SWC75
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(here comes the heavy lifting)
- Our biggest strength is that we aren’t perceived to have any. Listening to Les Miles read off a press release in describing Syracuse made me think that they are going to view this game as a walk-over. It will be a rout if the Tigers are focused and play up to their capabilities but they have to do more than just show up to win. We have 11 guys and they have 11 guys and their 11 guys had better to be ready to play. You don’t want to keep the home team in the game. Everybody if referencing the ’84 Nebraska game. The key there was that they didn’t think we could beat them. I sense LSU feels the same way.
- Syracuse should play loose and relaxed. There are no expectations to deal with so they can just play to knock the other fellow on his butt and see if he looked the same down there are the Rams,. Deacons and Chippewas did.
- If we’re going to try to upset somebody I’d prefer to take on a team that wants to meet you at the point of attack to a team that wants to spread the field and make you cover the whole stadium. We’ll be meeting this team at the point of attack.
- The success Wake forest and Central Michigan had passing against us will not mean much vs. LSU which isn’t going to attack us that way. We’ve given up a net of 140 yards on 92 rushing attempts, (this being the NCAA, that includes sacks), 3rd in the country. We haven’t played a team the caliber of LSU but it’s still strength vs. strength.
- Two years ago Andre Williams of Boston College ran for 2,177 yards and 18 TDS. But only 29yards and 1TD came against Syracuse. Last year James Connor of Pittsburgh ran for 1,765 yards and 28TDs. He got 44 yards and one score against us. If we can do that Leonard Fournette, we’ve got a different ball game. Shafer and Bullough have a knack for taking the opposing team’s star player, if they have one, out of the game plan. Let’s make LSU find a different way to beat us and see if they’ve got one.
- I don’t know if we can stop Mr. Fournette. But I wonder if they can stop Jordan Fredericks. He looks pretty good, too.
- From ESPN the Magazine: How you beat the Tigers: “It wasn’t easy to throw against the Tigers in 2014 but if there is success to be had, the blueprint is to dink and dunk. See Alabama, which drove for the game-tying points late in the fourth quarter on a drive that included four completions averaging 12.5 yards. Or Notre Dame, which owned time of possession (37 minutes to LSU’s 23), despite averaging three fewer yards per play. And even Arkansas which looked for- and hit- tight ends over the middle for 90 yards on eight catches. So, while the Tigers yielded only 29 plays of 20 plus yards, a patient quarterback can still find success underneath.” We aren’t Alabama, Notre Dame or Arkansas, (or even Wake Forest or Central Michigan) but with Mahoney in there, dink and dunk may be about it for us.
- The kicking game will be important if we keep the game close enough for it to matter. Ryan Norton, Riley Dixon and Cole Murphy are a strong triumvirate and they are kicking at home, where they will be the most comfortable.
- On third down, let’s make sure that both their guys and our guys know we are here. But why wait for third down?
- We’ve got some playmakers we haven’t had in past seasons. Even with Erv Phillips still out, we’ve got Steve Ismael back, Dontae Strickland, (his great run with Dungey’s pass hasn’t been acknowledged properly because of what happened to Eric), and Brisley Estime. Those guys can turn a game around. And it has to happen: I named Brisley “The Salt Badger” after LSU’s Honey Badger because he seemed to have similar size speed and elusiveness. The Salt Badger will roar against the Tigers!
3-0 with 9 or 10 to go…..
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
- Our biggest strength is that we aren’t perceived to have any. Listening to Les Miles read off a press release in describing Syracuse made me think that they are going to view this game as a walk-over. It will be a rout if the Tigers are focused and play up to their capabilities but they have to do more than just show up to win. We have 11 guys and they have 11 guys and their 11 guys had better to be ready to play. You don’t want to keep the home team in the game. Everybody if referencing the ’84 Nebraska game. The key there was that they didn’t think we could beat them. I sense LSU feels the same way.
- Syracuse should play loose and relaxed. There are no expectations to deal with so they can just play to knock the other fellow on his butt and see if he looked the same down there are the Rams,. Deacons and Chippewas did.
- If we’re going to try to upset somebody I’d prefer to take on a team that wants to meet you at the point of attack to a team that wants to spread the field and make you cover the whole stadium. We’ll be meeting this team at the point of attack.
- The success Wake forest and Central Michigan had passing against us will not mean much vs. LSU which isn’t going to attack us that way. We’ve given up a net of 140 yards on 92 rushing attempts, (this being the NCAA, that includes sacks), 3rd in the country. We haven’t played a team the caliber of LSU but it’s still strength vs. strength.
- Two years ago Andre Williams of Boston College ran for 2,177 yards and 18 TDS. But only 29yards and 1TD came against Syracuse. Last year James Connor of Pittsburgh ran for 1,765 yards and 28TDs. He got 44 yards and one score against us. If we can do that Leonard Fournette, we’ve got a different ball game. Shafer and Bullough have a knack for taking the opposing team’s star player, if they have one, out of the game plan. Let’s make LSU find a different way to beat us and see if they’ve got one.
- I don’t know if we can stop Mr. Fournette. But I wonder if they can stop Jordan Fredericks. He looks pretty good, too.
- From ESPN the Magazine: How you beat the Tigers: “It wasn’t easy to throw against the Tigers in 2014 but if there is success to be had, the blueprint is to dink and dunk. See Alabama, which drove for the game-tying points late in the fourth quarter on a drive that included four completions averaging 12.5 yards. Or Notre Dame, which owned time of possession (37 minutes to LSU’s 23), despite averaging three fewer yards per play. And even Arkansas which looked for- and hit- tight ends over the middle for 90 yards on eight catches. So, while the Tigers yielded only 29 plays of 20 plus yards, a patient quarterback can still find success underneath.” We aren’t Alabama, Notre Dame or Arkansas, (or even Wake Forest or Central Michigan) but with Mahoney in there, dink and dunk may be about it for us.
- The kicking game will be important if we keep the game close enough for it to matter. Ryan Norton, Riley Dixon and Cole Murphy are a strong triumvirate and they are kicking at home, where they will be the most comfortable.
- On third down, let’s make sure that both their guys and our guys know we are here. But why wait for third down?
- We’ve got some playmakers we haven’t had in past seasons. Even with Erv Phillips still out, we’ve got Steve Ismael back, Dontae Strickland, (his great run with Dungey’s pass hasn’t been acknowledged properly because of what happened to Eric), and Brisley Estime. Those guys can turn a game around. And it has to happen: I named Brisley “The Salt Badger” after LSU’s Honey Badger because he seemed to have similar size speed and elusiveness. The Salt Badger will roar against the Tigers!
3-0 with 9 or 10 to go…..
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
