El committ Torshiro Davis hará más visitas

Torshiro Davis el prospecto #2 de Louisiana lleva mucho tiempo comprometido con LSU. Pero tras su elección se ha interesado por otras 2 universidades, Alabama y Texas. De hecho Davis #70 en el ranking ESPNU 150 y #8 entre los DE In fact, Davis, No. 70 in the ESPNU 150 and the No. 8 DE, ha sido uno de los muchos recruits que estaban en las gradas de Tuscaloosa el pasado fin de semana cuando Alabama recibió a los LSU Tigers.

“Man, it was so loud I couldn’t hear myself think,” dijo Torshiro Davis. “The atmosphere was just crazy. I loved it. While I am an LSU commitment I have to admit that Alabama should have won the game. They missed too many opportunities, too many field goals. It should have never gone to overtime.”

Davis 6-3 y 225 libras, ha estado en partidos de LSU y Texas esta temporada, pero las visitas oficiales serán el 9 de Diciembre a los Longhorns y el 13 y 20 de Enero visitará a Alabama y LSU respectivamente.

Les Miles: El Starter no importa

Les Miles ha declarado que el status de "starter" significa muy poco en LSU aún cuando se refiere a los quarterbacks Jarrett Lee y Jordan Jefferson.

"It's not significant to me, nor has it ever been, to name anybody anything," Dijo el HC el lunes antes de que LSU #1 del país reciba a Western Kentucky el sábado noche.

"It will always be about: In this series in the game, which quarterback gives us the best opportunity for victory, I expect that both quarterbacks will play."

Lee fué el "starter" en la victoria por 9-6 de LSU sobre Alabama y técnicamente Lee está 9-0 como titular, pero en el partido después de que Lee lanzará 2 intercepciones en pases consecutivos, salió a jugar Jefferson que acabo jugando la mayoría del encuentro. Jefferson jugó 47 snaps mientras que Lee estuvo limitado a 11. Eso puede llevar a que muchos piensen que Jordan recuperará el puesto de titular que perdió cuando fué arrestado y suspendido 4 partidos tras una pelea de bar en Agosto.

Jefferson, who runs the option, has not passed much this season. For the season he is 12-of-20 for 190 yards and two touchdowns. However, half of those passes and half of those completions came against the Tide. He also rushed for 43 yards in the game.

Blackwell said Jefferson showed commendable poise in a game with far more tension than anything LSU had experienced in winning its previous eight contests by double digits.

"He's a guy who's handled more adversity than anybody on this team," Blackwell said. "He's been indicted. He's been investigated and all that, so coming in and playing late in the Alabama game was not a big deal for him.

"We always look to our quarterback for leadership, regardless of who it is, and Jordan did a great job of keeping everybody calm in tight situations and getting the play call in. He was really effective for us."

However, Blackwell and right tackle Alex Hurst both stressed that Lee should not be judged on one lousy game when he had been productive most of the season.

Lee was completing 63 percent of his passes for 1,250 yards and 13 TDs through his first eight starts and was leading the SEC in passing efficiency to that point. Even now, he is second in the league in that passer efficiency and still has a relatively low three interceptions in 162 attempts.

"He makes a couple of bad throws. That's it. That's how I see what happened," Miles said of Lee's performance in the Alabama game. "We need to get him going again. I think his contribution in this season has been so significant ... he is a very, very capable quarterback and certainly we need to have him be that guy."

Hurst said both quarterbacks, who are seniors, have good chemistry with the entire offense and that the team likes the fact that each has different strengths, giving the Tigers the ability to exploit the differing weaknesses of various defenses.

"We can kind of mix and match, keep opponents off balance," Hurst said.

He also said that while fans may get nervous after seeing a key player stumble, members of LSU's offense would likely be the last people to lose confidence in Lee.

"Jarrett led us great in the first eight games of the season," Hurst said. "Our pass efficiency is up, but when you play this game long enough at quarterback, you're going to throw a pick every now and then.

"Nobody's perfect in this game, but I'm sure Jarrett wants to bounce back from it and hopefully this week he can go out and redeem himself."

W12 @ Ole Miss televisado por la ESPN

El último partido de LSU de la SEC a domicilo contra Ole Miss el sábado 19 de Noviembre en Oxford, empezará a las 6 p.m ET y será televidado por la ESPN.

