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LSU is going to beat Texas pretty convincingly. While you shouldn't let this game get you down on the rest of your season you're definitely wearing orange tinted glasses if you think Texas is going to

sushihorn
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LSU plays in a conference full of primitive offenses that make an opposing D look good.  Things look a lot different when they run into competent, modern offenses. Georgia was averaging 18.5 PPG

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LSU is a mortal enemy for UT at this point. We are competing with these cheating, stupid motherfuckers for every recruit we want - yard, by hard fucking yard. ATM opened the door for the SEC to come i

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13 hours ago, closetojumping said:

There is a difference between a player directly talking shit about another team’s captain versus a group of players showing pride in the historical performance of their position at the school without referencing any other program. Do you understand the difference? Your post intimates either equivocating flaccidity or that the mental fight in the analogy section of the SAT was herculean. 

The shirts didn't say, "We're DBU." They said, "There's only one DBU" - which is a pretty clear shout out to LSU (and also possibly Florida and Ohio State). But definitely to LSU, who we play this year.

It looks like you've got a nice thesaurus with some fancy words there. Unfortunately there''s no Roger's guide to reading between the lines a little bit. Either that or you've got on blinders as big as Liucci's conch. 

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Orgeron presser.   Nothing really remarkable.    At the 4 :00 mark discussion is about a LSU play that is difficult to stop.  Texas blitz is mentioned several times.    Playing on turf is mentioned 3-4 times.   Orgeron says he talked with LaTech about field conditions and LSU will practice on turf.

 

 

 

 

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All this offense amd defense talk..it's like special teams don't exist.

Our coverage was fantastic and blocking was adequate. We will need Buj to come through in punting. Dicker is all set.

But, LSU has some solid pieces in this unit as well. Stingley on punt return, as an example.

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was hoping the LSU PK was bad, but he's good.  A FR from McKinney, TX -- was 7/7 on xps and 2/2 on FGs. One FG was 48 , the other in the 30s. He's got range and accuracy. So this is a tie with Dicker.  LSU has a better group of RBs, UT has the WRs. It's going to come down to Sam's passing and TOs. Ut has the crowd.  I see a low scoring game.

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5 hours ago, pacman said:

Our coverage was fantastic and blocking was adequate. We will need Buj to come through in punting. Dicker is all set.

This shit needs to stop. Our punter is doing just fine. In fact, I believe out of those 2 specialists mentioned, I believe each had 2 opportunities (2 punts, 2 FGs). Guess which one didn't mess up?

That's not shitting on Dicker either, think he's probably Tucker 2.0. But this narrative of Bujcevski being a liability needs to stop. The guy will be playing his 16th game ever Saturday and hasn't had a bad punt in, what, 4-5 games now? We'll be fine here. 

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2010 Mack Brown 5–7 2–6 6th (South)      
2011 Mack Brown 8–5 4–5 T-6th W Holiday    
2012 Mack Brown 9–4 5–4 T-3rd W Alamo 18 19
2013 Mack Brown 8–5 7–2 T-2nd L Alamo    
2014 Charlie Strong 6–7 5-4 T-6th L Texas    
2015 Charlie Strong 5–7 4–5 T-5th      
2016 Charlie Strong 5–7 3-6 T-6th      
2017 Tom Herman 7–6 5-4 T-4th W Texas    
2018 Tom Herman 10-4 7-2 2nd

 

 

congrats on your ten years of shitting the bed. wheres the "ongoing success"? Lsu hasnt missed a bowl game since the 90s.

i see ole miss levels of success here but without the SOS. i see a tremendous fall from grace and i understand now why you hold history so dear, because its all you fuckin have. 

 

Well fuck me...forgot about 07

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2011 was LSU’s best season.  We blew out every team by at least two touchdowns except Alabama who smoked us in the bullshit rematch game.  It was arguably the most difficult regular season schedule in history.  LSU opened against #3 Oregon, followed by #25 Miss St, #16 West Virginia, #17 Florida, #19 Auburn, #2 Alabama, #3 Arkansas, and #12 Georgia. 

Only to get stuffed by #2 in the BCS game because we decided to not play our best QB (Mettenberger) who was left on the bench. 

