It was there, as the Tigers gained more yards in the first three quarters than they did in the entire Wisconsin game.
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After that, it was all Tigers touchdowns until the fourth quarter when the Gamecocks’ Cade Stinnett kicked a 33-yard field goal to bring the score to LSU 34, JSU 13.
To prove timing is indeed everything, we can offer Jacksonville State’s loss to LSU Saturday night as Exhibit A. Harris was only 1 of 4 passes for 8 yards in the first quarter.
Etling, a transfer from Purdue, then directed three consecutive touchdown drives, including throwing a 46-yard touchdown pass to DeSean Smith.
LSU’s Leonard Fournette (7) is helped off the field by teammate Foster Moreau after being injured on a play during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, in Green Bay, Wis. Wisconsin won 16-14. He looked poised, comfortable and accurate – everything Harris wasn’t on this night.
Then came Saturday night, when he broke open in the secondary and easily snatched Etling’s touch pass for a touchdown.
Marcus Spears, LSU’s former defensive lineman now an analyst on ESPN, called Monday for change at the head coaching position.
Natson – who sat out last season after transferring from Utah State – and Tindal were teammates at Boyd Anderson High School. Fournette ran for 138 yards against the Badgers, but came out of the game late with the injury. He also had six touchdowns and just one interception. It also shows that Malachi Dupre’s performance was atrocious.
A year ago, prolonged lightning wound up canceling LSU’s season opener against McNeese State. He is 197 yards short of becoming the 16th player in Wisconsin history to rush for 2,000 yards, a mark that the speedster could very well reach either this week, or next week against Georgia State at home.
LSU coach Les Miles said Etling’s night was “not flawless by any means”, but also said the transfer from Purdue “absolutely” put himself in the mix to start going forward. With Derrius Guice, Darrel Williams and Nick Brossette providing depth at running back, it might not make sense to play Fournette much this weekend.
Jacksonville State quarterback Eli Jenkins had a terrific evening, rushing 18 times for 82 yards and completing 17 of 35 passes for 248 yards and a scoring pass to Krenwick Sanders.
Guice, who had 93 yards on 10 attempts at halftime, was far from finished.
“I just think we have a nice team”.
LSU’s Tre’Davious White returned a punt for a 60-yard touchdown. Many are expecting Fournette to be a top 10 pick in the 2017 National Football League draft, but his hopes at winning the Heisman Trophy are not looking great if he’s expected to miss one or possibly two games. The loss to the Badgers was LSU’s first in a season-opener since 2002 and snapped the Tigers’ 52-game winning streak in non-conference regular season games.
Harris insisted over the offseason that Cameron be on the field in a more hands-on role, as he was in LSU’s 56-27 win over Texas Tech in the bowl game. Jacksonville State P Dean Kelly is from Melbourne.
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On the offensive line, the Tigers will shift sophomore Maea Teuhema to the right guard spot, where he will start in place of senior Josh Boutte, who is serving a one-game suspension.
