Smooth99

Really awesome game Saturday. I had a chance to watch it again yesterday. This is the what has become a rarity in college football....epic programs playing in a home and home early in the season. It was a very competitive game with some incredible individual efforts. Turns out, the LSU offense was what they appeared to be. I'm still concerned about push in short yardage with the running game, but very excited about the timing and execution of the passing game. The tone of the game changed with the long 19 play drive that Texas put together. It was a gut check and showed Texas' ability to respond to adversity. Tip of the cap to Texas for finding ways to respond every time it seemed like LSU was going to pull away. Just a very fun game to watch...especially when as fans we are so thirsty for good football. Good luck the rest of the season.

I agree. However, I also think this is a byproduct of the LG Hines missing a bunch of time in camp recovering from offseason surgery. ( there were multiple times he missed his assignment and you could see the center give him hell over it) And, of course, Charles being out. It's all correctable stuff, but it's hard to make the jump from correctable to going on the road to Texas and being efficient. The key for LSU will be the obvious....stay out of bad down and distance situations. I believe they can do it as they are a veteran group, but all it takes is a missed assignment here and there...... On the flip side, I'm not tremendously concerned with Texas' perimeter run game, but I am interested to see how LSU defends the power run game with Sam. Texas doesn't have many negative plays, and LSU lives off them. It's one of those weekends we all get excited about. Saturday can't get here fast enough.

I'll try to articulate (as an LSU fan) some of my observations and concerns for this game. Seems this thread has gone sideways. I think it's hard to really gain a whole lot of perspective on what LSU is capable of doing and what gives them issues on offense from the Georgia Southern game. LSU has traditionally been a complete mess on offense in which the passing game never looked incredibly sharp, was always devoid of enough options for the QB to take advantage of a short/immediate passing game. I believe that's why GaSouthern was in the defense they were in. I also believe that's why LSU spent so much time trying to throw the football. I was happy with the organization, lack of presnap penalties, the right routes being run, and the ball being delivered on time. It's what we've been waiting for as fans and should be a minimum expectation for a program with the athletes LSU has. Shame on them for letting the offense be what it was for so long. The Left Tackle position is a massive concern...if Charles goes down. If plays were blown up, it was usually due to the LT missing an assignment. Charles didn't play and the combination of his replacements struggled some. While the young guy (Rosenthal) has all the talent in the world, he has work to do in the mental side of things. I'm also concerned about lack of push from the OL in a few short yardage situations. The reality is......this is going to come down to the usual suspects.....Turnovers, 3rd down efficiency, red zone, if one team has a big injury or two, and who can execute when it counts. I expect a highly competitive game. I do feel more confident as an LSU fan after last week, but going into Austin in this type of situation is no cakewalk. It will be fun to see how it plays out.