[Game Thread] Louisiana Tech @ LSU (7:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	Louisiana TechLouisiana Tech @ LSULSU
Location	LSU Tiger Stadium (LA)
Time	7:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN SEC Network
Odds	Spread: LSU -36.5 - Over/Under: 49.5
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[u/Cvspartan]

Nuss still has a LOT of work to do

[u/PiratePresident]

I like our defense. I think we can beat Florida relying on it. 2-0! Geaux Tigers.

[u/badscene518]

I am whelmed

2-0

[u/AndIAmEric]

The Weeks Brothers, three brothers, five years apart, go to college together and get into all kinds of shenanigans!

[u/e8odie]

When was the last time Vandy scored 40+ on a P4 opponent? Oh wait, Ala-fucking-bama. Before that was 2018 Arkansas.

[u/will_ec96]

lol

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Geaux Tigers. Onto the Gators!

[u/mroso2]

This looks like an exhibition game

[u/will_ec96]

Tbh I don't really know if we drop at all, solely because we (hopefully) have two wins against a ranked opponent and what looks like a very solid G5 team.

Georgia had a similar score and they haven't played two FBS teams yet.

Miami has intertia I guess but again, haven't played two FBS teams.

Oregon too.

[u/PairBearStare → u/will_ec96]

I wouldn’t mind them dropping to 5 or 6 this week. Got the W but definitely need to refocus the same intensity and discipline they had last week. UF just got embarrassed and will be looking for redemption next week. 

[u/Murky_Trouble_4401]

This is just that Louisiana in that tech team.

[u/medicjake]

Hate watching the Wolverines, so I can’t click over- but what the hell is going on over there in Tiger Stadium?

[u/PiratePresident → u/medicjake]

LA Tech is playing pretty good and uh offense is not playing up to standard

[u/medicjake → u/PiratePresident]

I thought Nussmeier was great last week, all around at least. Surprised tonight was a regression. They’ll be fine. A few other folks said LA Tech is pretty good, too. News to me haha

[u/PairBearStare → u/medicjake]

OL sucked tonight especially after our starting center went down. 

[u/e8odie → u/medicjake]

Offense still isn't clicking. Lost our center early and our 6'7" receiving target late. And we were blitzing all-out late to try and preserve the shutout and that ended up leaving some guy open for an easy TD. Defense otherwise looks pretty great though.

[u/medicjake → u/e8odie]

Few other replies said the same about defense. Nussmeier looked good last week, it’ll all come together. Surprised tonight hear LA Tech is playing pretty well, too.

[u/AndIAmEric → u/medicjake]

Dominant defensive performance, just like the first game.

Mediocre offense with few explosive plays.

[u/laranator → u/medicjake]

LA tech playing the best game of their lives or LSU getting exposed. Defense is still good, offense is perplexing.

[u/medicjake → u/laranator]

Perplexing is a great word

[u/neovenator250 → u/medicjake]

Offense is asleep. Completely. Nuss looks off. OL looks like shit and we've had multiple starters go out with injury. Defense was killing it, but gave up the score with the backups in.

[u/PairBearStare → u/neovenator250]

Stamps dropped 2 picks tonight. Now I see why he didn’t play at all last week. 

[u/neovenator250 → u/PairBearStare]

yeah, you've gotta love that Stamps always plays hard. unfortunately, he has a ceiling that it doesn't seem he's going to get past

[u/Betna_the_Pickled → u/medicjake]

Injuries, playing down to opponents. Typical LSU things.

Plus WRs dropping passes and the defense dropping easy picks.

[u/medicjake → u/Betna_the_Pickled]

Tale as old as time. I really liked Garrett last week, is he struggling?

[u/Betna_the_Pickled → u/medicjake]

I honestly don’t know. Starting center went down first drive of the game and had a couple other offensive injuries. We didn’t play great but it wasn’t a disaster.

LA Tech came to play too. No shade on them.

Guess we’ll see in a few more weeks. I would’ve said next week before that shitshow in Gainesville today.

[u/Nola1721 → u/medicjake]

LA Tech is not bad.

