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Monday, October 21, 2013 METTENBERGER, from page 1
the field. Stretching the field hasn’t been an issue for Mettenberger in 2013, as he has completed 11 passes of 30 yards or more and five that eclipsed the 40-yard mark. That being said, the Watkinsville, Ga., native simply underthrew his intended target downfield on each of his interceptions as he and his receivers struggled to mesh throughout the evening. “I don’t think it was a disconnect with the wide receivers,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “I felt like there were some balls that could have been caught. I think we needed to push to the big play. Again, that’s on me. I could have easily said, ‘Let’s [throw] an intermediate throw’ — my fault.” Miles took the blame for the loss in its entirety, sternly claiming in the minutes after the loss he did a “pisspoor job” of preparing his team to play in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. In turn, Mettenberger’s receivers weren’t ready to throw their passer under the bus following Saturday’s loss. It was a rough night for the offense as a whole, as the LSU run game only totaled 114 yards against the No. 12 rush defense in the conference. Playing from behind also forced LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron to abandon the ground game late, putting more pressure on Mettenberger to execute. When the night was over, it was Ole Miss’ fifth-best SEC pass defense that executed effectively. “It’s on the offense,” said junior wide receiver Jarvis Landry. “It’s not mainly on one particular guy. It’s everybody who could’ve done a little bit better job, and I think that we just put ourselves in an unfortunate hole that we couldn’t climb out of.” Ole Miss defensive coordinator Dave Wommack designed a game plan to shut down the LSU deep ball, and it worked to perfection against one of the better wide receiver tandems in the nation. On numerous occasions, the Rebels dropped safeties deep into coverage, flying around center field and waiting for Mettenberger to launch a pass. Mettenberger tried to connect with Beckham deep three times, and three times an extra Ole Miss defender was waiting for the football to finish its looping arc back to earth. “I am real pleased with the defensive plan and the turnovers they created,” said Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze. “We knew it would be a handful. These guys hadn’t played any and they had to go out and guard Odell Beckham Jr. It makes our joy that much greater.” Contact Lawrence Barreca at lbarreca@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @LawBarreca_TDR
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Police officers from around the Gulf Coast supported the Dream Day Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on Friday at the 13th annual Gulf Coast Police Motorcycle Skills Championship in Gonzales.
MOTORCYCLES, from page 1 occasionally scraping the side of their motorcycles along the ground. Between turns, officers accelerated quickly to get to the next set of cones. LSUPD officer Boris McKnight completed the course in a time worthy of a top-10 ranking. McKnight started riding motorcycles three years ago, and he said events like this make him a rider with one of the better times at the challenge. The course helps the officers prepare for some of the dangers they may face on the road through proper braking techniques and sharp-turn maneuvers, McKnight said.
“We don’t have any protection around us,” McKnight said, mentioning that motorcycle officers face more danger than other officers, but the championship prepares them to handle any situation. The officers train to save their lives, but at the end of the day, they are helping to save the lives of the children at St. Jude. Sgt. David Wallace of the Baton Rouge Police Department said the event raised $70,000 this year and has raised $750,000 for the Dream Day Foundation over the course of its 15-year history. Contact Zach Carline at zcarline@lsureveille.com
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THE Daily Commuter Puzzle ACROSS 1 Mulgrew and Middleton 6 Reach across 10 One of the Three Bears 14 Milan’s nation 15 Hearty 16 Like fine wine 17 Shoe bottoms 18 Snakes in the Nile region 19 Use a Kindle 20 Ghosts 22 In a __; dazed 24 Take care of 25 Sowed 26 Watery part of the blood 29 San __, Calif. 30 Debtor’s note 31 Contempt 33 Prolonged attack 37 Chicken of the Sea product 39 Engagement 41 Tyne or Tim 42 Upper room 44 Sadness; despondency 46 So-so grade 47 Of the countryside 49 Wall recesses 51 Immeasurable number 54 Kid around 55 Hot dog topper, for some 56 Goes on stage 60 Boast 61 Up to the task 63 Sir __ Newton 64 Part of the foot 65 Daytime serial 66 __ firma; dry land 67 Putin’s “No!” 68 __ Christian Andersen 69 Derisive smile DOWN 1 Tiny Hershey’s chocolate piece 2 Perched upon 3 Story
4 Votes into office 5 “All __ go!”; signal to begin 6 Sliver of glass 7 __ up; forgo 8 Mont Blanc or the Matterhorn 9 Get comfy 10 Unreasonably suspicious of everyone 11 Secret __; spy 12 Harmony 13 __ on; attached 21 __ legislation; make laws 23 Cleaning cloths 25 Splotchy horse 26 Bread meant to be stuffed 27 Oaf 28 Uncle’s wife 29 Like a wry sense of humor 32 Instrument in a church, often 34 Per person 35 Merriment
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36 Watches 38 Like an irrefutable alibi 40 Respect highly 43 Actor’s signals 45 Oddballs 48 Discuss again 50 __ few; select 51 Of the city
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giving an inactive vaccine shot that protects against three strands of the flu, according to Student Health Center physician Nelson Perret. Students who get the vaccine may get a headache and muscle pains, but that is the immune system’s reaction to the vaccine — not the flu, Perret said. The Student Health Center provides the shot in October to give students the most effective protection, Hupperich said. The vaccine is free to full-time students and available to part-time students for $10 and faculty for $20, Hupperich said. The Flu Shots on the Geaux program brings the flu vaccines to different locations across campus
so students can conveniently get the vaccine in minutes. Its goals also include persuading students who would not normally get the vaccine to get it, Hupperich said. Flu shots will be available following the conclusion of the Flu Shots on the Geaux program while supplies last, but more may be ordered if demand increases once supplies run out, Hupperich said. The government shutdown did not affect the University’s ability to get its order of the flu vaccine, but if the Student Health Center’s supply runs out, it could be difficult to get more shots because the vaccine was not produced while the government was closed, Hupperich said. Contact Desiree Robertson at drobertson@lsureveille.com