Scouting the Gamecocks’ next opponent: LSU Tigers

This game is about making our team better. Teams are already starting to underachieve despite the preseason hype that surrounded them for months, and most are just beginning to get to the meat of their schedule. However, several analysts and college football observers believe Fournette will be ready to play football professionally even now.

“First and foremost, the important piece is to play well against Eastern Michigan”, Miles said at the opening of his weekly press conference on Monday. Here are my top five Heisman candidates.

If you know college football, you know Leonard Fournette.

Mayock told The Rich Eisen Show that while such a move by Fournette would lead National Football League clubs to question his competitiveness, the low mileage on his legs as a rusher, brought about by a year off the field, might be an attractive factor as well.

Through four games, Fournette is averaging 216 yards a game. Fournette is becoming a nightmare for defensive coordinators and is finding an answer to anything that is thrown at him.

After that Holy Trinity, there is a scheduling sensation that LSU fans have fantasized about for decades. And although Fournette has recorded back-to-back 200-yard games entering Saturday, do not expect that streak to continue.

“It’s nice to have a back who sets an all-time SEC record”, LSU coach Les Miles said.

The Eagles stacked their defense to stop the run, but the Tigers (4-0) struggled to cash in through the air. Chubb can do it all and will do it all.

Despite rushing for 146 yards and a touchdown, Chubb fell victim to the team’s 38-10 home loss to Alabama on Saturday.

Last Saturday’s game wasn’t quite the paycheck slaughter that many expected, as EMU proved to be surprisingly frisky, even after falling behind 17-0 in the first quarter.

LSU desperately tried to get its passing game off the ground against Eastern Michigan. Melvin Gordon, who had one of the best rushing years in college history last year, came in second in the Heisman in 2014. More than 110 yards per game in receiving yards. When you have a quarterback as talented as Cody Kessler, the numbers are going to come.

Fournette scored three touchdowns and went to 11 for the season – one more than he had last season. With his past three outings, he has posted the third-, sixth- and ninth-best single-game rushing totals in LSU history. Smith-Schuster has been Kessler’s favorite target this year hauling in 27 passes already this year.

The TCU Horned Frogs have not lived up to the high expectations placed on them thus far. And 23 percent of opposing offenses’ plays have covered at least 10 yards (111th).

“We have multiple ways for a cadence”, Creighton said.

While this weekend’s storms didn’t force the cancelation of any games, LSU didn’t get that luxury in Week 1, when its season opener against McNeese State was called off. Roback completed 17 of 23 passes for 161 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions on the night. Those stats will be hard to reach however. Boykin is so elusive and so talented that you nearly laugh at the plays he makes because they are just that absurd. The problem is, unlike basketball or baseball, if these kids are allowed to do that, they could get hurt badly. Gordon ran for 2,587 yards, caught 153 yards, and had 29 touchdowns. LSU quarterback Brandon Harris was 4 of 15 for 80 yards with one interception.