Sure, LSU will play tougher opponents the rest of the season in comparison to Florida State. The Tigers even wore their road uniforms at their home stadium.
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Ricky Williams, an assistant high school coach of Fournette’s in New Orleans, tells Sports Illustrated: “If he wasn’t the No. 1 running back in the country, he would have been the No. 1 linebacker”, says Williams.
South Carolina stayed in range with two second-half scoring passes by quarterback Perry Orth – 36 yards to tight end Jerell Adams and 43 yards to wide receiver Pharoh Cooper – but couldn’t get closer than 14. Fournette finished the game with a stat line of of 158 rushing yards, one touchdown and 7.9 yards per carry, in addition to showing up in the passing game with three receptions for 25 yards. “It’ll be interesting to see if he’s ready to go”, Miles said. It would score again on its first drive of the second quarter to go ahead 14-3, but the Gamecocks would not run and hide from the early adversity. Dating back to last season, he has rushed for seven straight 100-yard games.
For starters, LSU still hasn’t solidified a kickoff man, using both junior placekicker Trent Domingue and sophomore placekicker Cameron Gamble on Saturday against the University of South Carolina.
The Tigers are coming off a performance where they had 624 total yards of offense against South Carolina.
Through the first two quarters, the defense held Fournette to just 49 yards (3.3 per carry), but Harris responded to the run-focused Gamecock defense with 135 yards on 13 completions.
When the word got out that the game would be played in Louisiana the immediate outpouring of support from the LSU administration, players, coaches, and fans was incredible.
The Southeastern Conference honored a pair of LSU players for the third time this season. He passed for 200 yards and two TDs against one interception.
This Florida defense has been pretty good so far this season. It was and wasn’t a home game, and things just got more odd from there. So you know that means LSU’s offensive line will have to do its best to keep Harris upright when they get into passing situations.
However, with Cook and Fournette going head to head in this race, it’s only fair to compare Cook’s situation at Florida State to the one just outlined above. They are averaging around 400 yards and 32 points per game. When we thought we might not even have a game, LSU gave us a chance to play and watch a game we love. Since joining the SEC in 2012, the Tigers have failed to get a takeaway in just five games, going 1-4.
For the Gators, they’ll have to do it without redshirt freshman quarterback Will Grier, who will be sidelined for the next year after testing positive for a banned substance. Most of that was a 62 yard reception, but big plays count. Florida was just the better team, and they proved it by beating the Tigers 21-3.
Under Pinkel, the Tigers are 101-33 when they do not lose the turnover battle and 46-4 when they are plus-two in the turnover column.
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The Gators, who ranked No. 2 in the SEC in rush defense, face Heisman Trophy front-runner Leonard Fournette.
