Ya know, I got all prepared to come on here and just dump all over this team (and believe I will be to an extent) but damn it, that offense deserves all the credit in the world. They (and special teams) made every mistake you can think of in that first half but damn Tua is a damn man. Every single person that has called him soft over the last few weeks can seriously kiss my ass. This dude went on there on one leg and absolutely shredded LSU to pieces in the second half. And damn it, Najee deserves just as much credit. Completely put the offense on his shoulders in that third quarter.
We got a lot of issues on defense, fellas. A LOT. Any good offense is going to shred this defense up. Clemson and Ohio State would do exactly what LSU did. Even when the offense got going, they couldn't get just one stop on those last three drives. That's all we needed. Just one. Hell, even hold em to a field goal on one of those TD drives. I honestly don't know where to start. There is zero confidence in those freshmen linebackers, we saw guys that have gotten little to no playing time on the field instead of them today. Jennings and Lewis are the only players that can get any semblance of a pass rush but they can only play a handful of drives a game because if you play em more than that they'll get hurt. Every level of the defense is utter absolute trash and IMO every single defensive coach needs to be gone. Period.
Kudos to the offense for hanging in there and really keep fighting but everyone is going to wonder "what if" about that pick at the end of the half, the mistakes (Tua's fumble and Perine's unforgivable botched snap) in the first half, too. Just bad, man.
We got a lot of issues on defense, fellas. A LOT. Any good offense is going to shred this defense up. Clemson and Ohio State would do exactly what LSU did. Even when the offense got going, they couldn't get just one stop on those last three drives. That's all we needed. Just one. Hell, even hold em to a field goal on one of those TD drives. I honestly don't know where to start. There is zero confidence in those freshmen linebackers, we saw guys that have gotten little to no playing time on the field instead of them today. Jennings and Lewis are the only players that can get any semblance of a pass rush but they can only play a handful of drives a game because if you play em more than that they'll get hurt. Every level of the defense is utter absolute trash and IMO every single defensive coach needs to be gone. Period.
Kudos to the offense for hanging in there and really keep fighting but everyone is going to wonder "what if" about that pick at the end of the half, the mistakes (Tua's fumble and Perine's unforgivable botched snap) in the first half, too. Just bad, man.