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BATON ROUGE — During the media viewing period of LSU football’s practice Monday, quarterback Garrett Nussmeier tried to shoot the gap between defenders to make a dump-down throw to a receiver running a drag route across the middle.
The ball didn’t have enough air under it and the window to make the throw was small and shrinking by the breath.
LSU senior defensive lineman Parish Shand got his hand up in time, batted the football up into the air before settling into his arms for an interception during 11-on-11 drills.
Picks have not been uncommon for Nussmeier, or the rest of the Tiger quarterbacks, during this preseason practice. But as the junior signal caller told reporters after practice Monday, the few mistakes that have been captured and reported don’t define how his fall camp has gone. Nor have they been indicative of where his development in his first season as the full-starter currently is as the season opener against USC draws closer.
“I think it’s been great. There’s been really good days and there’s been some days when I’ve made some mistakes and I have to learn from them,” Nussmeier said. “That’s what I want. I would not want to have a completely perfect camp. I wouldn’t be prepared for the season. Things are never perfect.
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“Playing quarterback in the SEC is tough, it’s not easy. It’s the hardest conference to play quarterback in outside of the NFL. The struggles at times are, I wouldn’t say I like, but I understand they have to happen because you have to grow.”
Those interceptions during practice aren’t specifically a notion that Nussmeier is seeing or doing anything wrong but there have been some media that have…
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Publish date : 2024-08-12 21:36:52
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