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Well well well, the biggest frauds in college football showed up again last night. Save for a few lapses late in the first and pretty much the whole second quarter I'd say LSU dominated that game...but didn't we expect that really???
The LSU secondary was really unbelievable last night - even when Quinn had time in the pocket he had nowhere to throw it to. The Tigers came to play last night and to make a point heading into next year. Although the golden boys of USC will most certainly be the favorites next year, look for LSU to be right there with them. Great game and even better adjustments at half by Les Miles and team - I was starting to get worried that Miles was going to get outcoached out of his pants by Weiss last night, but not so. The fake field goal was great - it was too bad they ended up with another, shorter field goal, but it doesn't matter much now.
If there was ever any doubt in your mind about how strong of an arm Jamarcus Russell has, those should be put to rest. He may have the strongest arm I've seen in a long time. He was great last night and he probably scored himself some points in terms of draft status.
The officials had a rough night last night, particularly in the first half. There were some pretty bad calls and one outrageous reversed call that shouldn't have been reversed (INT by LSU on the 1 yard line). That was Oregon/OU-esque there - the ball clearly never touched the ground.
I know some of you are Terry Bradshaw/Howie Long fans - I like Howie too, I think he's great in the booth, but last night was pretty bad. Fox is pretty smart from a business perspective in that they get these games and then just use their NFL guys to call the games. It was almost uncomfortable at times watching these guys try and call this game. Last night was a perfect example of the vast differences between the college and the pro game fom the perspective of the booth.
Sweet Home Alabama:
So Nick Saban pulled a "Nick Saban" yesterday and bolted back to the college ranks. You know, this wouldn't be bad except for his insistance that he was staying at Miami. I'm not dogging a guy for taking a better opportunity, but at least keep your mouth shut until you've made that decision - now he just looks like an ass. Nevertheless, he's a great coach and has proved that at the college level. It makes me wonder why good, proven college coaches would jump so quick to that next level - parity and salary cap are the two biggest things that make the NFL so much harder, especially when these coaches take jobs at the lesser teams (Arizona, Miami, Cleveland, etc.). The one thing I will say is that this made the SEC just that much better now - I imagine Saban will have this team competing within a couple of years...if he stays that long.
The LSU secondary was really unbelievable last night - even when Quinn had time in the pocket he had nowhere to throw it to. The Tigers came to play last night and to make a point heading into next year. Although the golden boys of USC will most certainly be the favorites next year, look for LSU to be right there with them. Great game and even better adjustments at half by Les Miles and team - I was starting to get worried that Miles was going to get outcoached out of his pants by Weiss last night, but not so. The fake field goal was great - it was too bad they ended up with another, shorter field goal, but it doesn't matter much now.
If there was ever any doubt in your mind about how strong of an arm Jamarcus Russell has, those should be put to rest. He may have the strongest arm I've seen in a long time. He was great last night and he probably scored himself some points in terms of draft status.
The officials had a rough night last night, particularly in the first half. There were some pretty bad calls and one outrageous reversed call that shouldn't have been reversed (INT by LSU on the 1 yard line). That was Oregon/OU-esque there - the ball clearly never touched the ground.
I know some of you are Terry Bradshaw/Howie Long fans - I like Howie too, I think he's great in the booth, but last night was pretty bad. Fox is pretty smart from a business perspective in that they get these games and then just use their NFL guys to call the games. It was almost uncomfortable at times watching these guys try and call this game. Last night was a perfect example of the vast differences between the college and the pro game fom the perspective of the booth.
Sweet Home Alabama:
So Nick Saban pulled a "Nick Saban" yesterday and bolted back to the college ranks. You know, this wouldn't be bad except for his insistance that he was staying at Miami. I'm not dogging a guy for taking a better opportunity, but at least keep your mouth shut until you've made that decision - now he just looks like an ass. Nevertheless, he's a great coach and has proved that at the college level. It makes me wonder why good, proven college coaches would jump so quick to that next level - parity and salary cap are the two biggest things that make the NFL so much harder, especially when these coaches take jobs at the lesser teams (Arizona, Miami, Cleveland, etc.). The one thing I will say is that this made the SEC just that much better now - I imagine Saban will have this team competing within a couple of years...if he stays that long.
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