Rapid Reaction: LSU vents some offensive frustrations, blows out Southeastern Louisiana
By Ethan Stone
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LSU vented some offensive frustrations on Saturday in their 56-10 blowout victory over Southeastern Louisiana.
The Tigers punted on their first drive of the afternoon against SELO, but righted the ship across the following 8 drives, scoring a touchdown 8 straight times. LSU did a good job of sharing the love, too – All 4 of LSU’s passing touchdowns were thrown to difference receivers: Bauer Sharp, Barion Brown, Kyle Parker and Zavion Thomas all hauled in scores. Three different rushers found the end zone as well, with Ja’Juan Johnson doing so twice, Van Buren doing so once and Nussmeier finding the end zone with his legs for the first time this season.
The first down discrepancy tells a lot of the tales about this one: LSU totaled 32 first downs while the Lions converted just 10. The Tigers possessed the ball for most of this one as well, dominating the time of possession.
These are the things you’re supposed to do against inferior opponents. I’m only mentioning them because the Tigers haven’t quite done it this year. Anything other than this result for LSU would have been disappointing – but that goes without saying.
Still, LSU needed a stepping-stone game like this ahead of a simply massive matchup next weekend in Oxford against Ole Miss. The 2 undefeated teams will meet in a game that could very well decide a spot in the College Football Playoff when it’s all said and done.
Next week’s game is set to kick off at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.
LSU 56, SELO 10
Here’s the LSU-Southeastern Louisiana box score (use the dropdown menu to select team or player stats), followed by the complete play-by-play:
Garrett Nussmeier vs Carson Camp
A statistical breakdown of how LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier outperformed SELO counterpart Carson Camp:
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
