Quick synopsis of what I saw and feel.
We played much more aggressive tonight, but got out-coached. Not in a sense that Heacock deserves ridicule, but in a sense that LSU deserves a ton of credit.
Our coaching staff should have recognized that Florida WOULD play dirty last year. Urban Meyer rarely lines up straight. His philosophy of utilizing "outside" athletes completely kept us off balance with weird formations and a game plan that treated every 5-6 yard gain as if it were a very significant win. Those 5-6 yard wins ended up in domination of our big play defense.
This year we were again fought DIRTY. We decided to be more agressive after the embarrassment we endured last year. Only problem is, the LSU coaching staff recognized where we lacked in aggressiveness last year, and recognized we would try to NOT repeat the same mistakes twice, AND THEY DOMINATED US.
LSU KILLED US WITH MISDIRECTION!!!! Plain and simple. We did not lose because we lack the athletes. We certainly do not, and will own the most NFL players single handedly after the draft this April. We got beat by a great gameplan that took advantage of our aggressiveness. LSU's coaching staff utilized our strenghths against us.
I could say a lot more, and break the game down a ton more but I doubt it makes any difference.
This loss hurts, and I won't want to hear any type of media outlet until the USC game next year.
Congrats to LSU for an excellent gameplan, and the execution of that gameplan.
Good luck to James, Malcolm, and Vernon as they proceed to the next phase of their lives. I'm sure they wish they left with a "Win" instead of a Bowl Championship Series "Loss".