rtr88
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I will go as far as to say we would've won. I do think minus the 2 muffed punts we take a small lead into the locker room at the half. Also, I believe that kickoff, our offensive series, and their field position on the ensuing drive completely sucked the life out of our team
So without those 3, it's a different ballgame.
In a two score game, you don't go for it on 4th down on your own 20 yd line. Even if they had made it, they would have been punting 3 plays later. This offense was not driving 80 yards. Plus, did anyone really think this offensive line could get any push against LSU's line.....heck, agains UMass' line would have been debatable.
That doesn't excuse a very poor decision for Hoke. He clearly just wanted to go home.
There is nothing about Coach Hoke that leads me to call him a joke.In his radio interview, he said he had the chance to stop the game during the rainstorm before the kick but opted to play. He said he thought they could see.
Nice one.
hoke was horrible on the sideline. Matched butch at his worse. Taking the ball was the worst decision i've seen in yrs. Going for it on 4th down at your 25 with a horrible ol is another.
Unforced mistakes by players and coaches practically gave lsu every point they scored. Wonder why they're 0-7?
The weather caused our two fumbled punts, but the coach could have told them to let them go. He even mentioned in the aftershow that LSU never fielded a punt. Decision to play, THEN the decision to receive instead of kicking off in that monsoon was worse in game coaching than Butch ever did here. Then you go for it on 4th down with a rag-tag OL inside your own 25 in the 3rd quarter with the game still in reach. Vols out gain Tigers, lead in time of possession. Mistakes directly gave LSU 17 point, and we lost by 20. Then add to the fact that had we only been down 3, wouldn't have had to go for it on 4th down in the red zone. Brady Hoke absolutely lost this game for us.
I thought the game was out of reach at that point. Give the ball to them there and the results are the same, defense could not stop them. Better to realize that and try to keep the ball. You can't make 1" you don't deserve to win then game, its that simple.