LSU wanted the win more than we did...we had two, they had none in CFP era and they played hard...our boys were not quite tough enough...Ross & Higgins could not fight through the PI on every play and were not squaring off their routes against fast corners...Etienne played like a champion...he left his on the field...Trevor gave too many interviews and the officiating was awful...someone got to the Pac-12 refs watched a number of Pac 12 games this year and they do not allow grabbing and arm blocking on every pass play...running back hand touching out of bounds and not even stopping to review...Higgins PI...no targeting or roughing on Rogers hit but Skalski out when his shoulder clearly hit first...helment is on the end you tackle with...foot tackling is illegal...those things turned the game at a critical time...where was Chad Smith...our corners had issues and need to stay in school another year! Will be great to look back a film on the fame and see where the issues were...my hat is off to Travis...he did his part well! Rudolph did not play enough...when he was in his pressure was good...We will be back next and LSU will be just a dream without Burrow! Clemson Bama at the next dance...our offense was out of sorts and our corners could not contain the big plays..LSU boys can catch the football!
My bad...hats off to Davis in the middle...he gave it everything...don't think some of us realize how important a strong D line is until it is gone...we just did not have enough studs there to really put pressure on the QB..when he was pressured he clearly got rattled...that D line was great for everyone else in the country...real Tigers will be back...fake tigers fade into the swamp!