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Steltz leads LSU defense in rout
By RANDY ROSETTA
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 31, 2007
STARKVILLE, Miss.  The LSU defense had nearly as much to do with the 45 points the Tigers scored against Mississippi State on Thursday as the offense did in a season-opening romp at Davis Wade Stadium.
And senior safety Craig Steltz was a major reason why LSU's opportunistic defense forced seven turnovers that led to 38 points. At some point, though, Steltz would sure like to join the scoring parade himself. He got three chances Thursday and never got there, but the bottom-line result eased his personal letdown.
"I'm fightin' for it," Steltz said with an ear-to-ear grin on a night when he intercepted three passes himself and had 100 return yards  but still couldn't get into the end zone.
Even Tigers coach Les Miles threw a good-natured barb at Steltz, who picked off four passes last season and didn't score  despite a 76-yard return on one theft.
"He had a lot of return yardage without getting in the end zone," Miles said with a grin. "Steltz is playing unbelievably strong football for us."
For the Tigers defense, Steltz's continued scoring drought was about the only blemish on a night when second-ranked LSU prolonged its recent domination of the Bulldogs.
Although pressure up front and a harangued QB are a large part of the equation, it takes a few other ingredients.
"It was a lot of luck," Steltz said. "You have to be in the right place at the right time. There's a lot of experience in our secondary and coach Pelini puts us in the right spots to make plays. We're in the third year of his system, and we've got all the kinks worked out.
"Any time you see the ball in the air, you go and just try to make a play," Steltz said.
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