My first post on the game from Saturday...

it went about how I expected it to, only I didn't think it would get as out of hand as it did. I expected us to play great in the first half, have some success in the passing game (more on that in a sec), and just run out of gas/depth late. We did run out of gas but I didnt' think we would allow so many second half points.

-I'm not saying we should have won, because the CLEARLY better team won, as they should have. So don't think I'm intimating otherwise. But who knows what would have happened if it was 21-0 instead of 10-0? It's a whole new ballgame from there. I don't recall Malcolm dropping a pass all year and he drops a sure TD. Our #1 receiver drops one in the endzone. Those are mistakes you CANNOT make against LSU, and we did. Such is life, oh well. Murray's stat line looks awful, but early on he put us in position to really take advantage and our receivers didn't do it. You can't blame Murray for our first half problems though.
-Our defense was even better in the first half than I thought it would be. When's the last time a 12-0 #1 team in the country was held without a first down for a whole half? Outstanding performance in the first 30 minutes.
-The second half was basically why LSU is where they are and where we are. They have depth out the wazoo and we don't. Our guys got tired, their fresh guys wore us down and just whipped us. I think once LSU took the lead we basically knew it was over and LSU just put it in another gear. Kudos to them.
-The following things have been touched on plenty I'm sure so no need to rehash them in depth. Our running back situation sucks, period. Our special teams suck, period. TM's punt return shouldn't have counted, but I guess with it being that close the ref didn't have enough probable cause to call to stop the game and challenge.



All in all, I can see why LSU is where they are. Extremely solid in all three phases. We aren't there now obviously, but my hope is with a few tweaks next year we can maybe get there. It's gonna take some changes in coaching philosophy and a lot more depth for sure. We've definitely got the schedule and the starting defense. Here's hoping LSU wins their next game by 30 and claims what is rightfully theirs. I'm now a believer. Although I will say that bama will obviously run better than we did, and Jefferson really doesn't strike me as a great QB at all. But LSU is just so good across the board I think they'll take care of business.