Initial Impressions from the LSU game

Alabama and LSU faced off yesterday, in a battle of two-loss SEC foes fighting for their playoff lives. The Tigers were ranked outside the playoff field and were thus the more desperate team.

Unfortunately for them, they hired Lane Kiffin who tends to make very questionable decisions in desperate moments.

Lane called for a first half field goal attempt that was three yards beyond his kicker’s career long. He went for 4th and 4 inside the 10-yard line, which is a pretty low percentage play. He came up short on another 4th and 5, but his most disastrous miscue was going for 4th-and-10 from his own 25 with eight minutes left in the game. LSU was down by 11 points, but that sack quickly pushed…