re: Grade your team

For LSU, I give:

Offense - B- .. almost 10 ypc on rushing, Passing game is there but Mett has some on field issues to work out. He was on target but has got to calibrate his Pocket clock - held the ball too long and got his arse busted for it. This was the difference in playing mock games with no-hit rules on QB's and Live Action. He forced another pass down on the goal line that got picked - seems to be a tendency he needs to rid himself of. He did pretty good given the wacky week in BTR this week. Two other major backs did not see the filed (Ware and Hill).

Defense - B .. except for a couple mistakes on pass coverage that resulted in two scores they shut NTSU down. NO SACKS from two all-american DE's??? Lots of youth at LB and and CB. Bama homeboy Kwon got a fumble recovery - wouldnt have even seen the field in Dallas.

Special Teams - A .. Wing was out for the game but everything else was spot on!

Penalties - D .. First game, lots of new starters. 10 penalties. Two TDs called back