It follows a span last season in which they totaled 23 points in a win over Ole Miss and losses to Alabama and Arkansas. Fans are running out of patience while watching the lack of an explosive and consistent passing game.
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LSU came out and committed 13 penalties, 10 in the first half, and coughed the ball up three times.
Last week word started spreading that LSU head coach Les Miles may be coaching for his job.
Kelly also played a key role in settling down a few Ole Miss nervousness in the second half.
Yesterday’s loss obviously will ramp up speculation about Miles’s job status, and while the possibility that somehow he could return by “winning out” the rest of the way, the reality is that he has as much chance returning next year as you or I hitting the Powerball Jackpot. Miles’ teams have not won 10 games in a season since going 10-3 in 2013. Dural injured a hamstring after going up high for a pass in the end zone and coming down on his back.
“It was really scary”, Ole Miss tight end Evan Engram said. The big defensive lineman terrorized Brandon Harris all day and seemed to be in the LSU backfield on every play.
That’s from the Baton Rouge Advocate’s Scott Rabalais, whose postgame column reiterated Alleva’s desire to decline comment until after next week’s season finale between LSU and Texas A&M.
Kelly threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 81 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 25 Ole Miss over No. 17 LSU 38-17 on Saturday.
Ole Miss kicker Gary Wunderlich hit a 32-yard FG. But if it were me, I’d go with receiver Laquon Treadwell.
Watching Ole Miss beat LSU is always an enjoyable experience, particularly when the Rebs do it by three touchdowns and preserve their outside shot at an SEC West title.
Earlier this month, Arkansas knocked off Ole Miss again, this time in a wild overtime shootout that featured a pair of incredible breaks for the Razorbacks. In short, Treadwell is a man who will be playing on Sundays, and since he’s likely to enter the draft after this year, there won’t be many more Saturdays to watch him.
It would be just like Les Miles for his team to dominate Ole Miss out of nowhere, as the coach flashes his trademark grin strolling off the field and tips his white hat to the camera. And I try to do the best things.
Meanwhile, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher, who was LSU’s offensive coordinator under Nick Saban from 2000-04 and under Miles from 2005-06, remains one of the top targets to replace Miles should he be let go, according to sources close to LSU. Les Miles and his staff have done a poor job of getting this flameout under control.
For the second week in a row the Tigers found themselves in a massive deficit halfway through the second quarter as Ole Miss rushed out to a 24-0 lead.
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LSU football isn’t what it used to be and recruits are noticing.