Tyrann Mathieu, Odell Beckham Jr, Jarvis Landry, Spencer Ware, Alfred Blue, Reuben Randle, Michael Ford, Mo Claiborne, Thalrod Simon, Brad Wing, Russel Shepard, Kenny Hilliard. 

Team was insanely loaded with talent but the coaching decisions held the offense back tremendously, especially when it mattered most. 

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21 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said:

I thought this was a typo but they finished 11-2 and #5 in the coaches poll. I’ll be damned and only 8 years later can’t even beat aggy 

It was only one year later that they couldn't beat A&M.  2011 was the last time the pigs beat the ags, they're 0-7 since a&m bailed to the SEC.

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16 hours ago, geauxpack81 said:

Watched a minute or so of Tom Herman's presser. Mentioned how huge our DLine is. Made me think back to the Alabama-Ohio St 2014 game where Herman gashed them running sideline to sideline because he thought they were big and slow, and he was right... Do UT fans who have watched this offense for a couple years now think that Herman is going to try and run a bunch sideline to sideline? Who would be the guy doing that, Ingram? Obviously that OSU team had Zeke, who turns out is pretty good at football. I feel like that would play into LSUs hand with Delpit flying in and our athletic LBs.

We might show a stretch run or 2 but running wide will be done with our WR. Our running game options are likely limited. It'll be a Sam throwing and Sam running on off-schedule plays that will decide our success on offense IMO.

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What They're Saying: Ed Orgeron sizes up Texas

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What They're Saying: Ed Orgeron sizes up Texas

One of the biggest games in recent Texas history will kickoff this Saturday on the Forty Acres when the No. 9 ranked Longhorns battle No. 6 ranked LSU in prime time College Football action.

A lot of anticipation has followed the two historic powerhouse programs in the weeks and months leading up to Saturday’s game, and even more so as of late after it was announced that the College GameDay crew would make its way to Austin, Texas as the site for the Week 2 live broadcast of ESPN College GameDay.

Texas opened the week as a 5-point underdog to LSU, but that has not always been a negative for the program under the direction of Tom Herman. The third-year head coach has done exceptionally well as an underdog and is 8-2-1 against the spread since he took over at Texas.

But the Longhorns will be faced with a difficult challenge on both sides of the ball when the Tigers make their way to the Forty Acres.

LSU has talented peppered across its roster, especially on defense, which Herman described as the being “as talented of a defense” as the staff has seen since taking over at Texas.

“(LSU’s defense is) not just heavy in one area,” Herman said of the Tigers’ talent on defense. “It’s not like they’re great in the secondary but they’re average up front. They have NFL players at pretty much every position (across the defense).”

While Herman and the Longhorns make their way towards the Top 10 match up, Horns247 takes a look at what LSU head coach Ed Orgeron had to say about Texas prior to Saturday’s game.

“A little bit about Texas. They're plus two and we're plus two. The offense is led by Sam Ehlinger, quarterback, a very good football player. He's a complete football player. He does a lot of things with his feet. He does a great job with his arm. He makes some great decisions in an excellent scheme, which is similar to us on offense. He knows where to go with the football.

“Keaontay Ingram is a big back, who’s physical and explosive.

“Collin Johnson may be the biggest and one of the best receivers we see all year. We're going to have to a plan for him. Very strong up front, have a very good scheme.

"On defense, (Texas runs) 3-3-5. They're returning four starters, and their linebackers are very, very good. So is Caden Sterns, one of the best safeties we're going to see. Joseph Ossai, No. 46, is an excellent linebacker. Those guys can run and hit. They blitz a whole bunch as a zone blitz football team.

”On special teams, they have a lot of great athletes. Jake Smith is an outstanding returner. We have to know where he's at all the time.

“This is a very well coached, good football team. Going into Austin, Texas, we have to practice the noise this week. It's going to be a loud stadium. We're playing on the turf. We're going to get there early, get ready to go. Will be a tremendous challenge for our football team.”

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SIGNATURE COMPONENTS HE EXPECTS TO SEE FROM TODD ORLANDO’S DEFENSE?

“Blitz protection, blitz the run. He disguises his blitzes. These guys know what they're doing. They're good tacklers. They use their speed. I think the strength of their defense is in their linebackers and the DBs. They use them a bunch.”