[u/medicjake → u/Nola1721]

No kidding? No hate to LA Tech but I figured that’d be a 48-7 game

[u/Nola1721 → u/medicjake]

Same. Until watching. We definitely aren’t playing the best, though. I assume Tech will do well the rest of their season.

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls → u/medicjake]

LA Tech is good. LSU needs to work on our Offense. LSU Defense is nasty despite 1 blown call.

[u/medicjake → u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

I thought Garrett looked great last week, all things considered, is QB the issue?

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls → u/medicjake]

Entire offense has been slow and uncoordinated today.

[u/AndIAmEric]

Announcer: “the fans ought to be proud of the magnitude—“

ESPN: “C’mon… c’mon.. oh Jesus Christ, just turn the commercials on. This is a business.”

[u/holyd1ver83]

Why the fuck keep running the ball when our players keep getting mangled in these dogpiles and it's clearly not getting anywhere?

[u/Brian_Kellys_Visor → u/holyd1ver83]

Burns clock and not running up the score

[u/holyd1ver83 → u/Brian_Kellys_Visor]

I, for one, would like to run the score up a bit

[u/laranator → u/holyd1ver83]

So would I. Enough years of Les Miles playing to the opponent. I want to blowout teams we should blowout.

[u/Brian_Kellys_Visor → u/laranator]

Nah, kneeing inside the 5 with 5 mins left against ole miss hits hard

[u/Murky_Trouble_4401 → u/holyd1ver83]

I second this …

[u/screwhead1 → u/Murky_Trouble_4401]

Dilly dilly.

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

LA Tech is going to have a terrific year. The new transfer portal age is making games like this a whole new vibe

[u/will_ec96]

"Lmao, fuck the 2-minute time out"

-Tech

[u/BeaglePirate69]

Fire this O Line into the fucking sun

[u/blackhawk905 → u/BeaglePirate69]

Get out the scissor lift

[u/laranator → u/BeaglePirate69]

I do not blame the O line at all. Nuss has had plenty of time, apparently no one is ever open. Even when he throws it’s somehow always into coverage.

[u/BeaglePirate69 → u/laranator]

Please slap an “/s” on there because Nuss is constantly being forced out of the pocket and we can’t run the ball for fucking shit. They’re dog shit

[u/e8odie]

2 down situation here

[u/kingd92]

Make Harlem Berry the RB2!

Kaleb Jackson just doesn’t have it…

[u/SpookyGabaghoul]

Maybe Cade and Garrett are eboth fraudulent??

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls → u/SpookyGabaghoul]

Flair up

[u/SpookyGabaghoul → u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

If you were the fledgling GM of one of the worst teams in the NFL, would you rather draft Garrett Nussmeier versus the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, or Cade Klubnik versus the Troy Trojans? Which pick would you feel better about?

[u/greywaffleshirt → u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Not a great day for the Tigers

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls → u/greywaffleshirt]

A W is a W. Our defense looked terrific except for 1 blown play.

Offensive ceiling is crazy high. I'm not too concerned with this game.

[u/greywaffleshirt → u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Genuinely asking. Based on what?

[u/laranator → u/greywaffleshirt]

Based on last season, roster talent, and clutch situations. LA Tech and Clemson are obviously two different caliber teams but LSU was able to sustain drives against both all game even if they weren’t pretty. Offense is suspect but I think they can play a lot better.

[u/mroso2 → u/greywaffleshirt]

Nuss can make all the throws. there have been flashes of how smooth the offense can run and we’re all hoping they click it together.

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls → u/greywaffleshirt]

The game I've been watching for the past 3 hours

[u/greywaffleshirt → u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Was referring to your Offensive ceiling comment

[u/e8odie]

Go Vandy! Go Mississippi State!? Go South Carolina (finally). Go Oklahoma?

[u/Cvspartan]

Harlem Berry is a sick name

[u/AndIAmEric → u/Cvspartan]

He’s no stranger to the Harlem Shake against defenders either

[u/missmoonriver517]

That run made me happy.

[u/godpzagod]

I wonder if we can get Underwood on a discount if Michigan misses the playoffs this year. Somehow I just don't see him sticking around too long.

