News & Notes: November 29
Posted By Admin on November 30, 2010
Bedlam, Indeed
If you didn’t see the INT above live during the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State game because it was not broadcast in your part of the country, you’re welcome. When will QBs learn to throw the ball well out of bounds on these plays? This kind of thing has happened before.
BCS Shakeup (Boise State and LSU out of the Top 5, Stanford and Wisconsin in): LSU lost to Arkansas. In some sense, the game resembled the NCAA Football 11 prediction of the Battle for the Golden Boot–that sense being that LSU’s dumb mistakes would cost them the game. Cobi Hamilton was the beneficiary of just atrocious secondary play from the Tigers. On a third and 9 in the second quarter, Hamilton ran straight up the sideline, untouched of course because LSU was not in man coverage pressing the three WRs (AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN) on one side of the field. Ryan Mallett is a really solid QB with a cannon for an arm. A moment of indecision from Patrick Peterson was all it took to made a huge play happen. Hamilton was wide open, Mallett fired the pass to him and LSU’s safety Karnell Hatcher was in no position to make the play (because he already had to deal with another WR who was running at him). EIGHTY-FIVE yards later, Hamilton is in the endzone still untouched. Here’s the video of the third and Chavis.
Later, after LSU tied the game at 14, they fumbled the ball away and were seemingly saved by Mallett throwing a pick in the endzone. The chances of LSU’s offense of getting into field goal range with 45 seconds left were not completely out of the question. However, given the massive struggles passing the ball this season and being on the road, you just run the clock out having taken the momentum back on an INT. Or, you can do what LSU did: Run the ball twice. Call timeout. Throw two incomplete passes. Punt the ball from your own 44 through the back of the other endzone with six seconds left. Then, you fail to play prevent defense and let this happen.
Beyond those two plays, LSU lost because Miles wasn’t himself. On the opening drive of the second half, LSU called plays to get a FG, perhaps to get the confidence back for their kicker who had missed an earlier FG. The kick was good. LSU kicked on 4th and 4 at the Arkansas 29. After the way the first half ended, this was the time to get unorthodox and steal the momentum back. What did Petrino do on 4th and 3 from the LSU 39 with a one point lead in the fourth quarter? This. Let’s call that 4th and Chavis. Miles also decided to take three points (by calling plays that made a TD highly unlikely) on a twenty yard FG in the third quarter after getting the ball on a fumble at the Arkansas 9. After a meltdown like we saw on Saturday, it was only fitting that at the time of writing this article, the LSU Sports website domain had not been renewed.
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