This is the biggest win of Ed Orgeron’s coaching career and you could see the pure elation on his face as the clock expired.
I spent the weekend in Chicago and a driving rain storm knocked out the satellite at my bar of choice, so I missed the Chark punt return TD live.
Adjustments, adjustments, adjustments. O mentioned seeing a formation they hadn’t prepped for all week and adjusting their run fits ever so slightly seemed to be the turning point for a young defense that’s really starting to find itself.
That’s why you pay your coordinators multiple millions.
This offense is still overly reliant on big plays, but for another Saturday, it worked.
Canada seems to be finding more and more creative ways to get the ball to this offense’s playmakers, which is something we’ve been begging for for years now.
Sure, they didn’t all work, but some did. The wildcat seemed ill-timed, but I get the thought of trying to hit them with something surprising fresh off a big gain.
The motion that setup Gage’s huge run screamed out of the television to me that we were about to pop one. Clever design.
Gage is also the slowest fast person I’ve ever seen play football. Constantly appears to be moving in slow motion and yet, no one catches him.
That said, would really like for LSU to find some space for its tailbacks these last few weeks. Ole Miss leaky defense is a good place to start.
Arden Key is starting to come around. Thinking of him fully formed with a supporting cast that’s arriving… Look out.
Two weeks ago we were wondering if we’d even make a bowl. Now we are staring at a legitimate path to the Sugar Bowl.
This game felt important for the program as a whole. From a micro perspective, it spins this season positive. From a macro perspective, it shows O is answering some of the looming questions around his hire.
Always thought this team could hit 9 or 10 wins, but never expected a loss to Troy to be the path we arrived there.
Danny dropped a dime on the TD to Russell Gage, who is quietly becoming LSU’s all-purpose assassin (shout out to his stellar ST play). Hopefully that can build some confidence for 16.
No major injuries this week. Being healthy matters.
We didn’t choose DBU; DBU chose us.
Kevin Toliver II is back to the guy we remembered after his freshman year. Some of his breaks on the ball in the air were lethal. He’s a threat.
A real shame we couldn’t sell the joint out for the return of the 2007 squad, but those in attendance brought that energy. I suspect this win will bring the crowds back.
Can our local media cool it with the crowd shaming? I understand reporting, but tweeting a photo of empty seats so that a national writer can pick it up just seems worthless to me.
LSU football feels fun again for the first time in a long while. Maybe since 2011. Let’s ride the damn wave.
The young and banged up OL didn’t feel like nearly as big of a liability as they did against Florida last week. Challenge answered.
Cool ovation for Les. You wonder if it had been as enormous without LSU’s early season struggles. Losing puts things in perspective.
Devin White will have his cake and eat it too, thank you.
LSU is officially team “Why Not?” of the 2017 season.
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