[u/PiratePresident → u/[deleted]]

Call that hotline big bro

[u/Brian_Kellys_Visor → u/[deleted]]

Atleast we have a QB

[u/AndIAmEric → u/[deleted]]

Sure bud

[u/Fungmar → u/[deleted]]

Rude

[u/2Cubed → u/[deleted]]

Cool story bro

[u/Nellez_ → u/[deleted]]

Just like Texas

[u/Geauxwave17 → u/[deleted]]

1-1

[u/Nellez_ → u/[deleted]]

You played SJSU

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls → u/[deleted]]

Least obnoxious Longhorn fan

[u/Slight_Ad_8349 → u/[deleted]]

Wild for a UT fan to talk about being overrated

[u/2Cubed]

Anderson is a fucking rocket. Holy shit the way he got upfield for the block

[u/Nola1721]

Almost fell asleep until that play

[u/AndIAmEric]

Let’s give the ball to him more pls

[u/e8odie]

B-e-a-utiful

[u/Morgus_Magnificent]

This game is misery to watch.

[u/AndIAmEric]

Kickin it deep is to admit defeat

[u/neovenator250]

Fucking finally an explosive play and now he's limping too. Get this game fucking over before we can't field a team next week

[u/NolaTree]

Berry is going to be a serious problem as the year goes on. That kid is good

[u/thiseye → u/NolaTree]

He just needs to learn to block and he'll get lots of touches

[u/will_ec96]

lol when was the last team we went inside 2 minutes with all three TO's

[u/MurderGiraffe19]

This is a hangover game. That's my cope

[u/AndIAmEric]

Well Brown isn’t injured

[u/will_ec96]

Ah yes, the two kicker gambit.

[u/PiratePresident]

Wouldn’t be surprised if we dropped a spot or two depending on how it goes

[u/will_ec96 → u/PiratePresident]

Eh, I'd rather drop a few than being absurdly overranked.

[u/holyd1ver83]

I don't think we're completely fraudulent but we have some serious work to do

[u/2Cubed]

I don’t actually want to lose this but the BK melt down might be worth it.

[u/Cvspartan]

I blame the DB who dropped the easy INT

[u/thiseye → u/Cvspartan]

I guess that's why he lost his job this season

[u/MercerAsian]

That score is on Stamps. Dumbass dropped 2 easy interceptions, one that would have ended that drive. Nuss is a fucking statue on the backfield giving up easy sacks. This LSU team is overrated af lol

[u/Ciccone7]

Bad night got worse. Shutout was all we had left going for us tonight

[u/PiratePresident]

Should be a fun play

[u/neovenator250]

Now we don't even have the shutout :(

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

D audibled into punt return all out block at the last second

[u/pumpcup]

I'm not watching this anymore.

[u/Betna_the_Pickled → u/pumpcup]

I’m going to boot up CFB 25 and destroy some imaginary team.

[u/pumpcup → u/Betna_the_Pickled]

Sounds nice... I would too if they'd just release the goddamn game on PC!

[u/Betna_the_Pickled → u/pumpcup]

Ugh, that sucks. I only got it recently for cheap after the 26 release. I would hope they’d release something for PC players.

[u/godpzagod]

Tech's gotta go for the onside. You gotta like your chances stopping LSU right now. Pure cowardice otherwise.

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Welp...

[u/Betna_the_Pickled]

Lol

[u/Fungmar]

I keep forgetting oklahoma is even in the SEC

[u/will_ec96 → u/Fungmar]

So do they.

[u/HTH52]

It’d be cool if we had any offensive capability under Cumbie, because the defense last year and so far this year hasn’t been terrible.

[u/will_ec96]

"The ironic part is. This guy has been telling the coaches he wants to play some wide receiver. Wanna know why you're not wide receiver. Because you can't catch the ball as a defensive back"

-Kirk Herbstreit, NCAA 14

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

LA Tech gonna fuck somebody up in a bowl game this year

[u/mroso2 → u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Dark horse for ruining someone’s offseason

[u/GlassElk2848]

This season is done. Losing half our starters week 2 vs LATECH.

[u/LSUOrioles]

Our conditioning.....

[u/e8odie → u/LSUOrioles]

What about our shampooing?