AFTER SOLID DEBUT, HOW WILL LSU’S OFFENSE PERFORM VS. ATOP 10 OPPONENT?

“I am interested in seeing how we protect our quarterback against all these blitzes. I do believe we have the skill and knowledge to get people open, to catch the football and make yards after catch. But we do have to protect the quarterback first. This is going to be a challenge for us.”

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE TEXAS DEFENSE THAT’S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT LSU’S OFFENSE FACES IN PRACTICE?

“A lot of pressure. Georgia Southern played the same defense we practice every day. There was not much of a change. Obviously there's going to be bigger, better athletes, especially the linebacker position, the safety position. These guys are phenomenal athletes. I think it's the strength of their team. They're going to blitz almost every down. We're going to have to pick it up.”
Do you have to assign one guy to defend Collin Johnson?

“That stuff sounds good until they start giving it to the running back and you start missing a lot of plays. We're going to have a sound defensive scheme. One thing I like about Coach Aranda, our defensive staff, we may have gone into last week's game with about 15 different defenses. We used one and our guys played.

"We're going to go in there and play our base defense. If we need to make adjustments as the game goes on, Coach Aranda always has answers. If we can play our base defense, then play the things that we play well, and we're always going to do that."

WHAT QB HAS ED ORGERON FACED IN HIS COACHING CAREER THAT IS A SIMILAR COMPARISON TO SAM EHLINGER?

“(Sam Ehlinger) reminds me a little bit of (former Florida Heisman QB Tim) Tebow. I was at another school when we had to play Tebow. I'm not saying he's as good as Tebow, and I'm not saying he's not. He reminds me of that type of player, but (Ehlinger is) a better thrower.”

HOW GOING AGAINST LSU’S OFFENSE WILL HELP THE DEFENSE PREPARE FOR EHLINGER AND THE TEXAS OFFENSE

“It helps, but we don't have a scrambling quarterback like that. Joe (Burrow) doesn't scramble that much in practice. He can scramble, but Ehlinger is much more of a running threat than our quarterback is. Maybe last week's game helped us prepare a little bit more with Georgia Southern having more of a running quarterback.


“But (Ehlinger is) a different style than Joe. This guy can beat you with his feet and he can throw the football, but he's also very dangerous, especially in the red zone. Texas is going to give him the ball — just like Florida did (when Tebow was the QB) — and run him on the zone read. He's a little bit different than what our offense is in that type of situation.”

What Ed Orgeron said about LSU vs. Texas  (some redundancy with the first article posted. This one appears to be the full transcript of Q/A)

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Here’s the transcript from the Orgeron Press Conference on Tuesday:

Opening Statement:

ED ORGERON: Competition Tuesday. The week's already on the way. I'm going to recap last week's game just a little bit, move on to Texas.

Very proud of our whole football team, our coaching staff, the way they prepared for this game. We were very efficient on offense, the spread offense. Got off to a good start. Joe was on the money with his passes.

I thought 14 guys catching the ball, we spread the ball around very well. Offensive line blocked, no sacks. Hold Georgia Southern to 98 yards of total offense was a tremendous job by our staff. I thought we tackled well for the first game. We won the turnover ratio, which we know those guys are plus 22. We were plus two. We worked very hard on that.

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On special teams Derek Stingley showed us some stuff in the return game. Cade York was 2-2 on field goals, 7-7 for extra points. Overall I thought it was a great team effort.

Obviously we're going to face a great opponent in Texas this week on the road. It's going to be a very good challenge for our football team, but we're going to be up for it.

A little bit about Texas. They're plus two, we're plus two. Offense is led by Sam Ehlinger, quarterback, a very good football player. He's a complete football player. He does a lot of things with his feet. He does a great job with his arm. He makes some great decisions. Excellent scheme, similar to us on offense. He knows where to go with the football.

Keaontay Ingram, a big back, physical and explosive. Collin Johnson may be the biggest and one of the best receivers we see all year. We're going to have to a plan for him. Very strong up front, have a very good scheme.

On defense, 3-3-5. They're returning four starters. Their linebackers are very, very good. So is Caden Sterns, one of the best safeties we're going to see. Joseph Ossai, No. 46, is an excellent linebacker. Those guys can run and hit. They blitz a whole bunch, zone blitz football team.

