SWC75
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- Zack Mahoney did a lot of good things today. But we win it with Dungey. you, John Bonamego!
- I eagerly turned in for game highlights from the national networks. All I saw was Leonard Fournette. John Saunders said “Just look at him, crushing Syracuse!” if you want to make waves nationally, you’ve got win. We had a chance and it slipped thought our fingers.
- Leonard Fournette was everything they said he was. We stopped him on a handful of plays but he also had runs of 48, 14, 19, 62 and 30 yards, two four TDs. He also had an 87 yarder called back for illegal formation, which in no way created the play. I didn’t see much in the way of zig-zag but he was always falling forward when tackled by less than the whole defense and o0nce he gets a seam, it winds up on the highlight film.
- But I was equally impressed by the Tiger’s offensive line, Fournette also had 13 runs of between 4-9 yards. On most of them SU fans were congratulated themselves that we’d stopped him. But then we saw where the ball was and where the original line of scrimmage was. Their line moved the line of scrimmage forward and allowed Fournette to get a running start so he could go down, when he did, still moving the ball forward.
- In truth, LSU should have won this game by a comfortable margin. They didn’t pass much but when they did it was hugely effective. . They just aren’t that kind of team. And Les Miles showed some class, (a rare thing these days), by not piling another TD on at the end).
- The Tigers really kept us in the game with 14 penalties for 120 yards. Those infractions hobbled their drives, (and killed Fournette’s 87 yarder) and kept ours alive.
- Our pass defense is as suspect as ever, especially #1, Julian Whigham. He not only gave up the 51 yarder to Travin Deal on 3rd and 9, just after SU had scored to get within a TD. He turned it into a trifecta with a penalty for pass interference, (which was obviously ineffectual and Deal caught the ball anyway) and hen letting Mkachi Dupree jog to the corner of the end zone and catch an easy lob over his head. Dupre was open by 5 yards. Chris Gedney called Whigham “a good effort guy”. Firstly, I think you want a cornerback to be more than “a good effort guy”. Secondly, that effort seemed to be lacking, particularly on the TD pass.
- The ending could have been more interesting had Cole Murphy not made a mess of the field goal we carefully set up before halftime. When your kicker is using english to try to get the ball inside the upright, it's not a good sign.
- I eagerly turned in for game highlights from the national networks. All I saw was Leonard Fournette. John Saunders said “Just look at him, crushing Syracuse!” if you want to make waves nationally, you’ve got win. We had a chance and it slipped thought our fingers.
- Leonard Fournette was everything they said he was. We stopped him on a handful of plays but he also had runs of 48, 14, 19, 62 and 30 yards, two four TDs. He also had an 87 yarder called back for illegal formation, which in no way created the play. I didn’t see much in the way of zig-zag but he was always falling forward when tackled by less than the whole defense and o0nce he gets a seam, it winds up on the highlight film.
- But I was equally impressed by the Tiger’s offensive line, Fournette also had 13 runs of between 4-9 yards. On most of them SU fans were congratulated themselves that we’d stopped him. But then we saw where the ball was and where the original line of scrimmage was. Their line moved the line of scrimmage forward and allowed Fournette to get a running start so he could go down, when he did, still moving the ball forward.
- In truth, LSU should have won this game by a comfortable margin. They didn’t pass much but when they did it was hugely effective. . They just aren’t that kind of team. And Les Miles showed some class, (a rare thing these days), by not piling another TD on at the end).
- The Tigers really kept us in the game with 14 penalties for 120 yards. Those infractions hobbled their drives, (and killed Fournette’s 87 yarder) and kept ours alive.
- Our pass defense is as suspect as ever, especially #1, Julian Whigham. He not only gave up the 51 yarder to Travin Deal on 3rd and 9, just after SU had scored to get within a TD. He turned it into a trifecta with a penalty for pass interference, (which was obviously ineffectual and Deal caught the ball anyway) and hen letting Mkachi Dupree jog to the corner of the end zone and catch an easy lob over his head. Dupre was open by 5 yards. Chris Gedney called Whigham “a good effort guy”. Firstly, I think you want a cornerback to be more than “a good effort guy”. Secondly, that effort seemed to be lacking, particularly on the TD pass.
- The ending could have been more interesting had Cole Murphy not made a mess of the field goal we carefully set up before halftime. When your kicker is using english to try to get the ball inside the upright, it's not a good sign.
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