ellis1975
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re: Official Game Thread: Iowa 14 vs. LSU 21, Final
Posted by ellis1975 on 1/1/14 at 1:33 pm
I know AJ is young and has had many practice reps, let alone game time reps but.....his ability to scramble and avoid pressure is kinda questionable. I see his athleticism but he has no idea where the pressure is coming from and once it comes, he doesn't know how to escape it.
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re: Bama RBs in the NFL
Posted by ellis1975 on 11/13/13 at 11:03 am
As the old saying goes, "the pros are about X's and O's and college is about Jimmies and Joes"....that said, Bama has great offensive lineman and very talented running backs. Most collegiate teams just don't have the DL to stand the punishment for entire games. Once in the pro's, Bama's RB's struggle bcuz it's tough sledding against teams that are just as talented. The same can be said of MANY RB's! Most of your ultra succesful RB's in the pro's are usually the ones that ran behind so-so lines in college and STILL had great numbers. Maybe their vision of finding holes is better since their lines don'y usually make many. Bama on the other hand, has OL that make gaping holes and RB's get used to not always perfecting the art of finding holes.
re: Official Game Thread: Florida 6 vs. LSU 17, Final
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/12/13 at 5:04 pm
UF has a pretty good D but LSU gave up making this into a statement game by refusing to let the Offense throw on UF. LSU will hold on to win a close game but they lost an opportunity to make a HUGE statement about how good the offense really is.
re: SEC Total Defense through Week 5
Posted by ellis1975 on 9/29/13 at 9:53 am
After yesterdays performance, I find it funny that not 1 LSU fan has commented in here...besides me, just now....LOL
re: Two years.. Matthieu's loss and Low Pre-season ranking this year
Posted by ellis1975 on 8/3/13 at 7:54 am
PERCEPTION!!!
No matter how much some of our fans defend Les Miles, the fact is, he just isn't seen in the same light as Nick Saban. The media feels that Bama recruits as well as anybody and that they have arguably the best HC in CFB. With that comes the perception that whatever holes or voids are left from the NFL draft, Saban and his coaching staff will easily fill them with their talented recruits.
I just read a thread on here where our fans were going back and forth about whether or not Miles calls offensive plays, and if so, how much influence does he have. etc. etc.
I don't think ANYONE outside the program knows the answers. We have had years where the defense was bad and years where the offense was. I think it happens. Our problem has been compounded with Bama having so much success and the fact that its all coming under the helms of our programs former coach. I would like to end with what I see as a huge problem as well. PERCEPTION! Miles does not seem to be percieved as a HC that can right the ship. The media, as well as some of the programs fan base, feels that the program is in a slow decline. Hopefully this trend or way of thought ends soon.
No matter how much some of our fans defend Les Miles, the fact is, he just isn't seen in the same light as Nick Saban. The media feels that Bama recruits as well as anybody and that they have arguably the best HC in CFB. With that comes the perception that whatever holes or voids are left from the NFL draft, Saban and his coaching staff will easily fill them with their talented recruits.
I just read a thread on here where our fans were going back and forth about whether or not Miles calls offensive plays, and if so, how much influence does he have. etc. etc.
I don't think ANYONE outside the program knows the answers. We have had years where the defense was bad and years where the offense was. I think it happens. Our problem has been compounded with Bama having so much success and the fact that its all coming under the helms of our programs former coach. I would like to end with what I see as a huge problem as well. PERCEPTION! Miles does not seem to be percieved as a HC that can right the ship. The media, as well as some of the programs fan base, feels that the program is in a slow decline. Hopefully this trend or way of thought ends soon.
re: As underwhelming as this team has played...
Posted by ellis1975 on 11/23/12 at 8:56 pm
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We lost a lot of players from last years team.
Bama sure is in a good spot. They lost more than we did. Albeit it some luck, it still kills the excuse of losing the talent we did.
re: Did you roll your eyes at Verne and Gary giving time to McCarron's whine
Posted by ellis1975 on 11/13/12 at 4:24 pm
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LSU fans are happy if the play Bama close and as long as Bama doesn't win the title.
Let's not get carried away. Bama was happy with MUCH LESS than that before Saban went there. A teams fulfillment of success will always be relevant to the talent they feel they display.
LSU fans are not happy at all about not winning the MNC this year. But we are happy that for as bad as we looked and as much as the media laughed about our offense, we gave Bama ALL THEY COULD HANDLE. The same Bama that the same media was sucking their d**ks from the beginning of the season, right down to their loss to aTm.
Its funny how now ALL OF A SUDDEN Bama has lost too much on defense and blah, blah, blah. What happened to the talk about Bama being clearly #1 and #2 is not even close? LOL Bama is good but so are other teams. NO TEAM IS UNBEATABLE!!!
Vanderbilt really does suck though!!!! :lol:
re: You can NOT have it both ways
Posted by ellis1975 on 11/5/12 at 5:01 pm
There were A LOT of positives from the Bama/LSU game. But there were some negatives as well.
Just as we can't have it both ways, moral victories don't count towards our win/loss record. The coaching staff put us in a great position to win the game AND also employed a defensive scheme that loss us the game.
