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Title: "Young Tigers' drops hurt against Alabama"
Post by: WALL-E on November 11, 2014, 01:04:02 PM
Young Tigers' drops hurt against Alabama
By David Ching
Published November 11, 2014, 12:00:41 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Inexperience often reveals itself at the most inopportune times.

Such was the case last Saturday for LSU, when young Tigers dropped multiple catchable passes that could have extended drives -- and in the case of sophomore fullback Melvin Jones, given LSU a key first down during its unsuccessful overtime possession.

"We had some of our best receivers, I mean maybe the most talented ball-skill guys, drop balls [against Alabama]," LSU coach Les Miles said.

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Title: Re: "Young Tigers' drops hurt against Alabama"
Post by: SUPERCOACH on November 11, 2014, 01:11:14 PM
"The same thing win, that always won... and we just have a different bunch of excuses if we lose"

Alabama had dropped passes by star players, costly penalties inside the 10 yard line, bad kicks on special teams, pass interference plays that prevented TDs and were not called, just like LSU did.  The difference is Alabama found a way to win.  So LSU is stuck with making the excuses.

Title: Re: "Young Tigers' drops hurt against Alabama"
Post by: Chechem on November 11, 2014, 01:32:50 PM
Quote from: SUPERCOACH on November 11, 2014, 01:11:14 PM
"The same thing win, that always won... and we just have a different bunch of excuses if we lose"

Alabama had dropped passes by star players, costly penalties inside the 10 yard line, bad kicks on special teams, pass interference plays that prevented TDs and were not called, just like LSU did.  The difference is Alabama found a way to win.  So LSU is stuck with making the excuses.

It's football.  It happens.

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