Saturday, November 19:
Inst. PPV, 11 a.m. CT, Citadel at South Carolina
SEC Network, 11:21 a.m. CT, Kentucky at Georgia
Inst. PPV, 12 p.m. CT, Samford at Auburn
Inst. PPV, 12 p.m. CT, Furman at Florida
Inst. PPV, 1 p.m. CT, Georgia Southern at Alabama
CBS, 2:30 p.m. CT, Miss. State at Arkansas
ESPN, 6 p.m. CT, LSU at Ole Miss
ESPNU, 6 p.m. CT, Vanderbilt at Tennessee

Montgomery y Reid Jugadores de la semana de la SEC

Los 2 defensas sophomores de LSU, el S Eric Reid y el DE Sam Montgomery ha sido nombrado jugadores de la semana de la SEC por el partido que LSU gana 9-6 a Alabama en el OT el pasado sábado.

Reid, ha sido nombrado Jugador Defensido de la Semana de la SEC mientras que Montgomery ha sido nombrado DL de la Semana de la SEC. Los 2 jugadores fueron clave en que LSU mantuviese a Alabama en 6 puntos, que es la más baja para los Crimson Tide en la era de Nick Saban.


Las estadísticas de Reid fueron, 6 tackles 1 para pérdida, 1 intercepción en la yarda 1 de LSU en el último cuarto que fué fundamental en la victoria de los Tigers y además forzó un fumble.
Montgomery también consiguió 6 tackles, incluyendo 2 sacks. Sú último sack llego en un 3º down en el OT que forzo a Alabama a intentar el FG de 52 yardas, el cual fallaron. El primer sack, ayudo a forzar el FG de 49 yardas, que fué bloqueado.

Otros premios han sido los siguientes: Jeff Demps [Florida] Jugador Ofensivo de la Semana, Dennis Johnson [Arkansas] Jugador de Special Teams de la Semana, Ben Jones [Georgia] OL de la Semana, Maxwell Smith [Kentucky] Freshman de la Semana y Jake Bequette [Arkansas] Co-DL de la Semana.

2011 LSU Football - Premios a Jugador de la Semana

Oregon
CB Tyrann Mathieu (SEC Def. Player of the Week, Thorpe Award Def. Back of the Week)

Northwestern State
None

Mississippi State
CB Morris Claiborne (Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week)
DT Bennie Logan (SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week)
WR Odell Beckham Jr. (SEC Freshman of the Week)
PK Drew Alleman (Lou Groza Star of the Week)

West Virginia
CB Tyrann Mathieu (Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week)
P Brad Wing (SEC Special Teams Player of the Week)

Kentucky
DE Sam Montgomery (SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week)

Florida
OG Will Blackwell (SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week)

Tennessee
OT Chris Faulk (SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week)

Auburn
P Brad Wing (SEC Special Teams Player of the Week)
DE Barkevious Mingo (SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week)

Alabama
S Eric Reid (SEC Defensive Player of the Week)
DE Sam Montgomery (SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week)
PK Drew Alleman (Lou Groza Star of the Week)

Rankings: Seguimos en el #1

Los rankings posteriores a la victoria 9-6 contra Alabama en el OT, muestra una decisión unánime, seguimos siendo los números 1 de toda la nación. Lo que ha cambiado del rankings es que ahora con nuestro 9-0 (6-0 SEC) hemos recibido todos los votos de los entrenadores para el primer puesto y 59 de 60 de la AP.


En el rankings BCS, LSU ha aumentado su ventaja con respecto al nuevo número #2 Oklahoma State en .0197 puntos. Tras la derrota a Alabama le han colocado como #3 en lugar de #5 tras equipos como #4 Stanford y #5 Boise State que todavía siguen invictos. Con esto yo entiendo que los del BCS no verían con malos ojos repetir el LSU-Alabama en el National Championship. Personalmente creo que eso no debería de ocurrir nunca, LSU #1 del país ha ido al campo del #2 para demostrar quien era el mejor, les hemos ganado y esta temporada ya ha quedado demostrado que somos superiores, Alabama en 2012 ya tendrá una nueva oportunidad de jugar contra nosotros, pero este año su tren se ha marchado. Los 2 equipos que pueden evitar reeditar el partido son Oklahoma State y Stanford, a Boise State no creo que aun terminando invicto le den la posibilidad de ir al BNC. A Oklahoma State le queda un partido duro contra sus grande rivales Oklahoma, de ganar este partido me imagino que irán ellos al National. En caso de perder Oklahoma State y Stanford ganar lo que le falta que incluye ganar a Oregon, Andrew Luck podría tener la oportunidad de jugar su último partido en el BNC. De momento todo son conjeturas.

