BATON ROUGE — LSU went back to work on Monday as the Tigers held a two-hour workout in full pads in preparation for their first scrimmage of the spring, which is scheduled for Friday afternoon.
Monday’s practice marked the third in four days for LSU and head coach Nick Saban said he was pleased with the team’s progress.
“I’m really pleased with the progress that we have made to this point,” Saban said following Monday’s workout. ” I really think practicing on Friday, Saturday and today kind of got us in football shape. We are starting to look like what we ought to look like as a football team.
“The main thing that I harp on with the players is consistency. It seems like we have a lot of ups and downs out there, individually and collectively as groups. A guy will practice really well one day and not quite as good the next. The offense will run the ball extremely well in one practice and not be able to run it the next. The defense will play pretty well one practice and not very well the next. So, there is a lot of maturity that we need to do to develop the consistency to go out and compete and play well and execute everyday and every practice.”
Offensively, Saban praised the work of the Tiger line as well as that of the running backs.
“The offensive line and running backs have been a couple of the good areas for us in spring practice so far,” Saban said. “I really like the way the offensive line is shaping up. I’ve been very pleased with the way some of the younger guys have showed a lot of promise.”
Saban added that on Monday the Tiger quarterbacks had their best day throwing the football.
“We had our best day throwing the ball today and today was a difficult day to throw it. It was windy and it was wet, but we still did a good job in the passing game.”
LSU will take Tuesday off and will then practice in full pads on Wednesday. The first of LSU’s three spring scrimmages is set for Friday afternoon. The Tigers will then take off the following week for spring break before returning to the practice field on April 12. Spring practice runs through April 24.