Cats coming to town.

Good stuff throughout this thread fellas. I'm worried about stopping their power running game too but for some reason, I really feel like these Dawgs are hungry & are ready to make a statement. I sure hope CTG is prepared to rotate the ILB's some though, AH & RW cannot play 100% of the snaps in a slobber-knocker like this one is going to be. Anyways, no time to elaborate right now but I feel like we're going to expose LSU's young defense much like Clemson exposed ours. They haven't seen an offense even 1/2 as good as Bobo's (TCU, UAB, Kent St., Auburn)! I actually can see the Dawgs (not the Cajuns) taking control of the game & pulling away late. Let's make Sat. night the party of the year so far in Bulldog Nation!

thriller wrote:

wlayton wrote:

ogredawg wrote: their O line is good but I do not see them really controlling the clock. They will get huge chunks of yards on our D the way we tackle. No way they control the clock.

Yeah, could be a "catch 22" unfortunately. If we don't man up against the run, they could actually score quickly......on the ground.

Sorry people, I'm worried about us stopping the run....their OL is very good and we haven't proven we can stop the run even with the studs we had on the D last year (don't go UF game on me, you can see now that they were just an awful offensive team).

Hope we re-live the BAMA game a few years ago when they said we weren't man enough.

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I'm afraid I agree with wlayton. Our D is porous against the run. I can easily see LSU staying on the ground and grinding out 6 and 7 yards a pop and just getting first down after first down.

One thing I like to do is ask myself how I would attack my own team if I was the opposing coach. My answer this weekend is simple. Hand the ball to Hill. Hand it to him again. First down. Hand it to him again. And again. And again. Another first down. By the end of the third quarter things could get out of hand.

On the other hand, LSU DOES bring one less dimension against us than what other teams have had - their QB is no Fran Tarkenton when it comes to scrambling. If given the choice of facing TJ Boyd, Connor Shaw or Zack Mettenberger, I'll take ZM any day. True, he has a rocket launcher attached to his shoulder, but he's got no wheels. That will give the LBs a LITTLE less to worry about, so maybe they can turn a little more attention to getting after the run. When they do drop back to pass, someone better be in his face, because their receivers are studs.

Someone please tell the trainers to get the ice bath ready for Sunday.

I think every word is dead on.

Got to pressure Mett....they know where he will be.

GooseDawg78 wrote: Good stuff throughout this thread fellas. I'm worried about stopping their power running game too but for some reason, I really feel like these Dawgs are hungry & are ready to make a statement. I sure hope CTG is prepared to rotate the ILB's some though, AH & RW cannot play 100% of the snaps in a slobber-knocker like this one is going to be. Anyways, no time to elaborate right now but I feel like we're going to expose LSU's young defense much like Clemson exposed ours. They haven't seen an offense even 1/2 as good as Bobo's (TCU, UAB, Kent St., Auburn)! I actually can see the Dawgs (not the Cajuns) taking control of the game & pulling away late. Let's make Sat. night the party of the year so far in Bulldog Nation!

Gooooose.....from your mouth to God's ears!!!

Really watched a lot of film last night on lsu. I was impressed, but don't want people getting me wrong. I see where that can be very misleading after looking over my post This is a very winnable game. The D does have to step up though. We have to have a bunch of players step up and maybe play a little above their talent level in some areas.

After watching film, I was more impressed with their d-line than I was their secondary. Believe they have some holes back there. I also believe that Gurley is a gamer. Seems to play better against better teams. That is also a tribute to the o line. See a lot of wanting to get the ball to KM. Maybe if Gurley is tired, or have a few designed plays for KM, but I wouldn't take Gurley off the field much. Seen a lot about establishing the run. I agree, but I would be leaning toward taking a few shots early down the field if I was Bobo. lsu is going to be selling out to stop the run, just like we will. Betting we will see a lot of 1 on 1 matchups early. If we find a way to take advantage, could be scary what our offense ends up doing.

Make no mistakes about it. I expect to win this game. Not going to be ready to wave the white flag on the year if we don't though. We are playing a really, really good football team.

GO DAWGS. Players rising up is what is going to make the difference.

Great post AD5.

Believe our offense can score on anyone and dare DB's to try and stay with Davis and JS-W.

I don't think we can stop the run so I'm looking for another USC game (although imo, LSU is better)......going to have to "outscore" them.

AllDawgs5, another really good post.

Have to believe that LSU saw the 98 yarder last week. Not easily erased from ones mind. Also like the fact that Scott-Wesley is ready to go, and he is incredibly fast also.

Still would like to see Marshall in the slot.

Conley, has long been under rated in my opinion. Bennett, for sure will catch anything close.

Matchups, no doubt in my mind can make a lot of positive things happen Saturday. Also know that LSU likes to play man as you stated in your post AD5.

Not going to surprise me to see AM really using his "wheels" in this game. He wants to win this game badly. This game could be "his season".

Much does land at the feet of our offensive line. That extra split second means a lot when going deep. You and the rest here know that.

Looking forward to the "game" that will be played between Cam Cameron and Todd Grantham. Game within a game. Ex-NFL coaches butting heads on the college level, talking heads will have a field day with this coaching matchup.

thriller is right in his post about the "ice buckets" and other things.

This is what college football is all about. Rest of the nation might learn something watching two SEC top ten football teams have a go at each other. SEC has wars every Saturday, not many "gimmes" in our conference.

Go Dawgs!

Edit: wlayton did not copy your post. Was busy trying to put my words together. Your post #77 was not shown when I started mine. We seem to be on the same page.