– LSU had two running backs with 150+ rushing yards for the second time in school history, and the first time against a SEC opponent.
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No. 6 LSU and eighth-ranked Florida both will likely have a Harris behind center when the unbeaten Southeastern Conference teams clash at Tiger Stadium on Saturday.
On Saturday, the Tigers will play against a reserve quarterback for the fourth straight week. The Gators may be able to focus their attention on other areas, because LSU’s passing game has not been reliable this year.
“This is a Top 10 match-up”, Miles said.
Just outside the stadium stood George and Kim Durham of Abbeville, South Carolina, who also drove down.
Four broken tackles in the third came on one run where Tigers tailback Derrius Guice slipped through tackles from defensive lineman Kelsey Griffin, spur T.J. Gurley, Lewis, then dodged attempts from Griffin and Gurley again before running out of Chris Lammons’ grasp and finally bouncing over Rashad Fenton and hitting the turf.
Travin Dural broke the century mark and made one of his signature big plays for a touchdown. A relentless and physical ground game would be the difference for LSU, though, who won 45-24 behind 54 rushes for 396 yards.
“We tried the same thing in the second half”, Spurrier said of the Gamecocks’ approach to defending Fournette. This opened the game up with a 14-point LSU lead while serving as yet another highlight on Fournette’s Heisman reel. We played a game today, but the people in South Carolina right now are in need.
-Quarterback quandary: Starting quarterback Perry Orth didn’t play great (14-of-28, 200 yards, two touchdowns, one interception) but he didn’t play terribly either.
“I recognize the difficulty that South Carolina is going through”, Miles said. “It’s the best thing to do, man, because I know what we went through for Katrina”, Fournette said. South Carolina’s Athletic Director, Ray Tanner said the hospitality offered by LSU and its fans was “truly moving”. But Malachi Dupre hauled in an impressive touchdown catch in the second quarter, and the LSU passing attack went on to have its best performance of 2015. Yes, that is very impressive for his season-low to be 158 yards. Jerell Adams had a 36-yard touchdown catch for South Carolina, but the Gamecocks managed only 74 yards rushing.
Senior linebacker Deion Jones, who mostly played on special teams for the first three years of his LSU career, said the all of the special teamers are capable. “They will realize we can be balanced”.
I think the biggest key to this game for either team, will be the turnover battle.
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O’Bannon sued the NCAA in July of 2009 for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by depriving him of his right to publicity dollars because the NCAA allowed for the likeness of O’Bannon, a forward on UCLA’s 1995 national championship team, to be put in a NCAA sanctioned basketball video game called “NCAA Basketball09” by EA Sports without his permission.
