Tinker:
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Chris Low talks with LSU Tigers receiver Kadron Boone about the 2013 season.
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- While getting new offensive coordinator Cam Cameron's red-zone passing offense installed during Tuesday’s practice, LSU was in a formation where running back Alfred Blue was lined up like a wide receiver.
In this era of the versatile back, that's hardly unusual. But at LSU, where power football has ruled the day under Les Miles and previous offensive coordinators Greg Studrawa and Gary Crowton, seeing Blue out wide may represent something of a sea change in the Tigers' approach.
Is it time to forget Miles' signature toss lead on third-and-3 and instead look for something more creative? Evidence suggests that time may have come.
"It's all about creating matchups," said wide receiver Jarvis Landry
of the new LSU offense. "Anybody can end up wide -- receivers, tight
ends, running backs, all of us. We're looking to find mismatches."
Under Cameron, LSU may still get the ball to a running back, but not necessarily by running a toss lead, power, or a swing pass out of the backfield. If Blue has a slow linebacker on him, he might go out wide to try to create a 1-on-1 mismatch. If a tight end has a small defensive back on him, he might be isolated.
"We're all part of the passing drills, same as the receivers," running back Jeremy Hill said. "Everybody has to be prepared to be part of it. Even fullbacks."
This should come as little shock to those who have followed Cameron, the former Indiana University and Miami Dolphins head coach who was named LSU's offensive coordinator in February.
As offensive coordinator with the San Diego Chargers in the early 2000s, he developed an offense that routinely took advantage of mismatches involving running back LaDainian Tomlinson and tight end Antonio Gates. Cameron would often use running back Ray Rice in the passing game with the Baltimore Ravens, where he was offensive coordinator until he was fired midway through the 2012 season, just before Baltimore began a run to the Super Bowl.
While Cameron has insisted he's the one adapting to what he called a "great system" at LSU, the change in emphasis this spring is unmistakable.
LSU finished 10th in the SEC in offensive yards per game last season (374.2), the third time in four seasons the Tigers have finished near the bottom in the SEC offensive rankings, including a dead-last finish in 2009 (304.5 yards per game). Only the 2011 team, which averaged 355.1 yards per game en route to an SEC title and appearance in the BCS championship game managed to finish in the top half of the SEC in offense.
Some of the lack of production could be blamed on LSU playing to its strengths on defense and special teams. But most of LSU's big losses in recent seasons were games where the Tigers would go long stretches with anemic production, like the 21-0 loss to Alabama in the 2012 BCS title game and last year's 14-6 loss to Florida, a game in which LSU went two quarters without picking up a first down.
Miles first attempted to solve the offensive problem by hiring Steve Kragthorpe as offensive coordinator after Crowton left for Maryland following the 2010 season. Kragthorpe, however, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and never coached a game as offensive coordinator, leading to the promotion of Studrawa from offensive line coach.
A year ago, the hopes were put on new quarterback Zach Mettenberger, who had the big, accurate arm that the Tigers perhaps lacked since JaMarcus Russell. But Mettenberger put up modest numbers.
Regardless of the changes, the results have stayed the same. Some blame Miles, a former offensive coordinator who favors the power style. But Miles made it clear he would allow his old friend, Cameron -- who once shared an office with Miles while on Michigan's staff under Bo Schembechler in the early 80s -- to enjoy a free rein with the offense.
"There will be an ability for him to change and restructure," Miles said.
So far, Miles seems hands off, staying with the offensive line at practice, helping Studrawa, who moved back to offensive line coach after Cameron's hire.
Meanwhile, Cameron is on another field, lining up running backs wide and installing a redzone offense Landry said was "completely" different from what LSU did last year.
And while there are always growing pains associated with a new offense, the hope is that by the time the season kicks off at Cowboys Stadium against TCU on August 31, a more creative offense will be unleashed.
“It’s tough because it’s a new offense,” Mettenberger said. “It’s going to take some time. But once we get it down, this is going to be a good offense for us.”
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BATON ROUGE – The offense took advantage of a defense that was short on numbers Saturday as quarterback Zach Mettenberger threw for 276 yards and six touchdowns in LSU’s second full-scale scrimmage of the spring here in Tiger Stadium.
LSU, now 12 practices through spring drills, wraps up spring practice on Saturday, April 20 with the National L-Club Spring Game presented by Tony Chachere’s at 2p.m in Tiger Stadium. Admission to the spring game is free.
Saturday’s scrimmage, which saw the first and second team each get 45 snaps, focused on redzone and tight zone situations as well as third-down opportunities. LSU also worked on all phases of special teams during the scrimmage and they closed out the practice with a segment devoted to field goal kicking.
