Miles himself even addressed it on Monday, calling the notion “absolutely untrue”.
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Going into the game, I thought the matchup was a favorable one for the Hogs to a degree. “I would never trade my team for anything in the world”.
Miles won the BCS National Championship in 2007 and played for another in 2011, but it’s that 21-0 loss Rabalais cites as the turning point when things went south for Miles.
Fournette’s 91 yards and a touchdown aren’t career bests but anything is a major improvement for the LSU run game at this point. They held Leonard Fournette to under 100 yards rushing, and made the LSU offense and defense look lost.
All four running backs bring something different to the table. “I just see them executing and making more plays”. They dropped a third home night game in the last 14 months – as many as they lost in Miles’ first nine seasons.
Yes, there will be a postseason this year.
In hindsight, the Toledo loss was to a team that remained undefeated through its first seven games though Arkansas was clearly its most competitive opponent before falling to Northern IL. In the previous six games (Arkansas this weekend is also a night game), MSU is 4-2.
REBELS STILL IN WEST RACE: LSU (7-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) has fewer overall losses and the same number of league losses as Ole Miss (7-3, 4-2 SEC), but the Rebels still have a chance to win the SEC West while the Tigers have been eliminated.
Skipper graded at 86 percent in Saturday’s victory for the Razorbacks, whose 299 rushing yards were the most by Arkansas in an SEC game since the 2007 team ran for 385 yards in a 50-48 triple-overtime victory at LSU in 2007. On the day Allen finished with only 141 passing yards (9-of-16) with the aforementioned touchdown and an interception, but Arkansas did not really need to pass the ball, as they ran for almost 300 yards on 40 carries.
Collins upped the ante early in the second quarter with an 80-yard touchdown burst for a 14-0 cushion.
MSU went through a scary scene midway through the fourth quarter on Saturday as leading wide receiver De’Runnya Wilson lay on the Scott Field turf for several minutes. After all, he has been the best player in the sport for most of the season … but that tends to be forgotten in a hurry when a team starts dropping games left and right.
It paid off with those big plays.
Safeties Rickey Jefferson and Jamal Adams were at fault, respectively, for the 80-yard Alex Collins run and the 69-yard end-around, Miles said without mentioning the two players’ names. Cornelius screened off a possible tackler on Reed’s 52-yard touchdown. They will try to make that happen starting this week against Charlotte.
Skipper is the third Razorback to pick up the award this season, joining Sebastian Tretola and Mitch Smothers. However, they have improved week by week, and their work in the trenches keyed a dominating offensive performance. It’s the type of win the program and its fans can hang their hat on. And senior Keon Hatcher, another wideout, had 13 catches through the team’s first two before breaking his foot.
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However, the job is not done. The defense come up big forcing Arkansas to settle for a field goal after the Arkansas offense drove down the field, but the LSU offense again disappeared with two six play drives ending in punts. Now the Tigers must turn their attention to playing in a lessor bowl game, such as the Belk Bowl, Texas Bowl or even a return trip to the Music City Bowl. LSU got outcoached and outplayed in all three phases of the game. An immature one might fritter away the opportunity. The junior college transfer leads the conference in passing yards (3,224) and total offense (3,496 yards) and is behind only Arkansas’ Brandon Allen in efficiency. Two weeks ago, both of the nation’s top running backs met in a showdown in Tuscaloosa that had playoff implications for both Alabama and LSU.
