Weis press conference previewing LSU

That is a good press conference to watch. He seems pretty concerned about LSU.

 

Here is some of the things he said about LSU:



"LSU, well, the thing that really concerns me about LSU, I'll talk about their personnel as I always do and their coaching staff and a number of other things, but I have some very, very genuine concerns about LSU as we get ready for this game. First of all, they've outscored their opponents in every quarter this season, but the first quarter is the one I'm worried about probably the most because they've outscored their opponents 122 to 20 in the first quarter, so that's over 100 points more than their opponents."

"As we know in the couple games that we've lost, we've gotten behind early in the game and tried to climb back into it and weren't able to do that, and I think that we have to make sure we avoid that pitfall in this game or else we'll be in for a long night.

Second quarter 97 to 53, the third quarter 80 to 39 the fourth quarter 95 to 38, and the one time they went into overtime they kicked a field goal so they won that 3 to 0. It's basically a home game for them. I think they'll probably have anywhere from two thirds to three quarters of the crowd. We're cognizant of that and the noise that goes with playing at night down there. This year at home by the way they were 8 and 0, so that's an unenviable task, and the only two losses they had were on the road against Auburn and Florida."

"JaMarcus Russell is where it all starts offensively for them. He's 6'6", 260 pounds. The more I watch him, the more he reminds me of a young Daunte Culpepper. Being around the NFL for a long time, I usually try to draw an analogy when I get a good player, and he reminds me of a young Daunte Culpepper which that's a very, very high accolade. He has a career record of 24 and 4 as a starter, he started 24 consecutive. His completion percentage is ridiculous, 68.5 percent, he's 211 for 308 with 26 touchdowns, seven picks, throwing for just under 2,800 yards. He's thrown three touchdowns in five games this year, First Team All-SEC. He's a really, really solid player."

"Last but not least of the triumphant of seniors is Doucet."

"We should see Herman Johnson at left guard, he's 6'7", 351 pounds. He's started nine games this season, two at right guard and seven at left guard. I think the phrase they have on him is the biggest player ever to wear the purple and gold. That is not encouraging."

"I know Bo. We briefly had a changing of the guard when I was going into New England with Belichick and he was going out and he had been with Pete. We tried to retain him at the time but he went on to Green Bay."


While reading through it I realized he really knows how to breakdown a team from film. He knows his stuff makes me worry just a little bit.