Game Talk: Louisiana vs. Kentucky

[zephyr]

I Like Hud, but these coordinators are abysmal in using the players that they have. Why insert Haack to throw stupid ___ dump off passes there? Goodness gracious, this is typical.

Oh, and playcalling is the absolute worse.

Because the Defense has the upper hand. They know you need to travel a long distance in a short period of time hence, you need a couple of big plays. They play off and protect against the big play and give you dump offs. That's the idea. I do wish we had a attempted to go longer and we burned way too much time between plays but its easy for us to say we should throw deep when the teeth of the defense is looking for this.

[zephyr]

You are correct. For those who say that there is no such thing as a turnover battle, I disagree. This game was lost due to turnovers and nothing else.

[Stabil123]

BS

[zephyr]

BS

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[Frenchie35]

This may have been posted:

Down by 23 pts, Nixon came into the game with 1:26 left in the 3rd. down by that much you would think Haack should have been in because we needed to score and fast. He had the arm to move us down the field. So coach went with the running QB and the short pass. It worked, and how. Nixon drove us down for three scores to tie the game. Now we hold Kentucky and get the ball back with 7:30 left in the 4th. In come Haack. The game tied at 33 Nixon was the man we needed. Run the ball down their throat, run clock, either score a TD or a field goal and possibly win the game. In come Haack who could not move the ball. Better yet all we had was the 5-6 yard dump over the middle. Kentucky would give that up all night. Nixon could have done that and run the ball if needed. Am I making myself clear here?

[Cajun_Engr]

On the QBs, I like Haack, I wanted Haack to start. Going forward, I think in most situations he will bring the long ball threat and it will open up Eli to get back to that 7.6 yards/carry avg.

With Eli if we have a true passing game that must be respected we will light people up.

That being said .... from what I saw last night I think a 2 QB system, maybe 3:1 Haack/Nixon will work. Nixon showed he deserves to be in the mix and opens things up if the running game isn't working.

And for some of the better defenses where Eli can't be effetive, Nixon brings that 3rd dimension that changes things, just like last night. I give credit to Nixon over Haack and I dont think if Haack stays in last night we come back.

But for defenses that aren't SEC, Haack and Eli combo will spread them out and our offense will run over SBC defenses. Jmho.

But again Nixon showed he does need to be in the mix, especially in the red zone. Really, I'd probably be good with Nixon coming in whenever we get to the redzone. I think he has the clear advantage over Haack there.

[Cajun_Engr]

But what of the biggest difference I saw last night was ...... defense! Last year when we played Ole Miss and Boise I don't think they had 3rd down stats because they never went beyond 1st and 2nd downs!!!

Last night I saw our defense see something I hadn't seen much of these past few years .... make adjustments!

[zephyr]

On the QBs, I like Haack, I wanted Haack to start. Going forward, I think in most situations he will bring the long ball threat and it will open up Eli to get back to that 7.6 yards/carry avg.

With Eli if we have a true passing game that must be respected we will light people up.

That being said .... from what I saw last night I think a 2 QB system, maybe 3:1 Haack/Nixon will work. Nixon showed he deserves to be in the mix and opens things up if the running game isn't working.

And for some of the better defenses where Eli can't be effetive, Nixon brings that 3rd dimension that changes things, just like last night. I give credit to Nixon over Haack and I dont think if Haack stays in last night we come back.

But for defenses that aren't SEC, Haack and Eli combo will spread them out and our offense will run over SBC defenses. Jmho.

But again Nixon showed he does need to be in the mix, especially in the red zone. Really, I'd probably be good with Nixon coming in whenever we get to the redzone. I think he has the clear advantage over Haack there.

I think its the opposite on his effect on Eli. He will not pose much of a running threat which, when running the zone read, this will keep all eyes on Eli and you will see much of what you saw last night with perhaps a few more big plays from Eli. Having a guy like Nixon really opens it up for your backs which is a reason you saw Pierce go for big gains.

[Cajun_Engr]

I will also say I put this game ahead of the near Florida win in 2011. That Florida team had no offense and UL had one real drive in that game. UL played well in the Florida game but got a little lucky and made a big play on that blocked punt.

I would say that the UL team I saw last night would have won that UF game in 2011.

I don't know if I'm just hyped to see a solid UL team or what, but I was REALLY impressed last night.

Take away the 1st Q which was us getting in the groove, after all remember 1st game of the season and we have true freshman playing in some positions don't forgot ... and we looked outstanding against a "bigger/faster" SEC team last night.

[Cajun_Engr]

I think its the opposite on his effect on Eli. He will not pose much of a running threat which, when running the zone read, this will keep all eyes on Eli and you will see much of what you saw last night with perhaps a few more big plays from Eli. Having a guy like Nixon really opens it up for your backs which is a reason you saw Pierce go for big gains.

That is true. Everyone was focused on Eli, for good reason, and they were shutting him down. In comes Nixon with Pierce and the focus goes to Nixon and Pierce is overlooked and is able to light them up.

But the difference between this game and the rest of our schedule is this is probably the best defense we will see all year. They can shut Eli down. The SBC defensed can't. And if Eli is running the table it opens up Haack to pass and we move the ball at will.

But again, that being said, at the first sign that this isn't happening, put Nixon in and go to town. And for the redzone Nixon has the cleat advantage over Haack. I'm all for Nixon being the "every down" QB from here forward in the redzone.

And if we ate truly able to run a dual QB system with 2 totally different QB styles, the opposing defenses won't know what to do.

Jmho