On special teams they have a lot of great athletes. Jake Smith is an outstanding returner. We have to know where he's at all the time.

This is a very well-coached, good football team. Going into Austin, Texas, we have to practice the noise this week. It's going to be a loud stadium. We're playing on the turf. We're going to get there early, get ready to go. Will be a tremendous challenge for our football team.

Q. What is the signature of a Todd Orlando defense? Why is he so respected?

ED ORGERON: Blitz protection, blitz the run. He disguises his blitzes. These guys know what they're doing. They're good tacklers. They use their speed. I think the strength of their defense is in their linebackers and the DBs. They use them a bunch.

Q. Do you expect Saahdiq and Mike Divinity to play this week?

ED ORGERON: Yes, both of them will play this week.

Q. This is obviously not your average non-conference game. As a guy who grew up in Louisiana, talk about the cultures of Louisiana and Texas.

ED ORGERON: I remember all those comments growing up. I remember that. I remember the rivalries. I was at Arkansas, in the Southwest Conference, I know how big that is at UT. I know the people from Louisiana got to rib each other from Texas. I understand all that.

You know what, that has nothing to do with it when we kick the football. This is the LSU Tigers playing Texas on the turf, playing football, playing our type of football.

Q. Divinity is going to be back. You talked a lot about Damone Clark during camp. He had a good game one. You have Divinity, Clark, Phillips. What is the plan for those guys?

ED ORGERON: We're going to go through the week, see what happens. Obviously we're going to work Michael back in. We think Michael is an excellent linebacker for us, can play at the line of scrimmage when we need him.

We'll see how we can work those guys in. Maybe a first down situation with somebody else, third down situation with somebody else. Play all four of them equal snaps, they deserve it.

Q. You talked about similarities offensively. The one thing that stood out to me was the pass play to Terrence. Is that something when you saw that being allowed in college football, we got to take advantage of this? What are your thoughts as a defensive guy trying to stop offenses that have that advantage?

ED ORGERON: Tough to stop it on defense. We try to stop it every day in practice. We haven't stopped it yet. We're still trying to figure out a way to stop it. A great scheme by Coach Ensminger and Coach Brady.

Q. Can K'Lavon, we've all talked about him as an edge rusher. Physical at the point of attack against the run. Is that something he's developed? When you recruited him, did you know that was part of his game?

ED ORGERON: He's gained some weight obviously. He's very thick. He has a great lower body, has a lot of strength in his lower body. He's worked hard. This injury allowed him to get stronger in the weight room. Tommy has done a tremendous job with this guy.

He's very explosive. As you can see, he's all muscles. The way he played last Saturday night is how we expect him to play.

Q. Where do you think the maturity of your team is with everyone telling them they played an amazing game? After the loss to Florida last year, you played your best game.

ED ORGERON: We'll tell on Saturday night. I expect them to play well. This is a mature team. The way they acted yesterday, was not giddy. It was a day off for them. Tell the Truth Monday. They handled the film very well. We had one of our best Monday practices we ever had.

They know the magnitude of this football game. We're not going to make it bigger than life. We've been in big games before. This is a big game and they know it.

Q. How does being on the road and dealing with that noise kind of change or challenge how the offense operates without huddling?

ED ORGERON: Silent count obviously. We're going to have some noise Tuesday and Wednesday, see the things we can do, we can't do. May have to simplify some things. Maybe some checks we can't do on the road. I think as the game goes on, you can figure out what you can and what you can't do.

Q. Lot of talk about the linebackers obviously. Two younger ones, Michael and Kendall. Do you have an update on Soni?

ED ORGERON: Soni had an operation on his hands. He's going to be out for a little while. Those two young linebackers are going to be good linebackers. They're not at the level of the other guys in front of them, but they're developing.

Q. Two questions. The offense was so good on Saturday night. Are you curious to see what it can do against a top 10 opponent? Of course, Tom Herman is being asked about LSU this week. Does that make the game any more different for you or do you really not care about all of that?

ED ORGERON: Second one first, don't care. I'm happy to be the coach at LSU. This is about our football players against their football players. None of that means anything.

I am interested in seeing how we protect our quarterback against all these blitzes. I do believe we have the skill and knowledge to get people open and to catch the football, make yards after catch.