“We had a really productive week of practice, capped with a good scrimmage today,” LSU coach Les Miles said following the scrimmage. “The defense played without three starters so that hampered us on that side of the ball. I thought we had good effort on both sides of the ball and the offense continues to getter better. Zach is playing with a lot of confidence.”
Mettenberger had impressive outing throwing the football on Saturday as he connected with on a 47-yard TD pass Jarvis Landry and a 36-yard scoring play to Odell Beckham, Jr. Running back Jeremy Hill took a Mettenberger screen pass and rambled 47 yards for a score.
Backup quarterback Anthony Jennings completed 8-of-11 passes for 98 yards and three TDs. He also added 36 rushing yards on four carries. Jennings had TD passes of 20 and 13 yards to Landry and a 20-yard catch-and-run by Connor Neighbors.
Stephen Rivers connected on 3-of-5 attempts for 31 yards, while Hayden Rettig was 4-of-9 for 97 yards and a touchdown.
On the ground, Kenny Hilliard led all rushers with 91 yards on 14 attempts, followed by Hill with 39 yards and one TD on seven carries and Terrence Magee 46 yards on five attempts.
Beckham led all receivers with six receptions for 101 yards and three touchdowns, followed by Landry with four catches for 85 yards and three scores. Freshman John Diarse and Travin Dural also added receiving TDs for the Tigers.
Defensively, LSU played without three projected starters in defensive end Jermauria Rasco, cornerback Jalen Mills and safety Ronald Martin. Anthony Johnson led the Tiger defensive front with three tackles and a pair of sacks, while Lamin Barrow had three tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack.
Other defensive standouts included safety Craig Loston (4 tackles), linebacker Kwon Alexander (3 tackles) and cornerback Jalen Collins (5 tackles, 1 pass breakup).
“I felt like the first defense played well despite being without three key players,” Miles said. “We are getting a lot of young players on defense some valuable reps this spring. We are down to our final three practices this spring and we need to get the most out of them.
“We’ve had 12 very productive practices so far. We need to close out next week with three good days of work and then we’ll turn out attention to the offseason conditioning program. I like where we are right now. The key is to get better each time we take the field and so far, this team has done that this spring.”
The Tigers will practice again on Tuesday, followed by LSU Student Day at football practice on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers close out the spring next Saturday at 2 p.m. with the spring game.
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Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report
LSU will return to action 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Alex Box Stadium when they host Grambling State. The game will not be televised.
In football news, LSU will conclude spring practice this week with a practice tomorrow and Thursday before Saturday's Spring Game. I'm really looking forward to heading out to Tiger Stadium for the Spring Game, and I hope that many of you are as well. Fan Fest activities start at 11 a.m. and the game kicks-off at 2 p.m. The game will not be televised live, and as of now I have not heard of any plans for the game being shown at a later date. I'll check with my friend Lynn Rollins of CST today to see if he has any additional information on the topic.
LSU entertained serval big time prospects this weekend and extended at least two new offers, but did not pick up any new commitments. I've heard that all of the visitors had a great time, especially defensive end Deondre Clark (6'3", 231) of Oklahoma City who came very close to officially committing. From what I've been told, it's just a matter of time before Clark gives his official pledge to LSU. The two new offers that Coach Miles extended were to Sione Teuhema (DE, 6'3", 210, Keller, TX, class of 2014) and his younger but larger brother Tristan “Maea” Teuhema (OT, 6'4", 335, Keller, TX, Class of 2015). The Tigers staff will host a very large number of recruits for this Saturday's Spring Game and will likely pick up at least one commitment. If I were a betting man, I'd bet on that commitment coming from Speedy Noil (WR, 5'10", 175, 4.45, Edna Karr) who is No. 4 on my list of Top LA Prospects for 2014.
One last football tid-bit: ESPN published this article that I think you’ll enjoy reading entitled, “New OC Cameron opens things up.” In it they write about all of the differences observed in LSU’s offense during spring practice, like the fact that the running backs and tight ends are taking part in all the passing drills just like the receivers. I too think we’re going to see quite a few new wrinkles in this year’s “new” LSU offense, but it might take some time for it to all come together. Unfortunately, LSU won’t have a cupcake game like last year’s North Texas contest for the season opener. Instead LSU will start its season by taking on a very formidable opponent in TCU on the road.
In softball news, the No. 13 Lady Tigers claimed a big SEC series at Texas A&M with a 10-2 win in yesterday's rubber game of the series. The Lady Tigers are now 35-9, 11-4 and in sole possession of first place in the SEC Western Division. Read more...http://www.dandydon.
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Chris Low talks with LSU Tigers receiver Kadron Boone about the 2013 season.
