Gabrielle Riggins, like many other students, paid much more than face value for a ticket to Saturday’s matchup between No.1 Florida and then-No. 4 LSU — $150. But the psychology junior left the game during halftime. “I was disappointed with how LSU played,” Riggins said. “I didn’t feel the need to watch anymore.” Riggins is among many students who felt the Tigers’ offense had a poor showing in their 13-3 loss to the Gators.”It was definitely a disappointment,” said Lauren Nyman, international studies and political science sophomore. “Our offense sucked. I didn’t expect us to win, but we didn’t really put up a good fight.” Glenn Smith, finance senior, has student tickets and only paid face value, but said he would have been more upset if he paid some of the prices he heard tickets were selling for.”If I would have paid $200-or $300, for a ticket I would have been furious,” Smith said. Students felt different facets of the offense were to blame for the poor performance.”I was a little bit upset that I paid $150 to see the team basically throw the game away,” Riggins said.Amber Jessie, marketing sophomore, said she watched the game in the PMAC and didn’t get a ticket to the game because she did not want to pay hundreds of dollars for a ticket to a game she thought LSU would lose. She said the offensive line is the problem with the team.But Justin LeGros, biology senior, said the play calling was the issue.”We couldn’t run the ball very well. We couldn’t throw the ball down field at all,” Justin LeGros said. “Florida is a good defense, but we should still get a little more than 150 yards of total offense.”Many students agreed the Tigers’ defense played well but that effort was negated by the offense’s inability to run the ball.”It’s just not possible to win a game with 44 yards of total offense in the second half against the No. 1 team in the country,” Smith said.Jessie said the Tigers had plenty of chances to win the game but couldn’t execute on offense.”If you’re not scoring, you’re not winning,” she said.—-Contact Amos Morale at [email protected]
Football: Students unhappy with offense
October 11, 2009