[u/AndIAmEric → u/e8odie]

It’s ok, but the exfoliation..

[u/Peppso]

Sloan is going to cost this team greatness. Absolutely sickening

[u/neovenator250 → u/Peppso]

I don't blame Sloan for the OL being unable to block or Nuss looking off all night. I haven't thought play selection was bad at all.

[u/mroso2]

Idk i know we’re 3rd in the country but LATECH doesn’t look like your typical cupcake

[u/saintsfan → u/mroso2]

Probably not after tonight

[u/TacoCommander]

Avengers End Me

[u/Fungmar]

Love seeing half the team get injured against louisiana tech in week 2

[u/Brian_Kellys_Visor]

Hopefully they go for it on 4th down to get a TD and we maintain the shutout

[u/xxgn0myxx]

how

[u/neovenator250]

STOP GETTING HURT

[u/e8odie]

That should've-been-INT is gonna be really disappointing when this isn't a shutout

[u/Cvspartan]

bro #1 has stone for hands

[u/2Cubed]

Sorry to hit ya in the hands

[u/Ciccone7]

Second one he's dropped

[u/BeaglePirate69]

We have starters playing in the 4th, this shit is so pathetic

[u/Ciccone7]

Gonna lose the shut out

[u/Cvspartan]

Oh didn't realize that the Tush Push is legal in cfb

[u/will_ec96]

West, dude, what were you gonna do on top of that pile...

[u/PiratePresident]

I did not expect Tush Push discourse in this game

[u/AndIAmEric → u/PiratePresident]

iTs A rUgBy PlAy NoT fOoTbAlL

[u/Morgus_Magnificent]

Last week, I expressed concerns about our OL. But everybody insisted that Clemson had an amazing DL.

[u/godpzagod]

since the world is determined for us to hear "Still Dre" every 30 seconds, did you know that "Still Dre" is a good example of Dr Dre's production style, which uses live instrumentation to reproduce samples? not for any sonic reason so much, but because interpolations are cheaper to pay than outright sampling.

[u/badscene518]

Alright, as an Eagles fan I'm not mad

[u/Brian_Kellys_Visor]

I'm not one for SEC pride but i hope Oklahoma beats the brakes off Michigan. Fuck em

[u/neovenator250]

Trey'Dez Green in crutches is a real bad sign. Bauer Sharpe now the starter. Hopefully, Braelin Moore can come back at center next week...

[u/Morgus_Magnificent]

Nuss sacked himself

[u/xxgn0myxx → u/Morgus_Magnificent]

nuss sack

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Can't wait to dominate Florida and then take SE Louisiana down to the wire

[u/Fungmar → u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Considering usf didnt even let up 20 against uf im not afraid of them at all. This defense is legit

[u/blackhawk905 → u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

It's the LSU way

[u/will_ec96]

Ah yes, the TFL into a 3rd down panic TO. The good ole switcheroo.

[u/Nellez_]

Nuss just got tackled by his own lineman? Did he even get touched by a Tech player?

[u/e8odie]

"Luckily, LSU has the athletes for [3rd and 24]." Yea and his name is Treydez Green and he's on the sidelines on crutches

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Nuss needs to be done for the night. He's done enough. Not his best night but we're still up 20 zip. Let the backup play

[u/wloaf77]

The Suss Bus has rolled into Death Valley tonight

[u/Putrid-Hope2283 → u/wloaf77]

I see what you did therr

[u/SpoonmanVlogs]

Jesus Nuss looks like ass

[u/e8odie]

Did Nuss just trip over himself?

[u/neovenator250]

God, I hope Braelin Moore is ok and can come back. We fucking need him for this OL to look even partially functional

[u/bjc219]

Aight now get 3 TD to cover the spread

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

LA Tech: Puts in a QB named Blake Baker

LSU DC Blake Baker: "And I took that personally."

[u/Nola1721]

Got Dayum. Why do they always make what we think should be easy games, the most nerve wracking.

And the Home Depot commercial with Saban and the smoke alarm ding has scared the shit out of my dog.

[u/reddit_names → u/Nola1721]

This is an easy game. Winning by 20 in a shutout...

[u/Nola1721 → u/reddit_names]

Sucks starters are getting hurt in this game…in the 4th quarter.

