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“When we took over the team, we didn’t talk about any goals”, Orgeron said. “You never know what the outcome can be”.
“We have some pretty hateful guys that play defense around here who are pretty good competitors”, Saban said.
Despite the light rain falling, LSU coach Ed Orgeron elected to keep his team outside during “Competition Tuesday” following the Tigers loss to Alabama. Whether only reaching midfield once for the entire game (January 2012), or ceding an overtime-forcing drive to a quarterback that is now a running back in the NFL (November 2014), LSU always manages to find a way to lose to Alabama. Our guys did it past year.
“My job as a head coach is to put it away”, Orgeron said of the Alabama loss.
“But we’re going to get after it as a football team”.
LSU was shutdown by the Tide defense, and would end up losing by a final of 10-0. This SEC matchup was no 2006 Rose Bowl, but it did mark the 6th straight time Nick Saban’s Alabama beats LSU. The LSU offense struggled mightily last week and for the season they are averaging 26.1 points and 386.4 yards per game while they have turned the ball over 12 times. I looked at the guy and we said what are we hiring these guys to do? You have to deal with the emotional letdown.
“I thought we were going to go in there and move the ball” against Alabama, Etling said. But again they could not get more than 17, and the defense was not good that season and lost 38-17. He also completed 10 of 19 passes for 107 yards. His 21-yard touchdown run was a thing of beauty.
But any opponent who thinks Hurts can’t make the plays necessary to win a playoff game should pop in the tape of Saturday, marvel in his improvisational and athletic gifts and figure out something else. “We overcame some adversity. Obviously, the team that we just played had a lot to do with it because we couldn’t block their front seven”. There’s no moral victory. Every team in the conference played and there were a total of six conference clashes. They are very big. “I think there were some very questionable things out there that happened, and I would like to know the explanations”.
“We’re just dominating the line of scrimmage”, Allen said. Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin announced that Aggies starting quarterback Trevor Knight could miss the remainder of the regular season after suffering a shoulder injury in Saturday’s loss at Mississippi State. There was miscommunication in several areas: between Etling and his receivers on routes; among offensive linemen on pass protections; and with staff members on play calls. “It was a mixture of them being really talented and us not executing the game plan”.
Houston Nutt left Arkansas after the 2007 season to become Ole Miss’ coach, and he led the Rebels to 9-4 records in 2008 and 2009 with players Orgeron had signed.
LSU: The Tigers travel to meet Arkansas next weekend.
“There’s a different feeling in the air”, Malone said. “All of us felt the loss (Sunday)”.
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“We want them to be aggressive, we want them to be competitive, not in the real world, but at least on the football field”, Saban explained Monday.
