Booger McFarland calls out LSU offensive coordinator amid struggles vs. Vanderbilt
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Booger McFarland is a proud LSU alum, with his honors at defensive tackle in Baton Rouge ranging from SEC Freshman of the Year to first-team All-SEC to first-team All-American.
McFarland dominated on the D-line at LSU in the mid-to-late 1990s, and he went on to win 2 Super Bowl championships in the NFL. He knows what football is played like at the highest level, and as an ESPN college football analyst he also knows what falling short looks like.
That’s what upset McFarland on Saturday while he watched his LSU Tigers lose at Vanderbilt, 31-24, suffering their 2nd loss of the season and falling out of contention for a College Football Playoff spot, according to CBS Sports analyst Danny Kanell.
McFarland wasn’t really focused on the Playoff. He was more upset with offensive coordinator Joe Sloan, who is in his 4th season on the Tigers’ coaching staff and his 2nd season as the OC. LSU only had 14 first downs on Saturday, not enough to win a road game in the SEC against another ranked team, and the Tigers were dominated in time of possession, holding the ball for only 23 minutes, 29 seconds.
To social media McFarland went, posting that Sloan is “NOT good at his job. I’ve seen enough.”
LSU barely got to 100 yards rushing on the day, too, finishing with exactly 100 yards on the ground. It wasn’t good enough to win, and McFarland believes Sloan isn’t good enough right now to make LSU’s offense successful.
It was a long day for the Tigers’ players, for much-criticized head coach Brian Kelly and the coaching staff. It’ll surely be a long flight back from Nashville to Baton Rouge.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
