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Film Room: LSU 21, Mississippi State 19
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 ROSS DELLENGER COMMENTS
Welcome to Film Room, our weekly analysis of LSU’s last football game. Have a seat. No talking. No tweeting. No texting. Pay attention.
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How They Happened (big-play analysis)
Fournette for 6 – again: On second-and-5 from the State 18-yard line, LSU RB Leonard Fournette gets his third and final touchdown of the game on a scamper meant to go behind left tackle Jerald Hawkins and pulling guard Maea Teuhema. Instead, Fournette bounces the run to the outside and easily scores.
Film Room: LSU 21, Mississippi State 19
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 ROSS DELLENGER COMMENTS
Welcome to Film Room, our weekly analysis of LSU’s last football game. Have a seat. No talking. No tweeting. No texting. Pay attention.
(click photos to enlarge)
How They Happened (big-play analysis)
Fournette for 6 – again: On second-and-5 from the State 18-yard line, LSU RB Leonard Fournette gets his third and final touchdown of the game on a scamper meant to go behind left tackle Jerald Hawkins and pulling guard Maea Teuhema. Instead, Fournette bounces the run to the outside and easily scores.
- You see the three arrows? Those are Mississippi State linebackers, and each of the three does the same thing on this play. They crash into the left side of the line, getting caught up in a mass of bodies in the middle-left of the line of scrimmage.
- LSU had 266 rushing yards. So the offensive line couldn’t have played that bad, right? Well, they didn’t have the greatest game. They played like an O-line with two new starters (Will Clapp and true freshman Maea Teuhema) and two other players in different positions (Vadal Alexander and Jerald Hawkins).
- There is a reason RG Josh Boutte did not play in the second half. He struggled during his drives in the first half, something LSU coach Les Miles hinted to after the game, saying Boutte needed more “coaching” and “seasoning.” Boutte’s first step is awfully slow. He had four Blips in the first half. To refresh your memory, a Blip is a missed block that causes a negative play. Here’s an example of what we’re talking about (check out No. 76’s first step):
- Teuhema played the entire second half at LG while Will Clapp moved to RG. Teuhema certainly has some promise. That is easily apparent on a handful of plays in which he pulled and led through the hole. He had four Booms (memory refresher: a Boom is a key block that springs a positive rushing play), but he had three Blips – many of them coming in the final quarter and a half.
- Teuhema wasn’t the only one who struggled in the second half. LSU’s line missed a ton of assignments, blocks, whatever you want to call it over the last two quarters. About two-thirds of the line’s Blips came in the second half. It was a big reason the Tigers offense hit a wall in the final two quarters.
- LT Jerald Hawkins, to no surprise, had the most Booms of any linemen at five, but he did have three Blips. Vadal Alexander had some issues at RT, with four Blips. Ethan Pocic and Clapp combined on a few drives for some plus plays, both pulling and leading to the left side.
