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Was something wrong with TR last night?
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:11 pm
I was shocked how little they ran him and how little he was in the game. He was the most talented player on the field but seemed to be used very sparingly. Thanks in advance for any information.
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Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:12 pm to tigerball299
quote:Um, he looked damn good on that TD run
Was something wrong with TR last night?
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:12 pm to tigerball299
he was fine
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:12 pm to tigerball299
He got his 20 carries.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:13 pm to tigerball299
Sandbagging
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:13 pm to tigerball299
His agent said don't use him up, he's got mouths to feed.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:13 pm to tigerball299
He's not the only running back we have.
Lacy could handle some carries, so they used him.
They wanted to keep Trent fresh for the end of the game.
Also, in certain situations, we needed to take LSU's focus off of the RB position because they were always going to be so focused on Trent.
Beautiful part of the gameplan, IMO. Very smart to conserve him instead of riding him into the ground early. That probably earned us his TD run.
Lacy could handle some carries, so they used him.
They wanted to keep Trent fresh for the end of the game.
Also, in certain situations, we needed to take LSU's focus off of the RB position because they were always going to be so focused on Trent.
Beautiful part of the gameplan, IMO. Very smart to conserve him instead of riding him into the ground early. That probably earned us his TD run.
This post was edited on 1/10/12 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:13 pm to tigerball299
It looked like the staff realized that yards on the ground were not going to happen in the first half. They saved T.Rich and let Lacy soften up the D. Trent played much more in the second half.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:13 pm to tigerball299
9 guys at the line of scrimmage. The goal is to win the game not get TR touches.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:14 pm to tigerball299
I think Saban and McIlwain purposefully didn't use him like they did in game 1. Ya know, changing something from the first time around, to throw new looks at your opponent. Novel idea, I know.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:14 pm to tigerball299
I was surprised that Lacy played so much
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:15 pm to tigerball299
I think that was the best thing LSU did on defense. They were determined to shut down TR and make AJ throw the ball. They were hoping AJ would have another 11/5 game but that didn't happen.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:15 pm to tigerball299
He rotates with Lacy. When it's Eddie's turn, he comes in.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:16 pm to tigerball299
No. LSU has a great defense, and they keyed on him and were geeked up to shut him down.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:18 pm to DvlsAdvocat
I wish we had 4 stud RB....o wait hows that whole stable thing working for you guys?
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:22 pm to Diamondawg
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I think that was the best thing LSU did on defense. They were determined to shut down TR and make AJ throw the ball. They were hoping AJ would have another 11/5 game but that didn't happen.
Definitely. We schemed to take away Richardson, but Bama had a great game plan to go away from perceived tendencies and air out the ball. Pre snap motions to show coverage schemes and passing a lot on first down mixed in with great QB play worked well against a D that was head hunting for Richardson. Great player and glad he's gone after this year
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:22 pm to tigerball299
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I was shocked how little they ran him and how little he was in the game. He was the most talented player on the field but seemed to be used very sparingly. Thanks in advance for any information.
Herbie asked Saban after the game about this and the response by Saban was (paraphrasing)"each player gets a certain # of carries during the game and it doesn't matter to the staff who's in the game at any given time."
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:26 pm to tigerball299
Nothing wrong with him. Until that late TD run he was being hammered pretty consistanly. They got out of him what was reasonable, especially considering how well Lacy was running it. A.J. and his receivers were the big improvement from the November game. They did a great job.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:32 pm to tigerball299
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Also, in certain situations, we needed to take LSU's focus off of the RB position because they were always going to be so focused on Trent.
This.
Bama was mixing up the offense. A concept apparently lost on LSU.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 12:52 pm to ChopSuey
Part of the game plan. Good call and perfectly executed. I'm glad they decided to use my strategy
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