But we do have to protect the quarterback first. This is going to be a challenge for us.

Q. It's going to be super hot this weekend. They have a turf field. Are you going to do anything different this week?

ED ORGERON: Obviously we've been practicing in the heat. We're going out there as many times as we can. Today we're going to practice on the grass. Tomorrow we'll practice on the turf out in the heat again. Seems like it will be a pretty nice day out there.

I talked to Louisiana Tech, talked to them about the conditions at the stadium, the conditions on the turf field. I think we're going to be fine.

Q. Do you have a comp for Sam Ehlinger that you prepared against during your time at LSU? Does he remind you of anybody that you had to prepare for?

ED ORGERON: He reminds me a little bit of Tebow. I was at another school when we had to play Tebow. I'm not saying he's as good as Tebow, I'm not saying he's not. Reminds me of that type of player, but he's a better thrower.

Q. Collin Johnson, how do you defend him? One guy, side of the field?
ED ORGERON: That stuff sounds good until they start giving it to the running back and you start missing a lot of plays.

We're going to have a sound defensive scheme. One thing I like about Coach Aranda, our defensive staff, we may have gone into last week's game about 15 different defenses. We used one. Our guys played.

We're going to go in there and play our base defense. If we need to make adjustments as the game goes on, Coach Aranda always has answers. If we can play our base defense, play the things we play well, we're always going to do that.

Q. Going back to the offense, playing a defense like this. What does need to change?

ED ORGERON: What does need to change?

Q. What different looks do you expect to give your offense playing a defense like this?

ED ORGERON: Yeah, well, first of all, our offense is going to get a lot of blitzes this week. Is that what you asked me?

Q. Yes.

ED ORGERON: A lot of pressure. Georgia Southern played the same defense we practice every day. There was not much of a change. Obviously there's going to be bigger, better athletes, especially the linebacker position, the safety position. These guys are phenomenal athletes. I think it's the strength of their team. They're going to blitz almost every down. We're going to have to pick it up.

Q. When you're trying to take the next step and get back to the elite level, how important is it to win a game like this?
ED ORGERON: It's very important. But there will be a lot of games down the road just as important or more important. We better learn how to handle this.

You want to be on the big stage at LSU, we are on the big stage. But you know what, it's not going to change our preparation. Today is Competition Tuesday. We're going to keep a level head, do the best we can today, the same thing the next day.

I'm sure when we get on that plane, we're going to be fired up, ready to go. I'm sure they will, too. The team that takes care of the ball, is the most physical, is going to win the football game.

Q. In your experience when coaches have kind of a personal and professional history with one another, like Aranda and Herman do, does it affect preparation in any way in terms of trying to make things look different, complicate matters?

ED ORGERON: I think that's overrated. I think what you see on film is what you go after. But I think that every once in a while there's some internal motivation. But Coach Aranda would never say anything like that. He's an ultimate professional. I'm sure there's a little internal motivation.

Q. Would you mind talking a little bit about Glen Logan, the camp he had. Surprised a lot of people that he got the start last week.

ED ORGERON: Thanks for mentioning that. I thought Glen played fantastic. The first play of the game, he had a cut on blocking. When you a cut on blocking, coming right out, he made a tremendous tackle.

Glen Logan did not miss one rep in camp. I can't say that for any other defensive lineman. I don't think any other offensive lineman that I know of. Glen was very, very sturdy in camp. He's come a long way.

He's an excellent lineman right now. He's one of our best lineman. He's a great young man. He doesn't say much. He's a good technician. We're proud of him.

Q. Ensminger said this summer there would be a situation where he might go with Brady on a play or something. He would have final say. How many of Brady's plays got through Saturday?

ED ORGERON: A bunch. A bunch. I was on the headset. They communicated very well. Had an open mind. I thought he called a great game. Joe made some suggestions. Some went through, some didn't. I think as the time goes on, those guys shared together. Steve calls it. It's both their ideas. I think they work great together.

Q. You mentioned the similarities between your offenses. How defensively can that help y'all prepare for all the things they can do?

ED ORGERON: We're going to prepare. How we're going to prepare for Ehlinger? It helps. We don't have a scrambling quarterback like that. Joe doesn't scramble that much in practice. He can scramble.