Bowl Championship Series Standings - Nov. 6

RK, TEAM, BCS AVG, PVS, COMP AVG, COMP %
1. LSU, .9931, 1, 1, .98
2. Oklahoma State, .9447, 3, 1, .98
3. Alabama, .8836, 2, 3, .90
4. Stanford, .8749, 4, 7, .77
5. Boise State, .8473, 5, 4, .85
6. Oklahoma, .7978, 6, 4, .85
7. Oregon, .7708, 8, 8, .72
8. Arkansas, .7452, 7, 6, .78
9. Clemson, .6435, 11, 9, .64
10. Virginia Tech, .5913, 12, 14, .50
11. Houston, .5510, 13, 13, .52
12. Penn State, .4838, 16, 16, .40
13. South Carolina, .4528, 9, 12, .55
14. Kansas State, .3808, 14, 10, .62
15. Georgia, .3696, 18, 17, .33
16. Texas, .3664, 21, 11, .61
17. Michigan State, .3372, 17, 25, .08
18. Wisconsin, .3046, 20, 28, .02
19. Nebraska, .2792, 10, 22, .11
20. Auburn, .2097, 22, 15, .43
21. Georgia Tech, .2094, 23, 22, .11
22. Southern Miss, .2039, 25, 18, .25
23. Cincinnati, .1869, NR, 24, .09
24. Michigan, .1768, 15, 25, .08
25. Baylor, .0708, NR, 19, .21

USA TODAY TOP 25 COACHES' POLL - Nov. 6, 2011

Rank, School (record), Points, Last week's rank
1. LSU (59) (9-0), 1475, 1
2. Stanford (9-0), 1378, 3
3. Oklahoma State (9-0), 1359, 4
4. Alabama (8-1), 1286, 2
5. Boise State (8-0), 1242, 5
6. Oregon (8-1), 1180, 6
7. Oklahoma (8-1), 1141, 7
8. Arkansas (8-1), 1075, 8
9. Virginia Tech (8-1), 955, 11
10. Clemson (8-1), 946, 12
11. Houston (9-0), 828, 14
12. Penn State (8-1), 799, 15
13. Michigan State (7-2), 696, 16
14. Wisconsin (7-2), 654, 17
15. South Carolina (7-2), 618, 10
16. Georgia (7-2), 572, 20
17. Nebraska (7-2), 530, 9
18. Cincinnati (7-1), 386, 22
19. Georgia Tech (7-2), 354, 23
20. Texas (6-2), 339, 25
21. Michigan (7-2), 334, 13
22. Kansas State (7-2), 328, 19
23. Southern Mississippi (8-1), 301, 24
24. TCU (7-2), 115, not ranked
25. Auburn (6-3), 109, not ranked

Dropped out: No. 18 Arizona State (6-3, lost to UCLA 29-28), No. 21 West Virginia (6-3, lost to Louisville 38-35).

Others receiving votes: Arizona State (6-3) 49; Florida State (6-3) 44; Notre Dame (6-3) 22; Ohio State (6-3) 22; Washington (6-3) 10; Iowa (6-3) 8; Texas A&M (5-4) 6; West Virginia (6-3) 6; Baylor (5-3) 3; Rutgers (6-3) 2; Arkansas State (7-2) 1; Miami (Fla.) (5-4) 1; Virginia (6-3) 1.

The AP Top 25

Record Points Previous
1. LSU (59) 9-0 1,499 1
2. Oklahoma St. 9-0 1,398 3
3. Stanford 9-0 1,369 4
4. Alabama 8-1 1,334 2
5. Boise St. (1) 8-0 1,288 5
6. Oregon 8-1 1,184 6
7. Oklahoma 8-1 1,138 7
8. Arkansas 8-1 1,107 8
9. Clemson 8-1 979 11
10. Virginia Tech 8-1 885 12
11. Houston 9-0 804 14
12. Penn St. 8-1 725 16
13. Michigan St. 7-2 718 15
14. Georgia 7-2 657 18
15. South Carolina 7-2 654 10
16. Wisconsin 7-2 602 19
17. Kansas St. 7-2 546 17
18. Southern Cal 7-2 502 21
19. Nebraska 7-2 491 9
20. Georgia Tech 7-2 340 22
21. Texas 6-2 313 NR
22. Michigan 7-2 264 13
23. Cincinnati 7-1 206 23
24. Auburn 6-3 181 25
25. Southern Miss. 8-1 161 NR

Others receiving votes: TCU 56, Ohio St. 50, Arizona St. 15, Florida St. 12, Washington 8, Iowa 4, Notre Dame 4, Baylor 3, Tulsa 1, Virginia 1, West Virginia 1.