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New OC Cameron opens things up
April, 11, 2013
By
Gary Laney | ESPN.com
BATON ROUGE, La. -- While getting new offensive coordinator Cam Cameron's red-zone passing offense installed during Tuesday’s practice, LSU was in a formation where running back Alfred Blue was lined up like a wide receiver.
In this era of the versatile back, that's hardly unusual. But at LSU, where power football has ruled the day under Les Miles and previous offensive coordinators Greg Studrawa and Gary Crowton, seeing Blue out wide may represent something of a sea change in the Tigers' approach.
Is it time to forget Miles' signature toss lead on third-and-3 and instead look for something more creative? Evidence suggests that time may have come.
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David Drapkin/AP PhotosCam Cameron brings years of NFL experience with him to LSU, where he'll attempt to open up the Tigers' offense.
David Drapkin/AP PhotosCam Cameron brings years of NFL experience with him to LSU, where he'll attempt to open up the Tigers' offense.Under Cameron, LSU may still get the ball to a running back, but not necessarily by running a toss lead, power, or a swing pass out of the backfield. If Blue has a slow linebacker on him, he might go out wide to try to create a 1-on-1 mismatch. If a tight end has a small defensive back on him, he might be isolated.
"We're all part of the passing drills, same as the receivers," running back Jeremy Hill said. "Everybody has to be prepared to be part of it. Even fullbacks."
This should come as little shock to those who have followed Cameron, the former Indiana University and Miami Dolphins head coach who was named LSU's offensive coordinator in February.
As offensive coordinator with the San Diego Chargers in the early 2000s, he developed an offense that routinely took advantage of mismatches involving running back LaDainian Tomlinson and tight end Antonio Gates. Cameron would often use running back Ray Rice in the passing game with the Baltimore Ravens, where he was offensive coordinator until he was fired midway through the 2012 season, just before Baltimore began a run to the Super Bowl.
While Cameron has insisted he's the one adapting to what he called a "great system" at LSU, the change in emphasis this spring is unmistakable.
LSU finished 10th in the SEC in offensive yards per game last season (374.2), the third time in four seasons the Tigers have finished near the bottom in the SEC offensive rankings, including a dead-last finish in 2009 (304.5 yards per game). Only the 2011 team, which averaged 355.1 yards per game en route to an SEC title and appearance in the BCS championship game managed to finish in the top half of the SEC in offense.
Some of the lack of production could be blamed on LSU playing to its strengths on defense and special teams. But most of LSU's big losses in recent seasons were games where the Tigers would go long stretches with anemic production, like the 21-0 loss to Alabama in the 2012 BCS title game and last year's 14-6 loss to Florida, a game in which LSU went two quarters without picking up a first down.
Miles first attempted to solve the offensive problem by hiring Steve Kragthorpe as offensive coordinator after Crowton left for Maryland following the 2010 season. Kragthorpe, however, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and never coached a game as offensive coordinator, leading to the promotion of Studrawa from offensive line coach.
A year ago, the hopes were put on new quarterback Zach Mettenberger, who had the big, accurate arm that the Tigers perhaps lacked since JaMarcus Russell. But Mettenberger put up modest numbers.
Regardless of the changes, the results have stayed the same. Some blame Miles, a former offensive coordinator who favors the power style. But Miles made it clear he would allow his old friend, Cameron -- who once shared an office with Miles while on Michigan's staff under Bo Schembechler in the early 80s -- to enjoy a free rein with the offense.
"There will be an ability for him to change and restructure," Miles said.
So far, Miles seems hands off, staying with the offensive line at practice, helping Studrawa, who moved back to offensive line coach after Cameron's hire.
Meanwhile, Cameron is on another field, lining up running backs wide and installing a redzone offense Landry said was "completely" different from what LSU did last year.
And while there are always growing pains associated with a new offense, the hope is that by the time the season kicks off at Cowboys Stadium against TCU on August 31, a more creative offense will be unleashed.
“It’s tough because it’s a new offense,” Mettenberger said. “It’s going to take some time. But once we get it down, this is going to be a good offense for us.”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?
absolutely the best motivational video ever!!!
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Mettenberger, Offense Shine in Second Scrimmage
BATON ROUGE – The offense took advantage of a defense that was short on numbers Saturday as quarterback Zach Mettenberger threw for 276 yards and six touchdowns in LSU’s second full-scale scrimmage of the spring here in Tiger Stadium.
LSU, now 12 practices through spring drills, wraps up spring practice on Saturday, April 20 with the National L-Club Spring Game presented by Tony Chachere’s at 2p.m in Tiger Stadium. Admission to the spring game is free.
Saturday’s scrimmage, which saw the first and second team each get 45 snaps, focused on redzone and tight zone situations as well as third-down opportunities. LSU also worked on all phases of special teams during the scrimmage and they closed out the practice with a segment devoted to field goal kicking.
