Maybe nobody wants to be the one to say it, but I will...
The LSU game had some of the worst officiating in college football all year, JL and co. were being held numerous times and it was NEVER called!!! The same can be said for our OL. They were holding on atleast six or seven plays that I remember saying out loud: that's holding!
and it was NEVER called.
So I guess the refs "just let em play" but that's BS either you call the penalties or you let the players determine how the game will be played. And that is exactly what happened the LSU players took the non-calls and used it to their advantage.
I can't be the only one that feels that our lack of discipline and stupid penalties may actually stem from the fact that the refs were not throwing flags. LSU took advantage of this fact and tOSU players were losing their cool and they retaliated. Frustration boils over and tOSU inexperience got the best of them. Were they stupid penalties? yes. Was there a better way to handle it? yes. But that doesn't mean James is over rated, not for one second!!
James is a great player and the game plan was to slow him up and if necessary hold the [censored] out of him. It's not hard to run right up the middle when the DL is getting pushed off the ball and your linebackers are being held. LSU played their gameplan to near perfection and tOSU was once again on the short end of another NC. I'm not sour about losing the game
at all. I think the players were aggressive and when you play on that edge you're bound to make mistakes, tOSU just wasn't good enough to over come so many mistakes.