Ed Orgeron calls the offense “the same story”
On Monday Ed Orgeron discussed the issues with the team, which is usually the case on a Monday following a loss. The defense has shown improvement in recent weeks.
In the last two games, the Alabama Crimson Tide and Arkansas Razorbacks were held to 20 points or fewer. More often than not that should result in a win. Especially when your offense is averaging 30.5 points per game heading into those matchups. The only problem is you mustered up a total of 27 points combined.
Orgeron called it “the same story.” Slow starts and slow finishes are really the stories of the offense in the last three weeks for the Tigers. In the first half of the last three games, they are averaging just eight points. Against Florida, they put 21 points, just three points shy of the next three games combined.
What about the finishes? Well, they averaged 6.7 points per game against Ole Miss, Alabama, and Arkansas. Through the Florida game, LSU averaged 14.7 in the first half and 17.7 in the second half. It seems as though when they flipped the switch on defense, they turned out the lights on the offense.
That isn’t the case but we know that Ed Orgeron is a defensive guy, he came up coaching the defensive line. His offense is run by two rookie play-callers so this sort of issue can be expected. However, it hasn’t been an issue until the last month.
They need to use the game against UL-Monroe as a time to try out some new wrinkles. If they have any hope in beating the Texas A&M Aggies and getting to bowl season, what they have brought to the table lately just isn’t going to cut it.
