re: LSU Will Beat Bama

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Why wasn't the LF7 punch a penalty? Glad it wasn't, but wasn't exactly a stiff arm either.

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From the newspaper:
He attempted to shake off a Florida defender with the same brutal stiff arm that has buried the pride of a tackler one too many times before.

“I was trying to stiff arm and get him off of me,” Fournette said. “There’s no excuse to let one guy tackle you. Make them miss and fight them off of you.”

He missed, but he followed the whiff with a left-handed, balled-fist to the side of Florida junior safety Marcus Maye’s helmet. What was intended to be a second, more successful stiff-arm, ended up resembling a strong punch.

Junior defensive end Tashawn Bower said it’s not Fournette’s style to intentionally punch someone on the field, but Miles prepped Fournette for an 11-versus-11 brawl.

“Coach Miles said get ready for a fist fight,” Fournette said. “So we had to go pound-for-pound on every play.”

“I don’t know if he swung at a guy,” Miles said. “He more just moved someone out of his area.”