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vBook: Tenn 30, LSU 27 (Final, OT)

This is what I love about College Football. This was one of many National Championship games we get to watch this season. LSU has a chance, but they are definitely on the outside looking in (not that I don't know how that feels).
 
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They showed the screw-up at the end of the half, where Russell ran and got tackled with about 14 seconds to go and no timeouts.

But once he was tackled, they should have spiked the ball, I'm pretty sure it was only 3rd down. You can do that in 10-12 seconds, but you can't get the FG team on that fast. That was a mistake by LSU's coaching staff, after the QB's mistake of being stopped in-bounds without a first down.
Actually, it is possible to get the FG team on that fast. See also: OSU vs. Purdue (Holy Buckeye), 2002. It's a matter of A.) The head coach instilling in his QB the value of clock management in that situation, and B.) Having a a contingency plan (have the FG team ready to sprint, not jog onto the field if the offense doesn't execute proper clock management.) I put that debacle by LSU squarely on Les Miles.
 
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Did anybody else look at les miles on the sidelines tonight and think there is a deer in a headlights. He seemed like he had no idea what was going on at some points and i think might have been a huge hindrence to his teams chances tonight. After the LSU guy got the interception at the 45 yard line Les miles wanted to call a time out to stop the clock, you don't need to after a tournover, but one of his staff stopped him before he could do it. He also seemed like he was scared that his team was losing it when he should have been trying to rally the troops and get out of there with a win. He had a young team and he needed to get control of his boys out there and i just thought that he looked out of his element or something. I don't know how many big games like that he has been in before, maybe the occaisional oklahoma vs. oklahoma state game, but he did not seem to hold up very well in his first LSU home game. Not a way to say hello and how are you to the tiger fans.


The Mongoose
 
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Actually, it is possible to get the FG team on that fast. See also: OSU vs. Purdue (Holy Buckeye), 2002. It's a matter of A.) The head coach instilling in his QB the value of clock management in that situation, and B.) Having a a contingency plan (have the FG team ready to sprint, not jog onto the field if the offense doesn't execute proper clock management.) I put that debacle by LSU squarely on Les Miles.

The Buckeye FG unit routinely practices sprinting onto the field for last second attempts and has done so since Tressel arrived. The media made fun of him throughout his short tenure here regarding his statement that the punt was the most important play in football, but paying attention to little details like this can make the difference between a NC season and a 2nd tier bowl game. I'll bet Miles wished he had that FG at the end of the 1st half.
 
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Actually, it is possible to get the FG team on that fast. See also: OSU vs. Purdue (Holy Buckeye), 2002. It's a matter of A.) The head coach instilling in his QB the value of clock management in that situation, and B.) Having a a contingency plan (have the FG team ready to sprint, not jog onto the field if the offense doesn't execute proper clock management.) I put that debacle by LSU squarely on Les Miles.

As my post said, I was also blaming the coaches, and pointing out that the announcers only blamed the QB.

I remember the end of the first half of that Purdue game, with Brent mistakenly saying we didn't get the snap for the FG off in time. But that was a 4th down play, with no option to spike the ball. Obviously JT had the squad ready to execute the FG quickly, but that was the only real option.

LSU had another down tonight. It's much easier to line up and spike the ball, than to get the FG team out on the field. As soon as I saw the FG unit trying to get out there, I knew the half was over. Les Miles' most blatant error was not having them spike the ball. They may have been able to get a FG snap off with a sprint and perfect execution by all 11 guys, but it wasn't necessary to attempt it under that much time pressure.
 
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Last year Les Miles allowed us to come back to win from 28 down.

Tonight, he allowed Tenn to come back to win from 21-0.

At Ok. State, he only really fared well against OU, going 2-2 in his 4 years there. Maybe he can outcoach Urban Meyer like he could occasionally outcoach Stoops...but it doesn't look like his long-term results will satisfy the LSU fans.
 
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