There's been a lot of discussion of the state of the North Carolina football team going into Saturday's game with LSU. First came agent gate followed by tutor gate leading to weeks of speculation about which North Carolina players would be eligible to play against LSU. As I wrote this article reports were coming in by the minute which players were in and out.
I "think" it's finally settled. There are 13 Tar Heels out for the game. A team short on offensive playmaking ability is without their best WR Greg Little, their top two running backs Shaun Draughn and Ryan Houston. We haven't even got to a defense that is now without stars Marvin Austin, Kendric Burney, and Robert Quinn. You can find the full list of suspended players at ESPN.com.
Most of us that have been following this story knew this was a possibility. UNC coach Butch Davis realized this could happen and had several of the at risk players on the scout team, but you can't prepare for something like this. You just go with what you got and hope for the best. The UNC team playing has nothing to lose so the pressure is really on Les Miles and his LSU team.
For a guy that won the national title in 2007 and has a career 51-15 record at LSU. Miles is not well liked in Baton Rouge. He always seems to be one loss away from being on the major hot seat.
Nothing good can be taken from a loss to UNC. The SEC is 2-0 against the ACC in the Chick Fila Kickoff class. A loss to an ACC team is strike one. SEC fans don't deal with losing to ACC teams very well.
The LSU offense was terrible last year. It ranked 112th in the NCAA. If the Tiger offense can't muster enough offense to beat a depleted UNC defense, then you've got real problems on that side of the ball. That's strike two.
The UNC offense as we've said lost most of it's playmaking ability and wasn't very good to begin with. If they even score 20 points, then that's a bad sign for the supposed strength of the LSU team, and strike three your probably out Les Miles.
It's a mess in Chapel Hill, but Les Miles may not want to go back to Baton Rouge if the Tigers find a way to blow this one.
I "think" it's finally settled. There are 13 Tar Heels out for the game. A team short on offensive playmaking ability is without their best WR Greg Little, their top two running backs Shaun Draughn and Ryan Houston. We haven't even got to a defense that is now without stars Marvin Austin, Kendric Burney, and Robert Quinn. You can find the full list of suspended players at ESPN.com.
Most of us that have been following this story knew this was a possibility. UNC coach Butch Davis realized this could happen and had several of the at risk players on the scout team, but you can't prepare for something like this. You just go with what you got and hope for the best. The UNC team playing has nothing to lose so the pressure is really on Les Miles and his LSU team.
For a guy that won the national title in 2007 and has a career 51-15 record at LSU. Miles is not well liked in Baton Rouge. He always seems to be one loss away from being on the major hot seat.
Nothing good can be taken from a loss to UNC. The SEC is 2-0 against the ACC in the Chick Fila Kickoff class. A loss to an ACC team is strike one. SEC fans don't deal with losing to ACC teams very well.
The LSU offense was terrible last year. It ranked 112th in the NCAA. If the Tiger offense can't muster enough offense to beat a depleted UNC defense, then you've got real problems on that side of the ball. That's strike two.
The UNC offense as we've said lost most of it's playmaking ability and wasn't very good to begin with. If they even score 20 points, then that's a bad sign for the supposed strength of the LSU team, and strike three your probably out Les Miles.
It's a mess in Chapel Hill, but Les Miles may not want to go back to Baton Rouge if the Tigers find a way to blow this one.
