season. If he did not run wild against Tulane and MTSU, why do you think he will do anything of consequence against us? Are you his mother or something?
(3) I read somewhere that Coach Les Nessman said you guys were going to dominate Bye and that you were preparing to beat Bye worse than any team in history. Since we have Bye this week as well, maybe we can compare notes.
(4) Bama is confident...as opposed to afraid of their own shadows - meek as milkwater - play not to lose and end up being "really close" like we were the past 4 seasons. I will take confident over the latter.
(5) Saban took over a team that was 3-8 in 1999 and had losing seasons in 7 of the previous 10 seasons and went to the same Capital One bowl in his first season that Les Nessman did with a loaded team. Saban's last 3 years at LSU, you were a top 5 recruiting class and in 2004 signed and admitted 16 players rated 4 stars or higher - that is ridiculous. Shula did not sign 16 x 4 star players TOTAL in the 4 years he was our coach! Nesman walked into a cherry situation and still managed to lose some games. Saban is the better coach. History shows that and you know it too. That is why you schmucks can't get over him. I swear, you are worse than a co-dependent whose girlfriend left him for his brother.
(6) Saban winning with "Shula's talent - that averaged 2.2 stars coming out of high school is impressive. Nessman failing to win the SEC when they have better talent than anyone in the nation is not. As another poster said, you actually are complimenting Saban on this one.
(7) You have no idea what the mindset of your defense is. Personally, I would bet on overconfident having played and beaten Florida and Auburn. Watching the film of us versus a number of our opponents probably has them licking their chops and slacking at practice. You cannot say that #24 ranked Bama is overconfident with #3 ranked LSU coming to town, and them say that you are hungry...the opposite is usually the case. The higher ranked team starts reading their own press and gets overconfident. Talk about double-talk...
(8) Chad Jones? Look at what team is leading the SEC in punt returns. I will give you a hint...you play them next week. LSU is middle of the pack in net punting. The chances of Bama returning a punt for a TD is higher than it is for LSU.
(9) It is "dominant," not "dominate." Look at who the freshman of the week was the first couple of weeks of the season. If Coffee can't go, we have others...and they are all solid. Shula was a mediocre recruiter, but we do have a couple of good RB's. You guys are still crying about losing McKnight to USC.
(10) Your head coach cannot manage your quarterback situation. Flynn has more talent and tools than JPW, but I would take Wilson + Applewhite + Saban any day. We have played a great receiver almost every week. Our defense is undersized and has no depth. There is no way we can stop teams like Arkansas and Tennessee, yet we beat them. We win because we play disciplined football, while LSU is the dirtiest, most penalized team in the league. I will go ahead and predict that LSU will have at least 2 roughing the passer penalties this week....probably a late hit out of bounds and a facemask or two.
We are both good at turnover margin, but the difference in this game will be disciplined play and our ability to control the clock and not give up explosive plays. Our gameplan for LSU will be the same thing it was against UT, with more trickeration thrown in and an extra offensive set or two. Kentucky picked you apart and guess who the #2 team in the league is behind KY at passing first downs? Hint: You play them next week.
LSU should win this game. You have a ton of talent and we have a first year coach with an over-achieving team...but you also have Les Nessman who can beat Oklahoma and lose to La. Tech in the same season, and whose teams typically play very undisciplined football.
At the very least you won't see any intentional knee attacking chop blocks next week.
