LSU...

[JeremyHight]

They are an actual team from an actual football conference.

That is your basis for scheduling? You will have an issue with Auburn playing South Harmon Institute of Technology next week.

 

[NAHSTE]

That is your basis for scheduling? You will have an issue with Auburn playing South Harmon Institute of Technology next week.

Let me get this straight, LSU is catching flak in this thread for scheduling Washington and a Sun Belt team? I get that Washington is not very good, but they are from an AQ conference and it's absurd that Senser would imply that the two games I was citing stats from were against "Savannah State" (while he also concluded Oregon was one of the country's best teams after watching them blow out Arkansas State, but I digress) ...

Are stats accumulated against the Pac 12 and Sun Belt not admissible? That's gonna be tricky when it comes time to evaluate Oregon's resume...

Bama plays Michigan, LSU plays Savannah State. Pretty awesome to cite college stats two nonconference games into the season.

^ That is a really dumb implication. Pretty ironic too since Alabama played North Texas last season while LSU was playing Oregon and yet we were all comfortable comparing those stats.

Washington isn't that great, but it's not like Michigan was actually a top 10 team either. Whatever the gap is between the two programs, they are closer to each other in quality than either is to Savannah State. And North Texas and Western Kentucky are pretty directly comparable.

I am not trying to prop up Washington, merely stating that we should feel reasonably confident comparing results from those four games, and that Senser's implication that some of the results are not legitimate is absurd.

[KNUBB]

Let em hate NAHSTE.

[Senser81]

(while he also concluded Oregon was one of the country's best teams after watching them blow out Arkansas State, but I digress) ....

Yeah, I must be foolish for thinking that Oregon is good. They are usually finishing behind Washington in the PAC10 standings every year.

I think LSU is the #2 team in the SEC, I think Bama is better. Still not sold on LSU's offense and QB, in spite of playing huge powerhouse defenses such as Washington and North Texas. I remember when Jarrett Lee was the answer at QB because he was throwing TD passes against Miss Valley State.

[KNUBB]

Yeah, I must be foolish for thinking that Oregon is good. They are usually finishing behind Washington in the PAC10 standings every year.

I think LSU is the #2 team in the SEC, I think Bama is better. Still not sold on LSU's offense and QB, in spite of playing huge powerhouse defenses such as Washington and North Texas. I remember when Jarrett Lee was the answer at QB because he was throwing TD passes against Miss Valley State.

Nope he throwing them against OREGON and WVU

[Senser81]

LSU's offense looked terrible against a defense that couldn't stop Louisiana-Monroe last week. But you guys are right...LSU looked much better than Oregon, who beat the #22 team in the nation 49-0.

[NAHSTE]

LSU's offense looked terrible against a defense that couldn't stop Louisiana-Monroe last week. But you guys are right...LSU looked much better than Oregon, who beat the #22 team in the nation 49-0.

Knew this bump was coming ... They did look terrible. Penalties, turnovers, etc. They can't protect the passer due to losing their starting LT for the season.

(BTW, UL Monroe's offense is very fun to watch. Kolton Browning is a stud and their coach OOBL cheeses on every 4th down.)

Fortunately we still have our defense, more or less the same one that held Bama out of the end zone for 7 quarters and helped us beat Oregon by two touchdowns last season. When you hold your opponent to 90 yards passing and 183 total yards, the bar is a lot lower, you can survive *only* 350 yards and a pair of untimely fumbles.

As for the mythical pecking order, I am totally fine with Oregon jumping us. I really don't care about polls or style points this early in the year anyway. With 3 of the top 6 teams left on the schedule, LSU will have plenty of opportunities to prove its worth.

[Senser81]

Knew this bump was coming ....

Yeah, it gave me satisfaction.

[Glenbino]

Sorry, but no. Lattimore is not what he used to be. Doesn't look like him anyways. And if Conner Shaw gets hurt against Vanderbilt, what do you think Mr. Jarvis Jones will do to him?

Jadaveon Clowney showed Jarvis Jones how defensive end wad supposed to be played last night. I'm not even sure Connor Shaw saw the front of Jones' jersey the way the USCe line was handling him with ease.

[NAHSTE]

Not our year, missing too many key guys, including the starting LT, the starting tailback and the top two Will LBs.

(Knubb please give me an update on Kwon if you hear. He was BALLIN out there. Sucks to see him on crutches again after what happened to him in his senior year of HS.)

Anyway, that "BEST OFFENSE EVARRR" that looked so great on paper has gone up in smoke with the patchwork OL. Mettenswag can't even get time to operate, so it's more like Cutlerswag at the moment.

Doesn't get any easier this week with the 'Cocks coming into Baton Rouge. Florida's defense is incredibly athletic, but it's possible that South Carolina's defense is even better. And it looks like the Ol' Ball Coach is having fun again, back to his vintage days as an ace play-caller.

At least it's a night game in Tiger Stadium.

[Senser81]

Why does Les Miles insist on throwing the ball so often? Their QB is terrible. The Beckham guy dropped everything, and the one big pass he caught he ended up fumbling. It seemed like the winner of the game was going to be the team of whichever QB fumbled the least. At least Muschamp had the sense to stop throwing the ball in the 2nd half.

On a side note, are most SEC coaches retarded? Do they just always look bad because the defenses are good and the conference is so competitive?

[NAHSTE]

Why does Les Miles insist on throwing the ball so often?

Florida was stacking 8-9 in the box and the running game was nonexistent out of the I-form.

Their QB is terrible. The Beckham guy dropped everything, and the one big pass he caught he ended up fumbling. It seemed like the winner of the game was going to be the team of whichever QB fumbled the least. At least Muschamp had the sense to stop throwing the ball in the 2nd half.

Beckham has had a rough couple of weeks, he's been trying way too hard to replicate the Tyrann Mathieu energy after he housed a punt return in week 1.