Ehlinger is much more of a running threat than our quarterback is. Maybe last week helped us prepare a little bit more, Georgia Southern, a running quarterback.

He's a different style than Joe. This guy can beat you with his feet, can throw the football. But he's very dangerous, especially in the red zone. They're going to give him the ball. Just like they did with Tebow, run him on the zone read. He's a little bit different than our offense in that situation.

Q. You mentioned the quarterback power, what a big part of their offense that is. What did you see in week one from Tyler Shelvin?

ED ORGERON: I want to be real careful what I say, okay? Big T, he played very well. Played very well. He had a good camp. I thought he played excellent.

Consistency is a big factor with him. He proved to us that is why we went to get him. He was the No. 1 player in the state. He played with tremendous leverage. He's an excellent athlete and plays hard.

Out of 24 plays, he had two loafs, which we grade pretty hard. 85% grade on his technique and run. A very good grade for him.

Again, we're going to face a bigger, stronger offensive line, a bigger back, better quarterback running the quarterback. We'll see how he does in a big-time game.

I do think he's going to do well.

Q. Offensively and defensively skill players are a little special. Texas had some fancy T-shirts in their pregame. Is that good motivation?

ED ORGERON: All I know is we're LSU. That's all I know.

Q. You mentioned the offensive line not giving up any sacks. That was a point of concern coming into the year. What did the film show y'all in terms of what can still be corrected, build upon?

ED ORGERON: Austin Deculus played better than he's played, with more consistency. But (indiscernible) played pretty good. He made some mistakes. Some of the other guys weren't ready. We still have the left guard position that still has to get better. Obviously Lloyd and D. Lewis, they're very consistent.

I do believe having Saahdiq back this week at left tackle is going to help us. But, again, we're going to get tested. These guys are going to blitz. They're good rushers. On the edge. We're going to have to win one-on-ones.

Q. Do you concern yourself with trying to acclimate your team to playing in a place you don't go to? When you went to Syracuse, are you trying to remind them the field is 100 by 53?

ED ORGERON: There's not enough time. There's not enough time to talk about it, to go there the day before. We don't do that. We used to go practice the day before, look at the stadium and all. We went to Cowboys stadium because it was so unique. I wanted to see that big gondola myself before I got distracted.

This will be another stadium, another crowd. We play in those stadiums in the SEC. We play on turf. We'll play in the heat. We'll have to get used to it, so...

Q. When players, high school players, see you run that kind of offense and execute that way, how much does that help you in recruiting? If you are able to do that this Saturday, how much would it help you?

ED ORGERON: Phenomenal. On the big stage. They want to see us throwing the football. They want to see us in the shotgun. The quarterbacks love seeing it. The play-makers love getting the ball in their hand. The running backs love it. Offensive linemen love it. They love seeing you scoring points.

This helps us in recruiting. Obviously we have an outstanding recruiting class. We have a great group of receivers, great group of quarterbacks. After we called all of them and say that's the offense we want to be in, we're so happy that we are.

It helps us in recruiting. Obviously Texas is a big area for us in recruiting. This is going to be a big game for us in recruiting. There's a lot of things going on this weekend that can help us even get a better class.

Q. You mentioned wanting to improve at left guard. How would you grade that position competition?

ED ORGERON: Still some room to grow. I think Adrian is the starter. Chasen Hines did not have enough practice because he was hurt. You could tell in the game he's a little rusty. He has good athletic ability. But he's got to develop as the season goes.

Q. You said you'll continue to play all five running backs. Seemed Saturday there was a predetermined order.

ED ORGERON: Yeah.

Q. Will that continue or does it go week by week? How do you manage that group?

ED ORGERON: I would like to use all five. But it all depends how the game is going. I try to keep a pulse of that. I want these young guys to get in the game, get a feel of them. I want them to get in the game what is call internals. I wanted them to get the feeling of a game, see if they can hold onto that football.

John's first play was excellent. We saw his athletic ability when he made that cut. Tyler ran well. Chris. We're going to use all five. That's going to be a cumulative effect throughout the whole season. We're going to need all five.

Q. When a defense is as aggressive as Texas appears to be, can you use that against them? Will there be the screen game?

ED ORGERON: We say feast or famine on blitzes. It's not like they're all odd man blitz, zero blitz. They have three coverage, roll, all that stuff. They can protect themselves. It's four or five slant one way, slant the other way. I'm sure our offensive guys will have some things to counteract that.

