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Post by outlawjoseywales on Jan 3, 2009 18:36:11 GMT -6
I was on a cruise ship when this game was played and missed it. I know-I know, I will probably be banned from this site and my secret decorder ring repossessed, but I am really sorry.  Can someone please tell me about this game? All I got was the stats and box score and it didn't tell me anything. Thanks, maybe somebody will forgive me for not being by my TV during bowl season. OJW |
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Post by raltman79 on Jan 3, 2009 18:45:58 GMT -6
georgia tech was manhandled upfront on both sides of the ball. georgia tech couldnt play any defense. their special teams were awful. the offense they run is a great equalizer, but it doesnt matter when you cant make any blocks. take nothing away from lsu though. they finally put together a complete game.
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Post by outlawjoseywales on Jan 3, 2009 21:06:30 GMT -6
I wonder if having a number of weeks to prepare for the Flexbone was the reason for LSU's success?
Ga. Tech also lost several games this year, but won many more. They beat Mississippi St. to death, and make Georgia look bad also.
anyway-just wondering.
OJW
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Post by raltman79 on Jan 3, 2009 21:17:18 GMT -6
i think prep time was helpful. i really think the best thing was lsu's ability to dominate upfront. georgia tech looked like a deer caught in the headlights. it was pretty.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 3, 2009 23:06:06 GMT -6
LSU is the defending champs. They had weeks to prepare. Thier personnel was better across the board but especially up front.
Tech played poorly on defense and special teams and those mistakes killed any mojo they might've been able to regain.
I am borrowing some of this from a thread over on another board. If you look at Tech's personnel #36 is a not a runner. Roddy Jones is a good player but needed more touches. The QB made mistakes.
Johnson gets my vote for coach of the year b/c he took a team not built to run this offense and won nine games with them.
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Post by coachcb on Jan 3, 2009 23:34:35 GMT -6
Bottom line: if your OL can't win the 2 on 1 battles up front, you're not going to move the ball. It doesn't matter offense you run. LSU did a great job of preparing for the option and they played tough all game.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2009 0:37:59 GMT -6
I didnt get to see the whole game, but from what i saw, looked like gatech made a point to try to throw the ball early - not sure why. I think they opened up with 2 or 3 straight passes, a couple downfield (believe on the 2nd play of the game WR beat coverage and dropped a sure TD). didnt really look like they were trying to do what they had done all season long. (on top of everything else, LSU being LSU, and problems on the defensive side of the ball, bringing down ballcarriers, etc). LSU put some points on the board quickly and gatech never really looked like it got it's offense rolling.
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Post by coachdawhip on Jan 4, 2009 11:54:19 GMT -6
We lost the game on Special Teams and got beat upfront on both sides of the ball.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OPTION.
LSU wanted the game more than us. I personally don't think the xtra prep time helped. I think LSU just wanted to play football and we didn't.
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Post by bearcat4life on Jan 4, 2009 12:37:43 GMT -6
One of the things that LSU did with the scout team.When they were running GT's offense they did so without a ball. This aloud the D to just read keys. Along with the amount of prep time.
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Post by outlawjoseywales on Jan 4, 2009 17:33:50 GMT -6
Bearcat4life, alot of coaches that may be a little "gray around the temples" will remember that the way we used to prepare for the option was to NOT use a football. We believed that the football only distracted the defenders from their assignments. Haven't had to prepare for anything but Shotgun Speed option for many years now, so I don't do it anymore. But there's alot of things I don't do anymore.  Now that I have the concept of what happened, can someone take time and tell me more about the actual game. thanks for your responses guys. OJW |
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Post by coachdawhip on Jan 4, 2009 21:44:18 GMT -6
FSU and Miami claimed they didn't us a ball either and they played like it.
OJW,
I was there and Tech pretty much got behind, LSU ate up the clock. Tech only had the ball for 4 minutes in the 2nd Qtr.
LSU played vanilla and there D-Line beat up our O-Line. There is really nothing more to say.
Base 4-3, Cover 4 look, but when you can't double the 3 tech and he can beat the double team nothing else can happen.
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Post by outlawjoseywales on Jan 5, 2009 0:07:44 GMT -6
Coachdawhip,
thanks alot,
You said it, when you can't block the 3tech with a double-team you best go to the house.
Thanks for the info and your time.
OJW
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Post by cls on Jan 5, 2009 9:41:28 GMT -6
Bearcat4life, alot of coaches that may be a little "gray around the temples" will remember that the way we used to prepare for the option was to NOT use a football. We believed that the football only distracted the defenders from their assignments. Haven't had to prepare for anything but Shotgun Speed option for many years now, so I don't do it anymore. But there's alot of things I don't do anymore. Now that I have the concept of what happened, can someone take time and tell me more about the actual game. thanks for your responses guys. OJW We do this for option teams and with wing-t teams |
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Post by coachjaz on Jan 7, 2009 22:56:50 GMT -6
LSU's DL was vastly superior to Tech's OL. I know Sewak and Spencer do a hell of a job but like we've said 1,000 times on here before sometimes its the Jimmie's and Joe's, and LSU's guys with their hands on the ground were better than Tech's guys.
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Post by cqmiller on Jan 9, 2009 11:09:52 GMT -6
Anyone see Tyson Jackson give the 2 arm shiver to the high blocker, then step on the low blocker, and make tackle on the QB on a few of those outside option plays? He manhandled the entire side of the field by himself and the other DE did about the same.
Biggest thing from this game is that LSU finally got steady play out of the QB position... Took them 12 games and they had to use a true-freshman, but he did what Mauck and Flynn used to do... make the 3rd & 6+ passes to move chains, and hit your superior athletes on the outside... and they are fine. QB play is what killed them this year.
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