| FTBL What about LSU's play selection last night?

[BigAl]

Here they are with about 1:06 left in the game and LSU throws the ball and scores. When all they had to do was keep the ball on the ground. LSU is well within fg range. All they have to do is run out the clock and kick a fg to win. Then they go for 2 and miss and the Cows get the ball back and damn near pull it out. If i was Miles id chewed the OC out for making that boneheaded call. Never the less Miles and his assistants were living on the dangerous side of defeat and one day they wont be so lucky.

 

[runswithscissors]

Here they are with about 1:06 left in the game and LSU throws the ball and scores. When all they had to do was keep the ball on the ground. LSU is well within fg range. All they have to do is run out the clock and kick a fg to win. Then they go for 2 and miss and the Cows get the ball back and damn near pull it out. If i was Miles id chewed the OC out for making that boneheaded call. Never the less Miles and his assistants were living on the dangerous side of defeat and one day they wont be so lucky.

i think it took balls the size of bowling balls to pull that one out. the onsides kick caught everybody by surprise. excellent call. the problem in that game was even if LSU scored a FG, they would only be up by 2. while the LSU defense had been playing better in the second half, i still think it is a good decision to try and get the TD. and i was thinking the whole drive if they score a TD, you have to go for the 2 point conversion. even if you miss the 2 pt conversion, AU will have to get a TD. reason being, if you score the TD you're only up 6 points. they can score a TD and win by 1. either way, they are going to have to score a TD but at least if you hit the 2 pt conversion they will only tie. AU would be stupid to go for a 2 pt conversion had they scored, they would have lost if they had not made it. a well played chess match by Miles imo. he's still insane, but i think thats part of what makes his play calling so unpredictable.

 

[TerryP]

Here they are with about 1:06 left in the game and LSU throws the ball and scores. When all they had to do was keep the ball on the ground. LSU is well within fg range. All they have to do is run out the clock and kick a fg to win. Then they go for 2 and miss and the Cows get the ball back and damn near pull it out. If i was Miles id chewed the OC out for making that boneheaded call. Never the less Miles and his assistants were living on the dangerous side of defeat and one day they wont be so lucky.

Is that a direct quote, as in copy and paste, from the LSU vs Auburn game last year with only the time of the clock changed?

Last year, with only a couple of seconds left, I'd agree with you. This time, all kinds of time left and the DB for Auburn was just beaten.

Not a dangerous call at all. Just a simple route in the flat.

 

[BigAl]

Here they are with about 1:06 left in the game and LSU throws the ball and scores. When all they had to do was keep the ball on the ground. LSU is well within fg range. All they have to do is run out the clock and kick a fg to win. Then they go for 2 and miss and the Cows get the ball back and damn near pull it out. If i was Miles id chewed the OC out for making that boneheaded call. Never the less Miles and his assistants were living on the dangerous side of defeat and one day they wont be so lucky.

i think it took balls the size of bowling balls to pull that one out. the onsides kick caught everybody by surprise. excellent call. the problem in that game was even if LSU scored a FG, they would only be up by 2. while the LSU defense had been playing better in the second half, i still think it is a good decision to try and get the TD. and i was thinking the whole drive if they score a TD, you have to go for the 2 point conversion. even if you miss the 2 pt conversion, AU will have to get a TD. reason being, if you score the TD you're only up 6 points. they can score a TD and win by 1. either way, they are going to have to score a TD but at least if you hit the 2 pt conversion they will only tie. AU would be stupid to go for a 2 pt conversion had they scored, they would have lost if they had not made it. a well played chess match by Miles imo. he's still insane, but i think thats part of what makes his play calling so unpredictable.

But LSU could have easily ran the clock down to about 5 ticks and then kicked a fg to win, then the game would have been over. End of story.

 

[CrimsonPirate]

Great call if it works, dumb call if it doesn't. It did.

Auburn, with 4th and 25, picks up 23. That scared the crap outta me.

 

[Guest]

Think about the Wake Forrest kickers. He one of the best kicker in collage football and he miss three last night. I think Miles wanted to out do what he did last year game.

 

[Guest]

I totlay agree that LSU did the right thing by going for the TD. And as rws said, you lose nothing by trying the 2pt conversion. One of the things that always bothered me about Shula was that he played more not to lose than he played to win.