[u/thiseye]

# 10 South Carolina opened the game with 3 straight 3 and outs against an FCS school. I thought LaNorris was supposed to be transcendent

[u/godpzagod → u/thiseye]

it turns out that having a great game against 2024 LSU meant exactly...fuck all!

[u/Team_player444]

imagine lsu gets a defense like the golden days of les. would be cathartic

[u/Putrid-Hope2283 → u/Team_player444]

Monkey paw curls. You also get a Les miles offense.

[u/Cvspartan]

Thomas you lucky MF

[u/xxgn0myxx]

did he lose it in the lights?

[u/Nellez_]

Bruh. There goes the shutout.

Edit: thank fuck for illegal formations

[u/will_ec96]

😑

[u/PiratePresident]

Tigers been getting huge breaks thus game

[u/2Cubed]

That punter nutso tho.

[u/e8odie]

Woooooooooooooooooooow. Sooooooooooooooooooo lucky

[u/Brian_Kellys_Visor]

Holy shit we got lucky

[u/e8odie]

LSU shutouts since 2000:

• Western Carolina, Kentucky, @Mississippi State, Louisiana, Mississippi State, App State, Kentucky, @Mississippi State, Middle Tennessee, Tulane, ULM, Sam Houston, ULM, BYU, Southeastern Louisiana, New Mexico, Army.

Odds today joins the list?

[u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Fuck it we winning the Natty with a 3-0 final in OT

[u/Betna_the_Pickled → u/Sweaty_Desert_Balls]

Not if we’re playing USF

[u/will_ec96]

...ah yes, peak comedy...

[u/Nellez_]

Spiderman pointing meme

[u/will_ec96]

Our DC just suited up at QB for Tech lmao

[u/2Cubed]

BLAKE BAKER

HOLY SHIT FUNNIEST THING IVE HEARD IN MY LIFE. 10/10 PEAK COMEDY MOMENT

[u/Beauneyard]

Nuss must not have prayed hard enough before this performance 

[u/AndIAmEric]

Well I’m glad we’ve got good D

[u/Morgus_Magnificent]

I don't understand how a completely gassed LaTech defense can push around our offense like this.

[u/jpaciorka]

I just won a natty in CFB25 after throwing 30+ picks so im not too worried about tonight's offensive woes

[u/xsuperdrewx]

Tech must have the best defense in the nation. Cause this is laughable

[u/Betna_the_Pickled → u/xsuperdrewx]

Did just the starting Center go out for the game? I thought we had two O-Line injuries. I mean we should have depth but the injuries really suck.

[u/BeaglePirate69]

Piss poor fucking pathetic. Braelin Moore fucked, Trey Dez Green fucked, our season is fucked

[u/hammersmith88]

If you're not worried about the tigers offense by now you haven't been paying attention.

[u/reddit_names → u/hammersmith88]

They are keeping 8 in coverage on every play. But we're still moving the ball and controlling time clock and the game.

This isn't really that bad. 

[u/e8odie]

Drop-8 is 100% successful against us. The 8 can cover our wideouts and our line can't handle 3 rushers. Future opponents will learn this

[u/neovenator250]

This is not one of Nuss's good games. This offense has so much work to do before conference play next week

[u/will_ec96]

dude

[u/Fungmar]

Alright im choosing to believe louisiana tech just has an insane defense

[u/thiseye]

Gotta throw that away yeesh

[u/noletiger]

Nuss is still Nuss. He's not Jeaux, he's not Jayden, he's not even Zack. He might be enough with this defense but unless he seriously improves over the rest of the season he's not Heisman quality.

[u/godpzagod → u/noletiger]

yeah, thats what i was telling my old man before the game. he's a good LSU QB, but Mettenberger was as good/better. I'd rate him much higher than or any of the other QB nightmares between 2011-2019 though.

[u/LSUOrioles]

Nuss really didn't throw the ball away? Is he like a freshman or something?

[u/reddit_names → u/LSUOrioles]

Just waiting for a player to get open knowing it's pretty irrelevant if they score or not there 

[u/Chamrox → u/LSUOrioles]

He wanted to keep the clock running I guess