Thoughts on LSU

Even when LSU was sputtering early on, and MSU was lingering around, I never got the sense that the outcome was ever in doubt. The question was always by how much LSU would cover.

I feel bad for Sly Croom. You have to be born of Satan to have any sort of success in freaking Starkville. One of the worst days of my life was spent in that hellhole back in ‘91. If it’s any solace, I don’t imagine he’ll have to put up with the place for a whole lot longer.

Anyway, for a team that didn’t look so hot, LSU looked really pretty good, I thought. The D will keep them humming until Croton’s offense sets in; or it could just carry the whole team the whole year. I think they’d wreck us, but that’s probably just my inherent skepticism about this year’s Texas team.

I think they’re just as deserving of #2 as anyone else in the top 5-10.

I flipped over to the Texans game just in time to see Paris Warren get the Ty Prothro treatment. 3 minutes to go in the final game of the preseason and snap, he’s done for the year. Really awful.

Oh, and I got to see Sam McGuffie get horsecollared into an ankle/knee injury of some severity (it kept him out of the rest of the game versus Stratford). I’m suprised my viewing habits didn’t make Matt Flynn’s tibia come flying off and stab some guy in the eye or something.

Andrew Luck appears to be perfectly suited to play QB for Stanford.

Nice to have footbaw back.

Not sure what MSU’s offensive coordinator was looking at. They had a QB with marginal arm strength so they called a bunch of deep routes. Henig just threw it as far as he could without any accuracy. Should have run that big back they had. They weren’t going to win, but they could have at least made it somewhat respectable.

I think Matt Flynn will turn out to be more than just a capble QB. I believe once he gets his feet under him and some more games, he’ll turn into a weapon. This guy was pushing Jamarcus Russell every year along the way.

What is Perilloux, a RS Sophomore?

Two things: You are drawing conclusions on Flynn in his second career start, on the road, in inclement weather, and drawing conclusions on Perilloux after the Bulldog defense had been beaten down. Plus, there is not a chance in hell, Ryan manages to stay out of trouble long enough to outperform Flynn. Trouble just seems to follow him.

Didn’t that back get hurt? I only watched a little bit, but sometime in the 2nd quarter I saw trainers working on that dude. He looked good when he ran though.

#1’s hit last night made the MSU guy look like a bobble head doll.

I never liked Flynn at Tyler Lee. He’s not UT material. However, he’s a good athlete who can mayble play WR in the NFL. He won’t make stupid decisions for the Tigers. The LSU defense is solid, but they lack the talent that UT possesses. I’ll take Bo Pelini over MacDuff/Akina any day.

Not to be antagonistic, but Colt McCoy wasn’t really UT material either. Neither was Drew Brees, who never even warranted an offer out of Westlake.

Matt Flynn was a stud passer in HS who was never allowed to pass b/c his coach at Lee was too conservative. He tore it up in 7 on 7. Was not at all surprised to see him play well in their bowl game. Kid has always had a good arm. Noone has commented about the glaring ommission from LSU’s team right now. That being a bigtime RB who will be able to keep more talented team from blitzing LSU into oblivion. Jacob Hester will simply not get it done in the SEC. I thought Keiland Williams was going to be the man for them this year but I guess not.

Seeing what MSUs defensive line did to LSU in the first half made me cringe thinking what TCU will do to us, with or without Blake.

Hester can get it done. He’s run well against good teams in the past.

Flynn is just solid, nothing more, nothing less. He gets a lot of credit for that Peach Bowl, but it’s not like he lit Miami up in that game. He’s good enough for them to run the table, but the defense is definitely going to be their strength.