 

[runswithscissors]

I totlay agree that LSU did the right thing by going for the TD. And as rws said, you lose nothing by trying the 2pt conversion. One of the things that always bothered me about Shula was that he played more not to lose than he played to win.

that is exactly the way CTT plays when he has a lead. the problem with that is if you go against a team that just won't quit and sticks it to you when your team is gassed, you're going to get burned. AU played so well on D most of the game they just had nothing left in the last quarter and their secondary got schooled by a backup true freshman QB. :shock:

 

[BigAl]

I totlay agree that LSU did the right thing by going for the TD. And as rws said, you lose nothing by trying the 2pt conversion. One of the things that always bothered me about Shula was that he played more not to lose than he played to win.

As it turned out your right but im just saying if that ball had been intercepted it would have been a complete different story.

 

[runswithscissors]

I totlay agree that LSU did the right thing by going for the TD. And as rws said, you lose nothing by trying the 2pt conversion. One of the things that always bothered me about Shula was that he played more not to lose than he played to win.

As it turned out your right but im just saying if that ball had been intercepted it would have been a complete different story.

thats just part of football. sometimes you have to do something wild to win a game, especially with the stalemate that was going on in AU.

 

[rammajamma]

I totlay agree that LSU did the right thing by going for the TD. And as rws said, you lose nothing by trying the 2pt conversion. One of the things that always bothered me about Shula was that he played more not to lose than he played to win.

As it turned out your right but im just saying if that ball had been intercepted it would have been a complete different story.

We must have been communicating telepathically. When they threw that pass, I was yelling, "why are they throwing the ball?" and then about a second later, they walk into the end zone. Had that same play been a run that did not score a touchdown, they would have had a chance to run the clock down and then kick the fg. Thats what I would have done and thats what Gene Stallings would have done. I think that giving it back to them with a minute left was a dangerous strategy.

 

[Guest]

I liked the call. As well as their D was playing they still come back to kick the FG if the pass is incomplete, and not much time left on the clock for the barn to come down and get in FG position. The ball was thrown well, with only the receiver in position to catch it.

I also loved the halfback pass call, and he threw a strike.

 

[jdpas29]

less miles has the largest cahones of any active college coach

 

[ExiledTidefan]

Along those same lines...Would anyone differ with me in the statement that LSU and Les Miles played to WIN the game, and Tommy Tuberville and Auburn played NOT TO LOSE?

I think that sums up the whole game, at least to me.

 

[rammajamma]

less miles has the largest cahones of any active college coach

Yes that and the largest cranium.

 

[AFF]

less miles has the largest cahones of any active college coach

...the only problem is that his cahones are bigger than his brain. He's a poser left with a pool of good talent that offsets his stupidity. As the water runs out of the pool, he'll hit rock bottom. Give it 2 or 3 years and LSU will be harking back to their "glory days" and fade into insignificance once again...at least that's my hope

 

[Perdido Tide]

less miles has the largest cahones of any active college coach

...the only problem is that his cahones are bigger than his brain. He's a poser left with a pool of good talent that offsets his stupidity. As the water runs out of the pool, he'll hit rock bottom. Give it 2 or 3 years and LSU will be harking back to their "glory days" and fade into insignificance once again...at least that's my hope

Maybe it will happen...


But those in 2-3 years posts were everywhere...

well, 2-3 years ago. Its gonna take a while for that talent to go bye-bye.

Miles may look dumb but and people can think that, but I think it is pretty obvious by now that this is not the case.

 

[AFF]

Miles may look dumb but and people can think that, but I think it is pretty obvious by now that this is not the case.

...or, that his talent pool is bailing him out.

Just fan stuff, TigerBait. No offense intended. I'd probably say the same thing if the situation was reversed.

Reauxll Tide!

 

[Perdido Tide]

Miles may look dumb but and people can think that, but I think it is pretty obvious by now that this is not the case.

...or, that his talent pool is bailing him out.

Just fan stuff, TigerBait. No offense intended. I'd probably say the same thing if the situation was reversed.

Reauxll Tide!

Im not offended at all and appreciate friendly jabs.

He certainly does not come off as a Harvard Law guy but he gets the job done.

 

[AFF]

He certainly does not come off as a Harvard Law guy but he gets the job done.

Hard to argue with that at this point.