The Advocate reported that on Wednesday, Coach O went into the Oline room and asked “Who’s going to be our left tackle”.BR paper noted that with the loss of Dare Rosenthal to Kentucky and the fact that LSU’s young linemen have played poorly in their outings, Coach O was challenging them wanting know to know who will step up?

Also the paper noted that with the return of Jay Ward it should improve the secondary. It was after his injury in the 1st quarter that Ga transfer Major Burns came in. On the very next play Burns allowed UCLA to score on 75 yard TD catch and run, a play where Burns seemed less than robust.

The paper noted that most LSU fans would say, “But Ward looked bad against State last year” a game where LSU gave up an SEC record 632 passing yards. Fans forget that Ward was just two weeks removed from meniscus surgery and hadn’t been able to practice.

I would just like to share this with all of the LSU fans who say LSU should never ever lose to State, fire O if he does. Before many of you were born, there was a four year stretch where Miss State owned LSU with a QB named John Bond. And it wasn’t like LSU didn’t have elite talent on defense to stop Bond, they had All NFL pro Dlineman Leonard Marshal and others.

Back in those days college QB’s weren’t nearly as protected as they are now. LSU’s players did everything they could legal and otherwise to stop Bond, and for four straight years they simply couldn’t and loss, and loss, and loss.

This dude probably didn’t weigh 190 lbs wet, but he took everything LSU could dish out and kicked our #ss. It might be three years, but it seemed like an eternity in hell to those who witnessed it. I, like many other fans, think the Tigers win, they have all the talent to crush State. But LSU also had the talent to beat Bond. Some of us have learned over these long years, you just never know with State or Ole Miss. Geaux Tigers.

No news on Stingley, he’s a go. And to those who think these were the declining years. LSU was really good, good enough to beat Bear Bryant and Alabama on the road in Tuscaloosa but could not beat State with John Bond on any field.

This post was edited on 9/23/21 at 5:20 pm