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With several days to review and digest Saturday’s 13-3 loss to Florida, the main point LSU coach Les Miles kept returning to Tuesday was missed opportunities.
“Florida was certainly very talented and played very well and certainly deserved to win,” Miles said. “But we felt like we could play better.”
The Tigers’ offense was held to 162 total yards, converted just 11 percent of its third downs and held the ball for just 23 minutes and 30 seconds on a night when LSU was held to its lowest point total since 2006.
“I’d much rather have a free-swinging game that there were successes on both sides of the ball and victory was decided at the whim of great fortune, but it didn’t happen that way,” Miles said.
The Gators’ No. 1 defense sacked sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson five times and prevented the Tigers from jump-starting an offense fans have been clamoring to see production from.
“We were so looking forward to the Florida game, in the second half, had we got the offense going,” Miles said. “There were some really great ways to attack that team, and we never could get to those plays.”
The Daily Reveille
10/13/09
