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LSU's Fournette looking forward to Alabama

In all seriousness, Fournette is a great running back, good person and will probably win the Heisman -- at this point, I'd hand him the Heisman on a platter. On the other hand, our defense is putting up insane numbers nationally -- forget the SEC, we lead in every relevant stat there. I cannot wait to see this unstoppable object vs an immovable object. So far, even the ones who are supposed to be great (Chubb, Collins, etc.) have hit the wall. This will be true grown-man football at its best. Win or lose, I am looking forward to it. Though yeah I'd be disappointed to lose and happy to win. Can't wait for this game to start. Anyone who loves real football should be too. I guess this will be Game of the Century IV or something like that?
 
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B1GTide said:
I think that Fournette can either win or lose the Heisman race in this game, but it is his to lose right now.
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He would have to get completely shut down by our D to even remotely lose the Heisman at this point and I really doubt that happens. He will walk away with the statue in December.
 
uafan4life said:
After his stellar performance against us last year, I can see why he's so confident.


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I think he will have a bit more than 79 yds...
 
FYI: Every rush defense LSU has faced is 45th or lower other than Florida...and Florida is 21st, conceding about 116 rypg which isn't terrible but definitely not shutdown.

Fournette is a freak of nature and I'm not going to be the guy to call him a paper tiger but I do believe his numbers are inflated. LSU's schedule in general has turned out pretty weak other than that Florida matchup. They can count their blessings that the NCAA didn't come for a doping test in Gainesville a week later or I could definitely have seen them losing that home game to a Grier-led Florida offense.

This isn't one of LSU's better defenses either. I'd say that they're probably more in line with the 2013 unit than the 2012 or 2014 units. Needless to say they aren't that beastly 2011 unit that could go inch for inch with our own that year. I'm not exactly sold we have a ton of offensive success because of the OL issues, OL injury at an already struggling position with the starter healthy, and a somewhat turnover prone outfit in general. But I do think there are things that we can take advantage of if the execution allows it. Not a shutdown unit, capable athletes around the field, but they've been exploited at times especially in the secondary.
 
Sure, LSU's schedule isn't Alabama's, but Fournette's stats are legit. He has only 9 carries in garbage time - meaning only 9 carries in games in which LSU was winning by more than 2 TDs. Miles is not leaving him in games against weak opponents to pad his stats. Against AP ranked teams, he averages 7.3 YPC - against SEC opponents it is 7.4 YPC.

One thing that I noticed - they don't use him like you use Henry on 3rd down. He only has 13 carries on 3rd down all season (though he also has 2 receptions out of the backfield). So, only 15 touches on 3rd down. That seems odd to me.
 
CoastGhost said:
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Wonder why nobody can ever get that pose right.
 
theballguy said:
In all seriousness, Fournette is a great running back, good person and will probably win the Heisman -- at this point, I'd hand him the Heisman on a platter. On the other hand, our defense is putting up insane numbers nationally -- forget the SEC, we lead in every relevant stat there. I cannot wait to see this unstoppable object vs an immovable object. So far, even the ones who are supposed to be great (Chubb, Collins, etc.) have hit the wall. This will be true grown-man football at its best. Win or lose, I am looking forward to it. Though yeah I'd be disappointed to lose and happy to win. Can't wait for this game to start. Anyone who loves real football should be too. I guess this will be Game of the Century IV or something like that?
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From what little I know about him, apparently he is a good guy...

Thought it was kinda cool that he gave props to Reuben when asked about the hit.

Apparently said something along the lines of that having had been the hardest that he had ever been hit...
 
A Les Miles team has never been able to keep their mouths shut for 2 weeks for as long as I can remember. It seems like every year at least one of their players runs his mouth. I still remember Honey Badger and his talk. Can't wait to see who does it this year.......
 
B1GTide said:
Sure, LSU's schedule isn't Alabama's, but Fournette's stats are legit. He has only 9 carries in garbage time - meaning only 9 carries in games in which LSU was winning by more than 2 TDs. Miles is not leaving him in games against weak opponents to pad his stats. Against AP ranked teams, he averages 7.3 YPC - against SEC opponents it is 7.4 YPC.

One thing that I noticed - they don't use him like you use Henry on 3rd down. He only has 13 carries on 3rd down all season (though he also has 2 receptions out of the backfield). So, only 15 touches on 3rd down. That seems odd to me.
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The recent SI article talked about Fournette's great receiving ability. Are they holding him back in that department until the LSWho vs Bama game? He does concern me, but they do have another very good RB also.

Their QB is getting better throwing the ball. They do have some very good WR's that even Bama wanted. So, are we going to see LSWho's entire package next week. Or is Coach Miles going to be chewing on grass and trying to RUN the ball on every play.
 
B1GTide said:
Sure, LSU's schedule isn't Alabama's, but Fournette's stats are legit. He has only 9 carries in garbage time - meaning only 9 carries in games in which LSU was winning by more than 2 TDs. Miles is not leaving him in games against weak opponents to pad his stats. Against AP ranked teams, he averages 7.3 YPC - against SEC opponents it is 7.4 YPC.

One thing that I noticed - they don't use him like you use Henry on 3rd down. He only has 13 carries on 3rd down all season (though he also has 2 receptions out of the backfield). So, only 15 touches on 3rd down. That seems odd to me.
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Garbage time or not, he's not been facing quality rush defense. He's legit, he's probably just a bit inflated on his YPG numbers because almost all of the quality rush defenses he is scheduled to see this year are on the backend of their season.

I'm not questioning his skill, I'm just questioning the magnitude we should expect from him on November 7. LSU fans want to believe he's gonna lay down 180+ on us and no way he goes below 150...I tend to believe that he's probably gonna run for between 90-120 yards. Thats a dang good day at the office against this front seven...but I don't know if that is good enough for an LSU win without Alabama turnover problems and/or Brandon Harris hitting a handful of 1-on-1 jump balls.
 
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