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Originally Posted by jwinslow
Dorsey - Spielman summed it up well. Great player, not on every play. Jean-Francois (perhaps thx to Dorsey) made 4x as many big plays.
Holliday - sick cutback on that 9 yarder, but overall contained pretty well by us slow northerners.  Strength, smarts & execution won that game more than speed.
Steltz did not show well, but also didn't get much of a chance to redeem that horrendous angle. |
Jean-Francois -- Down here in Tiger Nation, many of us have had big expectations for redshirt sophomore Ricky Jean-Francois (who despite his French surname, is from Miami, FL). He holds the Florida state record for sacks in a game (6.5). Last year, as a redshirt freshman for LSU, he was a TSN Freshman First-Team All-American. And yes, Jean-Francois was the had the best defensive game on the 7th, that's why he was named the Defensive MVP of the 2008 BCS National Championship Game.
Holliday -- Yes, that cutback on that 9 yarder was one of his most amazing plays this year. But I wasn't surprised that he was overall contained pretty well by
OSU, that's what usually happens to Holliday. He's too small to break tackles, and although he is fast, its not like he travels the speed of light -- you play your angles correctly, and you have him contained on running plays. What did surprise me about Holliday is how he took a knee instead of returning the kick-offs. I thought a weak spot in
OSU's armor this year was their special teams play covering kick-off returns. I imagine that our coaching staff was more concerned with tiny Holliday fumbling the ball rather than our chances of kick-off returns for TDs, and coached him to take a knee this game.
Steltz -- he was an exciting player to watch this year and it was nice to see him be named an All-American. It's a shame he got hurt in the big game. And yes, many Tiger fan did not that he took a horrendous angle on Beanie's long TD run, but I'm sure most of us will push that out of our memory soon
