Players of the game/week: Trey Zuhn, Albert Regis, Cashius Howell, Jabre Barber, Scooby Williams, Solo DeShields (ST)
“Sometimes you don’t have your best stuff and you have to find a way to win, and we did.”
Talks about bad 2-minute drive at the end of the half and bad 4-minute drive at the end to the game (on offense).
“At critical moments, when we could have taken control of the game, we didn’t.”
Says they just didn’t finish on 3 of the last 4 drives.
Got soft on the running game early on, and then they fixed that. It was the first time they were bad in the red zone for the first time all year.
Says they’re starting to understand the special teams game better. They didn’t have to overcome any critical mistakes.
Says it’s a big week, with his son having a big playoff game in football, his wife and daughter going to Taylor Swift in New Orleans. Outside of that, not much.
Says LSU has taken huge strides forward on defense the last two weeks, that players have elevated their games once Perkins got hurt. Weeks has been as productive as a linebacker could be in his absence.
Says Weigman had some plays he wished he had back. The second INT was “late” and says that Weigman got out of whack on his progression on a couple other bad ones.
Terry Bussey “will be fine this week.”
Favorite Taylor Swift song? “I’m not going down that road.”
Nussmeier can make every throw, and is a testament is doing things the right way in that he’s waited his turn and learned well as a result.
Says Lacy is a dynamic receiver, but the WR group as a whole is extremely talented. “They have three other players, including a tight end, who can beat you if you don’t pay appropriate attention to them.”
Likes the 12 team playoff because it keeps more teams alive and increases the magnitude of later games, like A&M-LSU or Alabama-Mizzou.
On Bisontis: “Not yet”. They don’t know if he’ll go.
Says that the team needs to keep their confidence rooted in the process and what has gotten them to 6-1, not that they’re 6-1.
Says it’ll be funny to see the top 25 get “blown up” when the CFP rankings come out. “Who can say who’s any good? (With the portal)”
The real determination of who’s good doesn’t appear until week 8 or 9, making the top 25 irrelevant.
“We’re trying to expedite this process for ourselves. We’re in a really good spot… sometimes on the way up, you learn through failure. We’re trying to avoid that. We want to be the program that hits this when there’s an opportunity.”
Says Kelly is a really good coach that doesn’t seek attention. “He’s a really good coach, does a really good job getting the best out of his team.”
Like the Aggies, LSU is experiencing a natural progression.
Nic Scourton was sick all week and was cramping. Jayvon Thomas is ok, just had a lot of effects from wear and tear.
Says BJ Mayes is giving the D really good snaps at nickel.
Says Scourton and Stewart have the best matchup this weekend against LSU’s stud tackles. Elko told them “There’s $10 million on the table. Let’s see who gets it.”
“We trust Conner and he should trust himself. He’s very talented.” Says they’re not shying away from throwing the ball with him. There are things that he can do to protect the ball better and he’s working on them.
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