re: WR effort

Stidham was told where to throw the ball once we jumped up 20-0.

Something not to be overlooked is LSU’s talent. They are still a program loaded with NFL-caliber players. Their DBs were outmatchinf our receivers making it difficult to get separation for easy catches. You can neutralize their athleticism with creative play calling and a good route scheme.

It’s the same type of issue we saw against Clemson. Clemson bull-blitzed the line of scrimmage and pressures Stidham all night. We did nothing to counter it. No draws, quick passes, or screen plays. Just let them do their thing hoping they’d stop or hoping we’d get a lucky bounce.

LSU gobbled up our receivers and double covered the deep ball. So we ran up the middle on 1st and 2nd down and then threw it deep on 3rd despite it being obvious that plan was not going to work.

I can’t teach college athletes how to play football or design effective offensive schemes, but even as a lowly amateur, I could see how our 2nd half game plan was foolhardy from the start and ineffective after a few drives. A coach being paid $5,000,000 a year should know a lot more than me when it comes to the easiest observations about a football game.