LSU Thoughts
Ugly first half on both sides of the ball, I don't think anyone can argue that whatever adjustments we made at halftime worked tremendously. Now, there will be those who still say our defense isn't executing and shouldn't get off the hook for shutting down an admittedly weak Bama offense, but they'll just be losing credibility in my opinion. No turnovers, for either team, just great football on both sides of the ball. One of the better LSU games I've seen.The Auburn-Georgia game was one of the more impressive displays of football I've seen in awhile. Nothing was really ugly about that game, you could just tell it was two damn good teams playing. I think both teams may be able to say they played their best game of the year (at least in the conference, Georgia's win over Boise State may have been technically more crisp). One of those games with the proverbial "Hate to see anyone lose" underlying it. If we manage to handle our business vs Ole Miss and Arkansas, playing Georgia is not something I'll be looking forward to.
I'm behind on my rules, but couple questions: In the LSU game, on an LSU 2nd and 22 or so, Bama had a defensive holding called. It was 10 yards from the spot of the foul and replaya the down. What happened to five yards and an automatic first down?
Also, in the Georgia-Auburn game, Leonard Pope got called for a (very weak) pass interference call on offense. The penalty was 15 yards. How long has that rule been around? I thought the only 15 yarders were personal fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct?
What to make of the Pac 10 when one of its undefeateds got annihilated 52-14 two weeks ago by a team that just got destroyed 38-14 by the rebuilding Washington Huskies?
posted by Publius @ 10:57 AM
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What to make of the Pac-10: It isn't any good. There's a reason why no one east of Vegas takes it seriously as a whole and this recent UCLA/Arizona/U-Dub thing is probably the best example of why that is.
But Pac-10 fans can look at the bright side--at least this year, they're not the only bad conference. All of them seem pretty bad to me. It's sad how bad this college football season has been.
Unreal. Any idea on the penalty issues, by the way?
Addition to 15-yarders: defensive pass interference, of course, if it's more than 15 yards downfield. But I am still scratching my head on the offensive PI and the defensive holding call.
"Does the SEC have some great teams this year, absolutely."
I disagree. I don't think the SEC has any great teams this season. In fact, I don't think there are any great teams this season. Maybe SC, but I think SC is too good for their own good and consequently there have been a few games in which they got cute early on to keep themselves interested, then got serious just in time to win. The games against the Arizona schools are probably the best example of this.
I don't think Texas is a great team. They're probably going to be in the Rose Bowl because they played in a lousy conference. The only strong opponent they've faced is Ohio State, and while they deserve credit for that win, playing just Ohio State is lot different than having to play, say, LSU and Auburn and Florida, the way Alabama will have had to. If Texas was in the SEC, or in any other conference among the Big 5, they wouldn't be undefeated. Instead, they've just run up the score on a bunch of horrible opponents.
I just think it's been, by in large, a miserably mediocre season in college football, largely because I think the coaching has never been worse. There are exactly four coaches that I think have done a really good job this season--Weis, Paterno, Bellotti and Spurrier. The rest of all been horribly mediocre, including Carroll and Mack.
Incidentally, I know you worked the Seahawks-Cowboys game a few weeks back. Did you work the game for Sneag yesterday?
Rohan: I need to see the plays/penalties you're asking about because I'm not entirely comprehending your description of them.
CD - In the LSU game it was at the 5:18 mark in the 2nd quarter.
In the UGA game it was with 6:34 left in the 4th quarter on UGA's final drive, that resulted in their last FG.
JC - I guess I see it less of a transitive property than, well, UCLA didn't just lose vs a bad Zona team, they really crapped the bed. 52-14? For one of the best teams in the conference?
No argument at all from me on the cellar dwellers of both conferences; neither are much to write home about. But at the top I'd beg to differ.
Incidentally, Oregon isn't getting a whole lot of credit as a one-loss team whose only defeat was at the hands of the #1 team in the country. Hats off there.
Oregon should also be getting credit for not collapsing after losing Clemens. Other than Leinart, he was arguably the best QB in the Pac-10.
It should also be noted that Fresno State is a pretty good one-loss team and their lone loss was by three to Oregon. Of course, the Bulldogs come to LA this weekend and will probably lose by 40, unless Pat Hill pulls off the greatest coaching performance of all-time--and even that may not be enough.
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