LSU students left Saturday night’s loss to Ole Miss talking about the same two problems: an offense that never really settled in and a defense that spent too much of the game reacting instead of controlling things.
For 5th year senior Ben Stassi, the rough start set the tone. “I thought the defense and offense came out really shaky,” he said.
“The other team’s quarterback was really good and we just couldn’t stop that guy. Even when we kind of started to piece it together in the second half, it was already too much to overcome.”
Junior Jeremiah Vigee pointed to execution on offense and said the Tigers never found their rhythm early. “They got off to a slow start,” he said. “I think the offense just needs to do better on execution.”
Sophomore Cate Larson had a similar read on the opening half, but she said LSU’s usual second-half push gave her some hope. “The first half was pretty bad,” Larson said.
“But LSU’s known to be a second half team, so I wasn’t too worried. Then when the second half came, we got better, but I feel if Leavitt doesn’t see his first read open, then he automatically goes into trying to run the ball.”
The students were also asked how the offense might handle the absence of star Tight End Trey’Dez Green. Stassi said that loss is a major concern.
“I don’t know; I’m kind of worried about it,” he said. “He’s easily one of our best players on offense and I don’t know who we’re going to throw the ball to, but I hope Lane Kiffin figures it out.”
Vigee said he expects the Tigers to spread the ball around more and lean on shorter gains. “I think we’ll look towards more people like Jayce Brown for quick recessions,” he said. “That way, we’ll get yards and build momentum as we go.”
Larson also expects adjustments. “I think they’ll adjust,” she said. “I think Kiffin knows what he’s doing and I think they have the people to make it happen, but there will definitely be some adjustments needed.”
On the defensive side, the conversation turned to another mobile quarterback in Marcel Reed. Stassi said he thinks the unit will respond strongly after being exposed by Trinidad Chambliss.
“I actually think the defense will come out angry,” he said. “I think they’ll play really well because they just got exposed by Trinidad Chambliss.”
Vigee said LSU has enough talent to handle that kind of challenge. “We’ve struggled against mobile quarterbacks in the past with Blake Baker, but this is a really talented defense and a lot better players than we had in the past, so I think they’ll shut down Marcel Reed.”
He added, “I think we’ll be able to handle a mobile quarterback,” Vigee said. “We have a good secondary and I think we have one of the best defenses in the SEC, if not the whole NCAA.”
Larson said she expects the coaching staff to make the necessary fixes. “I think they’ll be able to make something happen,”Larson said.
“Like I said, Kiffin’s a great coach. I know he’s hated, but he’s a great coach.
They’ll make the proper adjustments because we don’t want another loss like what happened Saturday.”
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