I have said in a few threads, THE PREVENT DEFENSE was what cost us that game. If we play the scheme we had employed the entire 2nd half until that final drive, Bama does NOT move into FG range AND definitely does not score a TD.
The players left it on the field and every Tiger fan should be proud. The fact that the coaching decided to change to a defensive scheme that has given up TD's the last 2 times it was utilized DOES NOT make any sense when we were only up by a FG.
Bama did not employ a PREVENT D and it would have been more justified if they did. They used what got them to that point.
You can't have it both ways, you can't say we are on par with Bama when they are in position to win their 3rd MNC in 4 yrs and we have not won 1 since 2007.
Just as we can't have it both ways, moral victories don't count towards our win/loss record. The coaching staff put us in a great position to win the game AND also employed a defensive scheme that loss us the game.
I have said in a few threads, THE PREVENT DEFENSE was what cost us that game. If we play the scheme we had employed the entire 2nd half until that final drive, Bama does NOT move into FG range AND definitely does not score a TD.
The players left it on the field and every Tiger fan should be proud. The fact that the coaching decided to change to a defensive scheme that has given up TD's the last 2 times it was utilized DOES NOT make any sense when we were only up by a FG.
Bama did not employ a PREVENT D and it would have been more justified if they did. They used what got them to that point.
You can't have it both ways, you can't say we are on par with Bama when they are in position to win their 3rd MNC in 4 yrs and we have not won 1 since 2007.
re: Outside Opinion On The Game
Posted by ellis1975 on 11/5/12 at 4:49 pm
The FG attempt was not a bad play. Whether LSU makes it or not, the problem was what happened AFTER the miss. The decision to play PREVENT DEFENSE when their defensive scheme was already shutting Bama down was the worst decision of the game. Every other call could have been nullified if LSU had just played their normal defense.
They have given up TD's in previous games employing the prevent so I'm not sure why they employed it against Bama with Bama only needing a FG to tie.
The ONLY time I can see a PREVENT D being utilized is when a team has 1 play and are a good distance away.
They have given up TD's in previous games employing the prevent so I'm not sure why they employed it against Bama with Bama only needing a FG to tie.
The ONLY time I can see a PREVENT D being utilized is when a team has 1 play and are a good distance away.
re: Does the Rant consider this a "dirty play?" RE: Jesse Williams
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/26/12 at 6:30 pm
Nothing dirty at all! How the F should a player tackle the opposition?
There are plenty of non-contact sports if an athlete don't like being tackled!
There are plenty of non-contact sports if an athlete don't like being tackled!
re: Does throwing long loosen up things for the run even without a high completion %
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/24/12 at 5:34 pm
If you put 3 or 4 WR's out wide, defenses have no choise but to match up. The key is to spread them out wide. This takes defenders away from the "box". Completing deep passes determines if the D will keep safeties back, which keeps 1 possibly 2 more defenders away from the line of scrimmage.
If we throw deep with no actual success, defenses tend to play man and place every available defender around the line of scrimmage to stop the run. If you complete some long ones, the defense tends to man up with help over the top by the safeties to aid with coverage.
Our running game is A LOT better than most dans know because we regularly run the ball against 8 and 9 defenders in the box and still average over 200 yds a game. Just stop and imagine if we faced only 5, 6, or 7 defenders in the box.
If we throw deep with no actual success, defenses tend to play man and place every available defender around the line of scrimmage to stop the run. If you complete some long ones, the defense tends to man up with help over the top by the safeties to aid with coverage.
Our running game is A LOT better than most dans know because we regularly run the ball against 8 and 9 defenders in the box and still average over 200 yds a game. Just stop and imagine if we faced only 5, 6, or 7 defenders in the box.
re: Realistically, IF LSU beats Bama, how big of a jump will they make in the BCS...
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/24/12 at 12:44 pm
To all those projecting Bama at #2, make no mistake that they will drop BEHIND LSU if we beat them.
Most in the media admit Bama have played an extremely weak schedule but keep them at 1 cuz they feel that Bama should stay #1 until sumbody beats them.
Most in the media admit Bama have played an extremely weak schedule but keep them at 1 cuz they feel that Bama should stay #1 until sumbody beats them.
re: Here is something to think about concerning the qb and simple offense.
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/24/12 at 12:32 pm
We need to send more WR's out to force the defense to cover more guys. Thus allowing us to run against fewer defenders in the box. No defense will simply not cover a WR so it kinda doesn't matter if the QB completes more passes or not.
Another problem is the WR know they are not getting thrown to and they are not running good routes or they are not giving maximum effort to run the routes.
So actually the problem is being compounded by not spreading the D out. Our running game is just as good, if not better, than Bama's but they oftentimes are running against fewer defenders in the box.
Another problem is the WR know they are not getting thrown to and they are not running good routes or they are not giving maximum effort to run the routes.
So actually the problem is being compounded by not spreading the D out. Our running game is just as good, if not better, than Bama's but they oftentimes are running against fewer defenders in the box.
re: I'd rather be creative on offense and lose by 50...
