I wouldn't complain too much about the D. Fl. made adjustments after the Auburn game, you still reduced Tebows effectiveness. CWM's goal was to try and make Tebow beat Auburn with his arm. LSU employed what looked to be the same strategy and reduced Tebow's % and YdsAtt. THe Yds per completion may have been greater, but you killed more drives because of incompletions. Auburn LSU Attempts 27 26 Comp 20 12 Pct 74.1 46.2 YdsAtt 7.4 6.1 TD 1 2 Int 1 1 Rush Att 19 16 Yds 75 67 Avg 3.9 4.2
Well we still beat them in tornover margin which in big games like this, the team that turns the ball over more usually loses. I think our offense is more balanced and way more physical than their's. Also, we were as conditioned or more than UF and it seemed like we beat them up in the 4th quarter. Not even Florida can run with us for 4th quarters.
The reason UF offense is so good they have the athletes to run the spread. They were matching a 4.4/4.3 reciever on our linebackers and safetys. I would have like to had seen us with Danny Mcray or Chad Jones in there as a linebacker in these situations. UF had mismatches all night. We adjusted in the second half to limit their success. GD was double teamed most of the night and when this happens the other guys need to step up and make the tackle.
Oh come on Tigerdad, this is "NOT" the Curly Hallman brand of LSU Tigers...OK...jeez. LA Tech couldnt pull that one off in their wildest wet dreams...Have some faith guys... :tigerhead:tigerhead:tigerhead:tigerhead:tigerhead:tigerhead:tigerhead:tigerhead:tigerhead
You cannot get overly aggresive against FLA's offense. I think the game would have gotten way out of hand had we blitzed any more than we did. You didn't see alot of plays in FLA's backfield because Pellini wanted a very controlled rush. If our D line played agressive as we normally would they would just run right past Tebow and he is off to the races. I could tell the idea was to rush but try to corral Tebow so he wouldn't get away. Here's where I think the problem came in. When Tebow faked to the back our ends were crashing down to try to get the back. Tebow would pull the ball out and now that the ends had crashed down, we had no containment and he just ran to the outside. It happened time and time again. I think considering the talent on offense, the scheme, and the almost desperation FLA was playing with I think we did pretty well. Give this D a pocket passer and we eat him for lunch.
this situation is always interpreted incorrectly. defenses always run out of energy before offenses, it just takes more energy to play-particularly on the lines. the T.O.P. was like 2:1 in favor of LSU.
this was more true for the success of their RB not tebow. pittman particularly got run around a few times. if an O is good a D cant shut them down, just contain them. thats what LSU and Auburn did. solid DL play, conservative blitzes and solid DBs. leaves draws and crossing routes open. thats what UF did. that is the only way teams have had success against the LSU D and what most teams will try.
Did 'ya ntoice how many times we had a man come free with a shot at Tebow and he just sort of side stepped 'em once they had committed. The problem wasn't so much the scheme or the execution by LSU as it was the play by Tebow. Glad we don't have to see him again. Bottom line is that Tigers played well enough to win. That's all we can ask. ldskule:
That's because we are a more physical team and we wear people down as the game wears on. It's happened every game. We own the 4th quarter and even more impressive, we still hold opponents to almost nothing in the 1st quarter so no one puts points on us real quick. I will say that we wanted to win more than they did. The heart and leadership this team showed was unbelievable. They didn't let Tebow frustrate them.
so LSU dominates teams in the first quarter because the opponent is worn down? it is absolutely redickulous to say LSU won because they wanted it more. there is no reason to think that and,in a way, its insulting to the Tigers.
