What was LSU’s defense doing?
The Tigers were set to have a strong 21-6 lead over No. 20 Florida going into halftime on Saturday, in part, thanks to a couple interceptions. All they had to do to basically ensure they entered the locker room with that lead was play good defense against the Gators’ Hail Mary attempt as the first-half clock ran out. Some defense, a touch of defense, anything would have helped.
Instead, LSU decided to approach the final play of the half as spectators. The Tigers had three players parked comfortably in the end zone as Florida junior quarterback Emory Jones launched a high pass in their direction.
LSU’s secondary could have tried to bat the ball down, get in some receivers’ ways and obstruct their view or do literally anything other than watch junior wide receiver Justin Shorter make what turned out to be an easy 42-yard touchdown catch.
HAIL MARY TO END THE HALF 😱 pic.twitter.com/lIWPHUTAAp
— ESPN (@espn) October 16, 2021
“Nobody for LSU even made an attempt to go for the football,” ESPN’s broadcast noted in disbelief.
Even the radio broadcast sounded confused about what was happening.
As called on Florida Gators radio: pic.twitter.com/wEbDCn1zby
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 16, 2021
Florida closed the gap going into halftime, trailing 21-13, and college football Twitter had so many questions and jokes about what on earth LSU’s Hail Mary defense was doing.