Q. Can you compare and contrast how much more decisive Joe was in this season opener compared to a year ago against Miami?

ED ORGERON: Night and day. Night and day. Confident. He was on the money. Very well prepared. Line of scrimmage, he knew where to go. All his receivers catching those balls, there's not many balls dropped. Makes you have a lot of confidence.

Q. Have you coached in that stadium when you were at USC or anywhere?

ED ORGERON: No. I played out at Texas one time, in the Cotton Bowl. That was a long time ago. That was in Dallas.

Q. Who were you with?

ED ORGERON: University of Miami a long time ago.

LSU's Saahdiq Charles, Michael Divinity to play vs. Texas after missing season opener

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LSU's Saahdiq Charles, Michael Divinity to play vs. Texas after missing season opener

Senior linebacker Michael Divinity and junior left tackle Saahdiq Charles will play this weekend against Texas, coach Ed Orgeron said Tuesday, after neither appeared in LSU's season-opening win over Georgia Southern.

Though both players warmed up and dressed, they spent the game on the sideline. Sophomore Damone Clark and junior Jacob Phillips started at inside linebacker, while senior Badara Traore and redshirt freshman Dare Rosenthal rotated at left tackle.

Asked after the game why Divinity did not play, Orgeron said “we handle all those things in-house,” adding Charles’ absence was a coach’s decision.

Divinity and Clark went through practice as No. 6 LSU began preparations for No. 9 Texas. And during his press conference Tuesday afternoon, Orgeron said, “both of them will play this week.”

LSU is a 4-point favorite over Texas, according to most betting lines. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The game will be broadcast by ABC.

With Divinity absent last Saturday, Phillips (10 tackles) and Clark (nine tackles) led LSU’s defense to a dominating performance. The Tigers held Georgia Southern to 98 total yards. Junior Patrick Queen provided relief at inside linebacker, and he recovered a fumble in the first half.

As LSU practices this week, it will work Divinity back into the rotation at inside linebacker. Divinity played outside linebacker last season, so he can also shift toward the line of scrimmage.

“We're going to see how we can work those guys in,” Orgeron said. “Maybe a first-down situation for somebody. A third-down situation for somebody else. And play all four of them in equal snaps. They deserve it.”

LSU’s offensive line, which this year needed to improve more than any other position group, did not allow a sack against Georgia Southern — even though it did not have Charles, who has started 17 games at left tackle.

As Orgeron evaluated the performance of the offensive line, he gave cautioned optimism. He thought Traore played OK but “made some mistakes.” He believed right tackle Austin Deculus played better than he had in preseason camp.

He also said left guard — the Tigers played Adrian Magee and Chasen Hines — needed to improve.

“Some of the other guys weren't ready,” Orgeron said. “I do believe having Saahdiq back this week at left tackle is going to help us. But we're going to get tested.”

 

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14 hours ago, TexEx15 said:

look we may lose this weekend but this kind of arrogance is stunning.  Especially from a sophomore that missed the entire season last year.

Actually this is great. If they struggle early, LSU will fall apart. If LSU loses this game, their season may fall apart. When you are this stupid, you don't handle adversity well.

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10 hours ago, lulz said:

 

That's gonna be a helluva matchup. I hope Cosmi's aware of Chaisson's chirping.

Chaisson is all potential at this point.  Dude has 37 total tackles and 3 sacks for his collegiate career.  A ton of talent, but that's a whole lotta talking for someone who hasn't proven anything at this level just yet.

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Chaisson is all potential at this point.  Dude has 37 total tackles and 3 sacks for his collegiate career.  A ton of talent, but that's a whole lotta talking for someone who hasn't proven anything at this level just yet.

I couldnt figure out why he was blatantly taking these shots at Texas. Then I remembered its where hes from UT and LSU were the team he was deciding between. 

So I get it, even if i don't like it. But it's basically like Dylan Moses with us. Committed to LSU for a bit then after firing Miles he went to Bama instead. Now he makes these comments like he has to convince himself he made the right choice. 

