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4th in Offense, 117th in Defense…

Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:07 pm
Posted by toughcrittercrumb
Houston
Member since Nov 2008
2152 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:07 pm
It’s not the talent. We have more talent than at least 75% of the teams in the country. It is all on coaching. We were terrible on 3rd downs last year and now it seems everyone knows exactly how to attack us in House’s second year.
Posted by cartig
Member since Feb 2010
3019 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:10 pm to
Obviously offense needs work . ??
Posted by FreddieMac
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
21068 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:11 pm to
hodge podge guys into a secondary and everyone is shocked when we do not have a good defense. People are just not realistic. This is what should have happened last year, but Kelly got lucky. People want youth to play, well this is what happens when freshmen play.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
66847 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:12 pm to
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4th in Offense, 117th in Defense…


doesn’t mean

quote:

It’s not the talent.


also, we are not playing the bottom 75% of the country.

Posted by stuckintexas
austin
Member since Sep 2009
2223 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:14 pm to
National Champ caliber on one side of the ball, Conference USA on the other.
Posted by TrouserTrout
Member since Nov 2017
6425 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:15 pm to
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It’s not the talent. We have more talent than at least 75% of the teams in the country
The defensive ranking will go up as the season goes on while the offensive ranking will go down. It’s just how the schedule setup.

Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
12489 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:15 pm to
117?
How many teams are there, 116?
Posted by GeorgeWest
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
13148 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:19 pm to
BK and Denbrock are genuises!
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
68216 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:25 pm to
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4th in Offense, 117th in Defense…



That's big 12 style football.
Posted by TOPAL
Member since Mar 2010
4534 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:27 pm to
LSU is USC with 2 losses
Posted by itig19
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2008
410 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:38 pm to
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People want youth to play, well this is what happens when freshmen play.


This is somewhat of a red herring. People want more of the freshmen to play bc the transfer upperclassmen (and returning guys) aren’t getting it done. Every single transfer; that is starting or playing; has over 28 games under their belt at the collegiate level. This isn’t on the youth, no matter how much Kelly tries to spin it that way. Their personnel decisions and scheme are baffling. He should be playing more youth if the ‘mature’ guys they brought in aren’t doing any better than the inexperienced, but higher ceiling, ‘youth’.
This post was edited on 10/2/23 at 4:08 pm
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40747 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:40 pm to
Yeah everyone pining for Welch when he clearly didn’t belong on the field.
Posted by Damone
FoCo
Member since Aug 2016
32966 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:41 pm to
But but but Daniels!
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
261640 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:48 pm to
We are a Big 12 team that we once made fun of.
Posted by MandevilleLSUTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
6881 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:51 pm to
What defensive ranking are you using?
Posted by spslayto
Member since Feb 2004
19734 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 3:56 pm to
Our 3rd down defense has been particularly atrocious.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63542 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 4:13 pm to
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National Champ caliber on one side of the ball, Conference USA on the other.


Business in the front, party in the back.
Posted by toughcrittercrumb
Houston
Member since Nov 2008
2152 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 4:13 pm to
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hodge podge guys into a secondary and everyone is shocked when we do not have a good defense. People are just not realistic. This is what should have happened last year, but Kelly got lucky. People want youth to play, well this is what happens when freshmen play.


Definitely not expecting perfection but sure you would expect our defense to provide some kind of resistance. Teams are carving us up like thanksgiving turkey. If we were middle of the pack, it would be enough to win all of our games.

There is no reason for us to allow Arkansas and Ole Miss to have their best offensive productions of the year.

This is 100% scheme. Yeah we don’t have they talent we use to but come on.
Posted by snackpack
Member since Dec 2005
2760 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 4:17 pm to
Name all the true freshmen that are starting on defense
Posted by tigereye1988
Member since Jul 2012
268 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 5:03 pm to
I don’t think anybody here is expecting a “good” defense anymore. But average should not be unrealistic. We all know the talent is not elite, but 117 is completely unacceptable. Okay so the secondary got burnt against a good QB with a good play caller. But what’s the excuse for allowing over 300 yards rushing. The defensive line isn’t made up of a bunch of freshman. I don’t have the answers, but I’m also not getting paid 10 million dollars a year to have those answers. This defense is embarrassing and I don’t think I’m being unreasonable by laying a large portion of that on House and BK as well.
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