PP7 for heisman

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Corey's unwillingness to dabble in the portal will cost us.

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3 of the 4 starting defensive backs last year were transfers. The other was the #1 HS CB in America.

2 of the 4 starting defensive backs this year were transfers. The other 2 have been here 2 and 3 years and were cemented as starters. The starting STAR was a 3 year player.

Waiting in the wings are highly rated recruits in Thomas and Anding, then transfers Delane and Jackson.

Please tell me what transfers we missed out on and, if they were difference makers, why they would have come to LSU to be reserves.

Johnny - He didn't know the playbook, Kevin Sumlim was running the program, we had two elite elite elite defensive ends, and NFL talent all over the field.

Johnny was never comfortable in the pocket. He wanted to get off schedule and throw the ball up to Mike Evans. We had monsters in the defensive backfield who could stop that.

Lamar - We had NFL talent on the interior and crazy speed at LB and safety with White and Adams. The rest of his team was overmatched.

Outside of one blown assignment, Trinidad did not beat us with his legs. He had one of the most accurate passing performances I remember from an opposing quarterback.

Also, offenses are just better now. They're more wide open. Coaches are smarter. If Johnny knew the playbook, he could have torched us. He didn't. He didn't take advantage of the quick passing game/air raid system that a more cerebral quarterback (like Trinidad) could.

The running quarterbacks that have given us trouble under Baker have been guys that could really really burn (Milroe/Reed) and had good teams around them AND LSU was not that talented/had key injuries/was less talented. Pavia is really the only example and that was against an injured LSU team.

Sellers didn't do anything. Lagway (more mobile than stats indicate) didn't do anything. Taylen Green averaged 3.8 YPC against a very mediocre and injured LSU team, and 55 of the 68 came on one carry. Weigman played an even worse LSU team and was not that effective with his legs. Clubnik did nothing.

This idea that Blake Baker defenses can't defend mobile quarterbacks is extremely misguided.

I think the best defense on the field is keeping Benefield where he is, moving Cooley into the star role, and Thomas at FS.

That worked exceptionally well in the second half. Benefield might be better than Cooley there, and Cooley might be better than Thomas at FS, but I think you lose more than you gain by taking Benefield off of a true safety position in base sets.

idk though. I'm sure we're going to run looks with Benefield down closer to the LOS now. It really just blows because Spears was perfect for that role. Only guys in recent memory that could play it better are probably Jamal Adams and Tyrann. Maybe Haulcey/Reid too, but the list is short.

I have said that the scheme allowed them to get to the 20. You seem pretty knowledgeable about my posting history, so you should know that.

The touchdown, like I said, was due to player error. The drive before that also resulted in a touchdown due to player error.

I hate the soft coverage, but the scheme (if executed properly) should have resulted in the last two TD of the first half being FG - objectively.

Berry is not playing because Kiffin likes running backs who can do more than hit a 30 yard run every 20 carries. He also likes running backs who don't fumble and have good vision.

Berry has not shown he has the ability to do any of that.

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I know he’s lit Baker up 2 years in a row.

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In '24 he came in and ran an offense that LSU didn't prepare for.

Last year he barely completed half his passes and got like 40% of his yards on a bad throw. He ran the ball well against a much worse front 7 missing its best player.

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Chambliss is irrelevant

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To this discussion? Yes he is. Chambliss had almost no success running the ball outside of one carry.

If you make Reed throw the ball the same way we made Trinidad throw the ball, we win this game going away. It's the title of the thread.

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The last drive before half was as bad as I have seen

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They went right at 31.

As soon as Thomas came into the game, they were extremely limited.

I'm skeptical about that. No one else has mentioned the shoulder. You'd think it would be a topic of conversation if that report was accurate.

Some notes from scrolling twitter (from Scone, InsideLSUBasebball, Tigers On Deck, Glen West, Trip Buhler)

- Washington has been moved to the IF

- Ruckert getting reps at Catcher (not sure who called that, but someone did)

- Nawrocki will be a two way guy for "all three years"

- Moore will not pitch in the fall but that "shouldn't impact anything in the spring"

- Cooper Schmidt hasn't pitched since the early summer as he was gearing up for minor league ball. Had to wind down and his first outing will be the Sunday scrimmage in October. Will pitch the next 4 Sundays.

- William Schmidt put on some good weight. Both his and Evans' workout plans went according to plan

- Infield defense will be a strength.

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7 plays, 35 yards, TURNOVER ON DOWNS

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31 of these yards were due to questionable penalties.