Question: Analyze LSU
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I just get the feeling that their offense is going to look a lot like pre-Jordan Jefferson on November 5. I think we force several turnovers from Mettenburger but the key will be starting fast and furious on offense.
Agree, BB...I've read their boards over the course of the season and they have seem to have Bama threads daily; also early on in the season, there were quite a few rumblings amongst their fans expressing their angst of how Les is bumbling things with Chavis getting much of the credit for them being as good as they are. That fan base will have a major, major come-apart if they lose this game because they've been obsessed with this game since Jan.
Oh yeah. They (as a fan base) got utterly embarrassed. Granted, much of the fuel they added with all the "greatest college football team of all time" and all the trash talking hype they put on last year's team. Only to have "the greatest college football team of all time" have their draws snatched down in front of God and everybody and have their butts kicked. This is a must win for their program with regards to support for Les and his staff going forward. They lose this game and what support is still left for Les in Baton Rouge will likely be gone.
This is what an uninformed and overzealous fan base can do to a very successful program. After Alabama dominated LSU in the BCSCG, people started questioning everything that Miles and his staff were doing. Bobby Hebert called Miles out in a press conference after the game, demanding an explanation for the decision not to go to their other QB options. He and every other LSU fan wanted to know why Zach wasn't brought in. He was their savior, and he wasn't used.
Well, we have seen first hand this season what Miles saw last year - and we now know without a doubt why Zach was not allowed to play in that game. But the damage was done back in January. The fans lost confidence and starting throwing stones.
Miles did not suddenly forget how to coach football, nor did his coaching staff. But the fans forgot what it means to support their program. They are killing themselves.
I remember for last year's game there were a few times where we brought in a third tackle. What was the thinking there and what were we trying to accomplish with that?
Also, I gotta think we show some new wrinkle on offense this game ... we did last year. Who has a good guess?
Also, I gotta think we show some new wrinkle on offense this game ... we did last year. Who has a good guess?
The third tackle is all about establishing dominance at where you attack the LOS (Or at least making people think that's where you are attacking). Larger individual, another blocker, outflanking the d, you name it.
Blake Sims is the wrinkle. Zone read, qb keepers, all the stuff running qbs do that hasn't been done around here lately.
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Looks like we have the statistical advantage.
Perhaps they have the motivational advantage.
BUT, as we saw last week, you gotta do more than just believe.
I think the key for Bama is coming out strong in the first quarter and getting a lead. We do that, and let's just say we force several three and outs in the first quarter on the O and the wheels that have been taped back on since Jan. 9 might just start coming off again!
Perhaps they have the motivational advantage.
BUT, as we saw last week, you gotta do more than just believe.
I think the key for Bama is coming out strong in the first quarter and getting a lead. We do that, and let's just say we force several three and outs in the first quarter on the O and the wheels that have been taped back on since Jan. 9 might just start coming off again!
Has anyone considered that we might see QB Rob Bolden in this game considering how much CLM loves to run the option against us? I'm not sure how well it would work given how Rob Bolden has played against us in the past, but it wouldn't surprise me to see him play Saturday night.
Good point.
And hence our taking the crowd out of the game early becomes that much more important...
Like you said, on paper Bama should own them. The only way I see LSU moving the ball on Bama is on the ground. Their passing game is inept.
On the flipside, their D is legit. They will try to follow whatever feeble blueprint all the other teams that we have beaten like a drum have done to this point and that's to stop our running game and make AJ beat them. So far, AJ has made most teams pay for that. However, LSU can stack up with us man for man and it will probably be a struggle at times.
I am always nervous about nightgames at Death Valley. Their crowd will be a factor unless we jump on them early.
I have no doubts that LSU has had this game circled on their calendar since January, they are going to come on the field saturday night snot slinging mad.
We all know what we do best here at Bama, and we all know what LSU's strengths are. I think the biggest factor in the game is how weak their QB Mettenberger is. No one really wants to say it, but he's one of the worst starting QB's in the SEC, and especially if he gets rattled early or has to move out of the pocket. Kind of reminds me of that tall goofy big arm QB that Arky had a few years ago (name escapes me). Make him move even a little out of his comfort zone, and he's toast. I look for our LB's and DB's to have a record night with INT's. If we stack the box, netralize their run game, and play man to man and make him try to beat us, we'll have a field day.
We all know the mystique of a night game at LSU has little to no effect when the opponent is Alabama. Other teams may have had nightmares with it, but not us. Baton Rouge is almost like home to the Tide!
We all know the mystique of a night game at LSU has little to no effect when the opponent is Alabama. Other teams may have had nightmares with it, but not us. Baton Rouge is almost like home to the Tide!
Not too worried about our D vs. their O. We should hold them pretty well, though I expect they'll gain more yards than anyone has this year. The other way, Fluker cannot get beat on the edge speed rush. LSU is excellent at this. If he does, it could be miserable for us. Otherwise, we need to just take what they give us. I like the match up of Williams (who should have his own motivation) against their LBs and Safeties.
Florida really exploited counters and misdirection on their LBs. I don't feel reverses are something we have done well in the past - I think that Capital One Bowl run by Julio is about the only explosive play generated out of the handful of attempts - but we have done well with the counter cutback on the stretch zone plays. I anticipate we'll try a reverse or two but we'll try to get their LBs out of their run fits with that counter stretch.
i know were playing at their house...but wasnt the NCG played in their backyard? that didnt seem to matter
Considering Miles and company left the BCS game in a funk...
They have had most of a year to prepare to play us. Believe me when I tell you that their prep work
for the Bama game has been thru Spring Training, Fall Camp and continues.
We will see the best LSU has to offer.
That said... We stack the line and dare them to throw the ball.
They will stack the line like they did in last years BCS Game, and AJ will have a chance to eat them up
with short passes... Yeldon & Lacy will be stuffed early, but after we pass some our running game
can begin to grind them down.
I'll almost bet if it comes down to a game of Field Goals, that we do better than we did in regular
season against them last year. Shouldn't be that close.
We may not be what we were last year, but LSU falls way short of where they were last year... RTR.
They have had most of a year to prepare to play us. Believe me when I tell you that their prep work
for the Bama game has been thru Spring Training, Fall Camp and continues.
We will see the best LSU has to offer.
That said... We stack the line and dare them to throw the ball.
They will stack the line like they did in last years BCS Game, and AJ will have a chance to eat them up
with short passes... Yeldon & Lacy will be stuffed early, but after we pass some our running game
can begin to grind them down.
I'll almost bet if it comes down to a game of Field Goals, that we do better than we did in regular
season against them last year. Shouldn't be that close.
We may not be what we were last year, but LSU falls way short of where they were last year... RTR.
All the stats, the eyeball test, the intensity, the X's and O's, Jimmy's and Joe's, etc, tell me we win this one 28-10 (give or take a FG) but still ................... I have a bad nagging feeling we could lose this one ......... and I want that feeling to go away.
I like the stats. LSU has had this game circled for a year, but I don't think they win.
We have the better Quarter back.
We have the better Running Backs.
We have the better coach.
We may have a stronger line too...
If our OL gives AJ time we win.
If our OL gives TJ of Eddie room, we win.
We have the better Quarter back.
We have the better Running Backs.
We have the better coach.
We may have a stronger line too...
If our OL gives AJ time we win.
If our OL gives TJ of Eddie room, we win.
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