Trev Alberts article | TigerFan.com

MobileBengal · Oct 27, 2003

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?id=1647823

Bayou Beating
LSU was the one team that made a statement of sorts, dominating the line of scrimmage in a 31-7 win over Auburn.

The Tigers' defensive front four, led by Chad Lavalais, created havoc from the start and had me flashing back to the whipping USC put on Auburn. The speed of the LSU defense allowed them to get in the gaps and into the backfield, forcing the Auburn backs to make cuts and moves before they even got back to the line of scrimmage and holding them under 100 yards.

Because of that the Auburn offense was out of rhythm from the get-go and wound up in a lot of predictable down-and-distance situations, allowing LSU to bring a ton of pressure on quarterback Jason Campbell, who actually made some good decisions in getting rid of the ball to avoid sacks.

On the other side of the ball, LSU quarterback Matt Mauck was a pleasant surprise and answered some questions with 224 passing yards and three touchdowns. He was facing an Auburn defense that had been on fire in recent weeks and was playing in front of a group of young running backs -- who combined for nearly 160 rushing yards -- yet Mauck was comfortable in the pocket and very accurate in finding big gainers to Michael Clayton and Devery Henderson.

LSU has to be kicking itself over the home loss to Florida, because with dominating wins over other SEC teams Nick Saban's team would be 8-0 and sitting pretty in the BCS.
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BayouBengal · Oct 27, 2003

Has he removed that foot from his mouth yet?

SabanFan · Oct 27, 2003

because with dominating wins over other SEC teams Nick Saban's team would be 8-0 and sitting pretty in the BCS.
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Yeah right. We'd be, what 6th? 5th?

terry cox · Oct 27, 2003

As a football observer, he should know that nobody goes undefeated in SEC play.

TennesseeTiger · Oct 27, 2003

Notice he had to add the qualifier, "of sorts".

LSUstudent · Oct 27, 2003

nice cover but he's still a dumbass