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/24/12 at 12:17 pm
I think the OP may have poorly chosen his words. I think what he means is something along the line of he would like to see th coaching try any and everything to win this next game. It will be extremely hard to line up against Bama and run against 9 in the box.
That said, LSU is the highest ranked 1 loss team so apparently some voters can see that this team is pretty good. Imagine had we won against UF, we probably would have overtaken Bama for the top spot. The coaching staff knows we need offensive improvement but the injuries are also a MAJOR factor in poor production.
That said, LSU is the highest ranked 1 loss team so apparently some voters can see that this team is pretty good. Imagine had we won against UF, we probably would have overtaken Bama for the top spot. The coaching staff knows we need offensive improvement but the injuries are also a MAJOR factor in poor production.
re: I found this to be interesting.
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/22/12 at 4:03 pm
Thats no reason for throwing for only 97 yds. Manziel was throwing in the same conditions against a much better defense and threw for over 200 yds. Yes he threw about twice as much but still, our passing game has many many flaws.
From playcalling to execution. I'm not sure why we look so bad in the passing game bcuz it seems that just about every other team has a better looking passing game than this team does.
From playcalling to execution. I'm not sure why we look so bad in the passing game bcuz it seems that just about every other team has a better looking passing game than this team does.
re: 100% POSITIVE the Tigers roll the tide
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/22/12 at 3:54 pm
IMHO I think that it will tough sledding against Bama. For one, Saban will send quite a few disguised blitzs at Mett. Mett will be hard-pressed to recognize exactly what is taking place.
Also, although I honestly think our running game is second to none, its extremely hard to run against a stacked box consistantly.
I think our D will be outstanding as usual but Bama will score here and there and that will put a significant amount of pressure on our offense to match thier offensive production against the best D we will have faced this year.
Also, although I honestly think our running game is second to none, its extremely hard to run against a stacked box consistantly.
I think our D will be outstanding as usual but Bama will score here and there and that will put a significant amount of pressure on our offense to match thier offensive production against the best D we will have faced this year.
re: We should be stacked at Offense next year
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/9/12 at 2:42 pm
Everyone keeps saying its a lack of execution. Yes WR's have dropped passes. Have any of you seen a box score of anyone other than LSU?
NEWS FLASH!!!!
ALL TEAMS DROP PASSES!
This team has no confidence on offense. The plays are simple with little to no creativity. Our opponents stack the box and we STILL lean heavily on the run.
The only teams we have been beating are teams that we have WAAAY more talent than.
We all know that we need an OC but that is a decision for Miles to make. I have a feeling this will be like the Co-DC situation. We will continue to play bad offensively, lose games bcuz we can't score ,and finally the season will end.
Then Miles will make a hire. We will once again be promised a better offensive showing and will have sky-high hopes. But then, we will have problems in another area. Since 2007, its always been 1 thing or another with this team.
NEWS FLASH!!!!
ALL TEAMS DROP PASSES!
This team has no confidence on offense. The plays are simple with little to no creativity. Our opponents stack the box and we STILL lean heavily on the run.
The only teams we have been beating are teams that we have WAAAY more talent than.
We all know that we need an OC but that is a decision for Miles to make. I have a feeling this will be like the Co-DC situation. We will continue to play bad offensively, lose games bcuz we can't score ,and finally the season will end.
Then Miles will make a hire. We will once again be promised a better offensive showing and will have sky-high hopes. But then, we will have problems in another area. Since 2007, its always been 1 thing or another with this team.
re: Just a simple question: Do you know more about football than Les Miles?
Posted by ellis1975 on 10/9/12 at 2:31 pm
I HIGHLY doubt I know more about football than Les Miles.
That said, the question is how knowledgeable is HE compared to HIS peers. And having knowledge for the sake of knowledge means little if you don't apply it.
MANY of the same posters on here that feel that Miles is above receiving criticism by fans because they may not be more knowledgable, probably are the same ones that have a mouthfull to say about Saban.
They may not like Sabans methods or his personality but its OBVIOUS he knows football. Maybe those negative aspects of Sabans personality is whats needed to build programs and win consistently. Maybe not, but by the OP thinking, nobody can criticize Saban unless they know more about football than he does. :rolleyes:
That said, the question is how knowledgeable is HE compared to HIS peers. And having knowledge for the sake of knowledge means little if you don't apply it.
MANY of the same posters on here that feel that Miles is above receiving criticism by fans because they may not be more knowledgable, probably are the same ones that have a mouthfull to say about Saban.
They may not like Sabans methods or his personality but its OBVIOUS he knows football. Maybe those negative aspects of Sabans personality is whats needed to build programs and win consistently. Maybe not, but by the OP thinking, nobody can criticize Saban unless they know more about football than he does. :rolleyes:
re: Final | Saints 27 @ Packers 28 | Brees tied Unitas!
Posted by ellis1975 on 9/30/12 at 6:22 pm
BAD CALL!!!!
Love the Saints but should be Green Bay ball
Love the Saints but should be Green Bay ball
The Saints D gives it up everytime!!!
Posted by ellis1975 on 9/30/12 at 6:19 pm
Can they get 1 F'n stop when its absolutely needed? They look completely lost, as if football is very new to them. :banghead:
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