And you nailed it, hes building up potential to be an absolute monster. But hes not fully battle tested yet and these comments could blow up on him because hes making himself an even bigger target.  But if hes as good as hes looked so far even against the top teams like Texas, he'll welcome those extra challenges hes mounting for himself with all this talk. 

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All i know is that that our secondary and backers are on par if not better than theirs as a whole so i'm confident about controlling their passing game.  Our dline is not as good as theirs but our oline is veteran so go figure.  Our dline doesn't have to be as good as their oline is patchy.  I'd say Coach O's latest comments support that. 

I'd say simple Coach O will be tempted to run all game.  Do it!  Slow the game down.  Control the clock if you want.  Appear like your in control.  Let us score the big play to win.    

Evenly matched but i give our ability to score quicker the edge.  Also Herman over farmer fran all day everyday.  Hell, even their own AD thought so.    

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All i know is that that our secondary and backers are on par if not better than theirs as a whole so i'm confident about controlling their passing game.  Our dline is not as good as theirs but our oline is veteran so go figure.  Our dline doesn't have to be as good as their oline is patchy.  I'd say Coach O's latest comments support that. 

I'd say simple Coach O will be tempted to run all game.  Do it!  Slow the game down.  Control the clock if you want.  Appear like your in control.  Let us score the big play to win.    

Evenly matched but i give our ability to score quicker the edge.  Also Herman over farmer fran all day everyday.  Hell, even their own AD thought so.    

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11 minutes ago, RollLeft said:

All i know is that that our secondary and backers are on par if not better than theirs as a whole so i'm confident about controlling their passing game.  Our dline is not as good as theirs but our oline is veteran so go figure.  Our dline doesn't have to be as good as their oline is patchy.  I'd say Coach O's latest comments support that. 

I'd say simple Coach O will be tempted to run all game.  Do it!  Slow the game down.  Control the clock if you want.  Appear like your in control.  Let us score the big play to win.    

Evenly matched but i give our ability to score quicker the edge.  Also Herman over farmer fran all day everyday.  Hell, even their own AD thought so.    

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Barring significant injury at one of our thinner spots, we look pretty well manned for this game. Tackling, CB2 play, blocking by TE, youth confusion on D, and of course unlucky bounces appear to be the biggest potential issues. To a lesser extent, Sam’s ability to place the ball on longer routes, especially in the middle. On their side, bringing Charles back helps shore up the OL, but that remains an issue. If we can make them even somewhat one dimensional, we can stall some drives out. Having both defenses see success still leaves a huge swing in reasonably possible outcomes. If we tend to bend but not break, they could crawl out ahead with FGs and occasional touchdowns while we stall at midfield. If they can’t convert third and short without the short passing game, we might jump some routes and break it open. With over 100 plays, the game will IMO have spells where things seem to go each way. In the end, I like Texas with the intangibles.

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14 minutes ago, ShadyTiger4TX said:

I couldnt figure out why he was blatantly taking these shots at Texas. Then I remembered its where hes from UT and LSU were the team he was deciding between. 

So I get it, even if i don't like it. But it's basically like Dylan Moses with us. Committed to LSU for a bit then after firing Miles he went to Bama instead. Now he makes these comments like he has to convince himself he made the right choice. 

And you nailed it, hes building up potential to be an absolute monster. But hes not fully battle tested yet and these comments could blow up on him because hes making himself an even bigger target.  But if hes as good as hes looked so far even against the top teams like Texas, he'll welcome those extra challenges hes mounting for himself with all this talk. 

No problems with athletes being confident in their abilities.  But it's customary to prove those abilities on the field before running off at the mouth. 

In general, there's a whole lotta bravado coming from LSU players, fans and media going into this game.  On paper, LSU is about a year ahead of Texas in terms stacking the roster with talent and having upperclassmen starting across the board.  LSU is favored and all that.  Perhaps that's where all this is coming from.  But, if there's some thought LSU is gonna walk in here and just dominate a game against this Texas program it's misplaced.  Those with this thought might want to do some research.  Herman coaches a tough, very physical team and they don't get blown out.  LSU may very well win the game, but it's very likely to go the distance and be up for grabs late in the game.  Those types of games usually come down to two things:  Conditioning and QB play.  I'm sure LSU is well-conditioned.  I know we are.  This leaves QB play late in the game.  Which QB would you rather have with the game on the line?

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