Role Reversal

I cringe in doing this but I have to give Lou Holtz a little credit here. He’s said more than once that in college football, you never know what you are going to get each week from your team. This week, LSU’s porous defense stood tall and kept the Gators out of the endzone in a solid 17-6 victory. Give the LSU staff a lot of credit on this win.

Offense

* The offensive line controlled Florida for most of the game racking up 175 yards on 39 carries. Coming into the game, UF was only giving up 65 yards per game on the ground. Jeremy Hill continued to show why he is one of the best RB’s in the country rushing for 121 yards averaging 6.4 yards a carry.

* Z Mett had some very pedestrian numbers going 9 for 17 for 158 yards. Those are season lows in attempts, completions and yards. But this was by design. He was efficient and didn’t turn the ball over which was exactly what the Tigers needed.

* Give Miles and Co. a lot of credit for the game plan this week. They realized that the only way Florida wins this game was on big plays by the defense and special teams. The Tigers played some “old LSU football” shortening the game and keeping things simple and it worked. I really like how LSU showed they are capable of winning games in different ways.

Defense

* It’s amazing how much better you look when you line up correctly and execute your assignment. There were plenty of superlatives on this side of the ball.

* The defensive line played like we thought they could. UF ran for 151 yards on 36 carries (4.19 yds/carry), the longest being a 14 yard gain. LSU also sacked Murphy 4 times for a loss of 40 yards. Jermauria Rasco racked up 4 QB hurries as well.

* LSU defenders need to learn how to catch the ball. Barrow and White could have made big plays with passes hitting them in the worst possible spot, the hands.

* Coach Chavis was much more aggressive dialing up a number of blitzes during the game. Jalen Mills and Micah Eugene each got a sack on blitz plays.

Did anyone else notice the chippiness in the game? Muschamp seems to run a pretty loose ship and the UF players seem to reflect that on the field. Since taking over in 2011, UF has an average national ranking of 114th in penalties per game (7.9 penalties/game in that span).

LSU v. Ole Miss

The Rebels are coming off a tough 41-38 loss to A&M. After starting 3-0, Ole Miss is now 3-3 just hoping to get bowl eligible. In four SEC games this season, Ole Miss has given up an average of 225 yards a game on the ground. On the other side of the ball Ole Miss can score points, but the Rebs have given up over 3 sacks per game in their four conference games.

I look for the Tigers to put up big numbers this week in Oxford as the defense continues to improve.

LSU 45 – Ole Piss 20

In the press conference after the game a reporter used the hammer and nail analogy to talk about the last two LSU v. UF games. Les’ response was classic Miles…