“We had a really productive week of practice, capped with a good scrimmage today,” LSU coach Les Miles said following the scrimmage. “The defense played without three starters so that hampered us on that side of the ball. I thought we had good effort on both sides of the ball and the offense continues to getter better. Zach is playing with a lot of confidence.”
Mettenberger had impressive outing throwing the football on Saturday as he connected with on a 47-yard TD pass Jarvis Landry and a 36-yard scoring play to Odell Beckham, Jr. Running back Jeremy Hill took a Mettenberger screen pass and rambled 47 yards for a score.
Backup quarterback Anthony Jennings completed 8-of-11 passes for 98 yards and three TDs. He also added 36 rushing yards on four carries. Jennings had TD passes of 20 and 13 yards to Landry and a 20-yard catch-and-run by Connor Neighbors.
Stephen Rivers connected on 3-of-5 attempts for 31 yards, while Hayden Rettig was 4-of-9 for 97 yards and a touchdown.
On the ground, Kenny Hilliard led all rushers with 91 yards on 14 attempts, followed by Hill with 39 yards and one TD on seven carries and Terrence Magee 46 yards on five attempts.
Beckham led all receivers with six receptions for 101 yards and three touchdowns, followed by Landry with four catches for 85 yards and three scores. Freshman John Diarse and Travin Dural also added receiving TDs for the Tigers.
Defensively, LSU played without three projected starters in defensive end Jermauria Rasco, cornerback Jalen Mills and safety Ronald Martin. Anthony Johnson led the Tiger defensive front with three tackles and a pair of sacks, while Lamin Barrow had three tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack.
Other defensive standouts included safety Craig Loston (4 tackles), linebacker Kwon Alexander (3 tackles) and cornerback Jalen Collins (5 tackles, 1 pass breakup).
“I felt like the first defense played well despite being without three key players,” Miles said. “We are getting a lot of young players on defense some valuable reps this spring. We are down to our final three practices this spring and we need to get the most out of them.
“We’ve had 12 very productive practices so far. We need to close out next week with three good days of work and then we’ll turn out attention to the offseason conditioning program. I like where we are right now. The key is to get better each time we take the field and so far, this team has done that this spring.”
The Tigers will practice again on Tuesday, followed by LSU Student Day at football practice on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers close out the spring next Saturday at 2 p.m. with the spring game.
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Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report
LSU will return to action 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Alex Box Stadium when they host Grambling State. The game will not be televised.
In football news, LSU will conclude spring practice this week with a practice tomorrow and Thursday before Saturday's Spring Game. I'm really looking forward to heading out to Tiger Stadium for the Spring Game, and I hope that many of you are as well. Fan Fest activities start at 11 a.m. and the game kicks-off at 2 p.m. The game will not be televised live, and as of now I have not heard of any plans for the game being shown at a later date. I'll check with my friend Lynn Rollins of CST today to see if he has any additional information on the topic.
LSU entertained serval big time prospects this weekend and extended at least two new offers, but did not pick up any new commitments. I've heard that all of the visitors had a great time, especially defensive end Deondre Clark (6'3", 231) of Oklahoma City who came very close to officially committing. From what I've been told, it's just a matter of time before Clark gives his official pledge to LSU. The two new offers that Coach Miles extended were to Sione Teuhema (DE, 6'3", 210, Keller, TX, class of 2014) and his younger but larger brother Tristan “Maea” Teuhema (OT, 6'4", 335, Keller, TX, Class of 2015). The Tigers staff will host a very large number of recruits for this Saturday's Spring Game and will likely pick up at least one commitment. If I were a betting man, I'd bet on that commitment coming from Speedy Noil (WR, 5'10", 175, 4.45, Edna Karr) who is No. 4 on my list of Top LA Prospects for 2014.
One last football tid-bit: ESPN published this article that I think you’ll enjoy reading entitled, “New OC Cameron opens things up.” In it they write about all of the differences observed in LSU’s offense during spring practice, like the fact that the running backs and tight ends are taking part in all the passing drills just like the receivers. I too think we’re going to see quite a few new wrinkles in this year’s “new” LSU offense, but it might take some time for it to all come together. Unfortunately, LSU won’t have a cupcake game like last year’s North Texas contest for the season opener. Instead LSU will start its season by taking on a very formidable opponent in TCU on the road.
In softball news, the No. 13 Lady Tigers claimed a big SEC series at Texas A&M with a 10-2 win in yesterday's rubber game of the series. The Lady Tigers are now 35-9, 11-4 and in sole possession of first place in the SEC Western Division. Read more...http://www.dandydon.
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