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Upon Further Review: The Florida Game
This time last year I was dancing down the streets of Chicago in drunken glee. LSU had gone into the Swamp, taken down the Gators and done so in spectacular fashion, with a tipsy fake FG and the great play of Jarrett Lee, atoning for his 2008 sins. Florida ended up being only an above average team,...
Upon Further Review: The Mississippi State Game
It's high time we bring this series back to ATVS. I had a piece for Oregon prepped, but due to internet/travel restrictions I was unable to get it up in a timely fashion, until it was essentially irrelevant. This is a little late as well, but at least with enough space before West Virginia that it...
Upon Further Review: The Auburn Game
Before I get into the miasma, let's acknowledge some things out of the gate. 1) Auburn clearly outplayed us. I've watched the game probably two or three times now. Cam Newton was far and away the best player on the field Saturday and it wasn't particularly close. Nick Fairley may have been 2nd...
Upon Further Review: The McNeese State Game
Well, Billy tried to warn you, but I'm not sure he expected this. Coming off the highest of highs from last week, we returned to planet Earth with something less inspiring. Would it have been nice to come out and steamroll McNeese, roll up 500 yards of offense, hold them to under 100 yards and look...
Upon Further Review: The Florida Game
This one is sweet. It's sweet because the last two years Florida has ended our undefeated seasons. It's sweet because we haven't won in the Swamp since 2004. It's sweet because after a week where Les Miles endured ruthless media criticism, he beat a media darling. It's sweet because not only did he...
Upon Further Review: The Tennessee Game
Forgive me for making a broad generalization, but after perusing LSU message boards the last couple of days, is it bad for me to label many of you a bunch of Jessie Spano's? Ok, so not the brilliant, regular readers of ATVS, but all those other assclowns that cannot seem to have any response to...
Upon Further Review: "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore!"
Enough is enough and it's time for a change. Sorry, didn't mean to go all Owen Hart on you there, but I'm not sure any other reaction is in order. I always thought the aim of the coaching staff was to put the team in the best position to win the game, not lose it. Yet, our decision making seems...
Upon Further Review: Texas Offense vs Tech, First Half
It took a while -- and a non-trivial piece of my soul -- but last night I finished charting Texas' first-half performance on offense versus Texas Tech. You'll find the gory details beyond the jump, but I'll lead with the conclusions, since I'd imagine most of you just want the upshots. Not that I...
Upon Further Review: Playing Championship Level Defense
If you happened to miss the game, I advise you to do two things: a) Watch it and b) Don't read a box score until you watch it. Why? Because the box score doesn't tell the whole story. Truth be told, we smacked that ass all night long. The game was never in doubt (not even when Vick Ballard scored...
Upon Further Review: Longhorns First Half Offense vs Wyoming
The bad news is that a play-by-play -- frame-by-frame -- review takes an obscenely long time to do. It would take a long time just to watch, but when in addition you're charting the various outcomes? It really takes time. The good news is that from the exercise you glean an understanding of the...
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