This conversation happened on Friday, October 10th, the day before the LSU game...

SteveB: well first of all.... why is LSU ranked so high? they havent played anyone and have not even been impressive
JakeB: we should've beat em last year, we're better now, they're worse now... we should win unless Dan Mullen screws it up again
SteveB: uhhh, yeah, thats the ONLY thing im worried about
JakeB: its a legitimate concern
SteveB: absolutely... they have turned Tebow into a curse instead of an asset
JakeB: i hope no one blocks Ricky Jean-Francois on the first play and they let Tebow go straight at him
SteveB: haha, that would be awesome...... yeah, a win will put us in prime time spot to keep rolling... in the polls and as confidence for the team
JakeB: yep, and we have an off week next, so no one's looking ahead we'll have 2 weeks to get ready for Kentucky, which should help... and hopefully we don't look past them to Georgia
SteveB: Kentucky wont be able to score more than 10 points on us... have you been watching Joe Haden this year?.... he's a completely different player.... he's everywhere, in on every play, he's a baller
JakeB: yeah, he's a monster... JoshD and i have been talking about him since game 1
SteveB: likewise, i've just been talking to myself.... he looks like he's put on 25 pounds too
JakeB: yeah, he looks good, and Janoris Jenkins is looking good too, we're gonna have 2 shut-down corners next year
SteveB: hell yeah, and Major Wright is still a hitting machine, he doesnt have the instinct for the ball that Reggie Nelson had, but he's good
JakeB: we're losing Percy Harvin, so as long someone steps up, we'll be awesome next year... Reggie Nelson was amazing, Major Wright isn't a first round pick, but he's respectable
SteveB: definitely... if Dan Mullen would wake up and put any combo of Percy Harvin, Jeff Demps, Chris Rainey, Brandon James in the backfield together and run some ball fakes and misdirections we would have every defense in the country scrambling to pick up their own pants JakeB: agreed... i don't have any idea what he's doing
SteveB: it seems so obvious... it's like he is terrified to do anything other than normal stuff.... when you have abnormally fast guys you have to expose that, those guys breaking free and running 70 yards on a standard off tackle play isnt exposing them, its getting lucky
JakeB: i completely agree, all we have to do is attack... whenever we're agressive, we move the ball so easily
SteveB: yep, and then for some unknown reason we decide to curl up into the fetal postion at random... i'd say that maybe they have been saving some of the schemes for the big games but that cant be the case considering we already lost
JakeB: well it could be the case that they didnt practice it, and therefore, couldnt call it in the game... i really think that's his problem, preparation.... sometimes his game plan works, and sometimes it doesn't, but he rarely makes adjustments just keeps doing whatever he was doing... so they run what they practice, sometimes it just doesnt work
SteveB: yeah, and in those cases i start yelling at the tv because it pisses me off
JakeB: me too