re: "Mike Leach's air raid will not work in the SEC", said the Talking Heads

You started Evans and he only had 28 snaps?

How is that starting?

Flott was a starter with 76 snaps. Ricks was a starter with 78 snaps.

Those were your starters. Evans and Ward were backups.

Meanwhile this is Mississippi State's STARTING strong safety (he played the MAJORITY of snaps): LINK /

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started a kid who transferred from Nicholls State a few weeks ago

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2020 Team Composite Talent Rankings:

#7 LSU
-68 Commits on roster; Avg rating 91.21
- 5-STAR x 7; 4-STAR x 34; 3-STAR x 25


# 23 Mississippi State
-85 Commits on roster; Avg rating 87.37
- 5-STAR x 1; 4-STAR x 18; 3-STAR x 64

Depth is a difference, but LSU wasn't needing to dig into its 3 deep nor was MSU. The talent on the field was heavily in LSUs favor. They simply were unprepared and got out coached and out executed. MSUs 1s played better in all matchups than LSUs 1s.

It happens. LSU is a tremendously talented team and has every ability to bounce back. A great season is still ahead of them and this may have been the wakeup call they needed to start working off their championship gut. They will be in the thick of how the west is decided unless the team just collapses.

That said, pointing at talent and losses vs an MSU team that is completely outmatched on paper, with a QB who arrived midsummer, and a completely new staff and scheme is kind of a non-starter