LSU football: week two review – Southeastern Louisiana
Longtime LSU fans went into this game understanding it could be a letdown game. On Saturday night, the LSU football team had a golden opportunity to show recruits, fans, and teams around the country that they could perform in any condition.
While not the level of dominance expected, the number eleven ranked LSU football team defeated Southeastern Louisiana by the score of 31-0. In LSU‘s first home shutout since 2014, the defense looked dominant, and the offense looked opportunistic.
Offense
Underwhelming and opportunistic are the best two words to summarize this offensive performance. They started slow and couldn’t seem to find much of a rhythm at any point in the game. Whether it was a holding penalty, an unnecessary chop block, or a sack, the LSU offense shot themselves in the foot time and time again.
On the scoring drives this LSU football team did have, three started inside Southeastern territory, and the other started at the LSU 40. This performance will not hold up well against Auburn next week.
Quarterback
Joe Burrow showed a good ability to throw accurate balls and has a good understanding of when to audible based on defensive alignment. Burrow also displayed his appetite for contact with many scrambles and zero slides. He’ll have much bigger opponents coming after him next week when SEC play begins, so he must learn how to slide.
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One error that showed up a few times is his inability to throw the ball on time consistently. A few sacks and hits would’ve been avoided had he released the ball on time. This will be something to look for next week, as this offense looks much better when the QB is releasing the ball in rhythm.