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News Article: Tua doesn't have to play against LSU.

Bamabuzzard said:
I just wonder how short of a leash CNS will have if Tua is struggling due to the surgery/injury? I hope it doesn't get to that point but it is something that he may possibly be presented with. I still think we can win with Mac Jones in the game. It will just look different.
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I think that if Tua plays, he plays until he demonstrably can not get it done anymore. We saw it last year, especially in the SEC CG. We had a pretty legitimate backup, and Tua was struggling and hobbling on one leg most of the game. But Saban kept Tua in there until he literally had no legs left to stand on. Only then did he put in Hurts. I expect the same against LSU next week. If Tua starts the game, he is there to play the whole game.
 
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It boggles my mind that with our team stepping up we couldn't whip LSU like we have many times before, as long as we get good game management from the QB position and quality play-calling by Sark. I think our defense will play their best game now that they have a challenge. The whole team will be motivated.

If Tua doesn't play I hope everyone that's saying we can't win without him just goes to the movies. I even found a link.....

[h=1]The ultimate sad films for when you're in need of a little cry[/h] ,LINK
 
Bamabuzzard said:
LSU's defense isn't the LSU defense of old. They are prone to giving up a lot more yards than they are accustomed to. I quickly scrolled over several of their games and giving up 350+ yards (with Florida and Texas going for over 400 total yards each) isn't uncommon. Just some food for thought on that one.
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Sadly, neither is ours.
 
This year's Alabama defense is better than last year's. Last year you shut them out. Yes, LSU's offense is better this year. But enough better to score 40+ points? Yes, your ILB play is weak this year, but it was just as weak last year. Don't believe me? Rewatch any game of your choice. Mack and Dylan played like they were true freshmen last year. They were lost and out of position more than Lee and Harris are this year. I have no idea why, but the film does not lie.

This year's LSU defense is worse than last year's version - by quite a bit - especially against the pass. Last year they gave up 29 points to Alabama. Last year Alabama had 576 yards of total offense in that game - 295 yards in the air against an NFL secondary. This year their run defense is excellent, but they cannot pressure the QB. That means that Tua will have time. Every other QB that they have faced had capitalized on that. What will Tua do? Goodness.

Last year you went into this game with Tua beat up, hampered by a knee injury. I expect that he will be at least as mobile as last year, even coming off the ankle surgery.

Seriously, the only thing that has improved for LSU is the offensive game plan (which is exactly the same as Alabama's offensive game plan last year, so you know what to do to limit it) and their run defense.

Generally LSU and Alabama play strength vs strength on both sides of the ball. This year Alabama's defensive strength is their pass defense. LSU's offensive strength is their pass game. You align. But LSU's defensive strength is their run defense while Alabama offensive strength is the pass game. These do not align - edge Alabama.In other words, you are built to stop their strength this year while they are not built to stop yours.

I would be a lot more worried if they had Sark calling their plays. He can and will take what the defense is giving. Essentially, they have Locksley in Joe Brady. He calls the same RPO plays no matter what the defense is doing.
 
This thread is amazing. BIG1 and others dropped lot of critical information regarding the LSU offense and defense and I haven't really paid attention to LSU much this year. I did not realize LSU basically running same offense that we had under Locksley last year. Basically, I hope the coach staff takes the lesson learned from some of LSU games including Auburn/Florida and figure out a way to scheme around LSU offense and defense and I know they will.

We just need to get off on 3rd downs, making sure we put them in 3rd and long situation often and we need to make sure we score quick and then bleed the clock as much as we can wear down the defense in 2nd half.
 
As crazy as it may sound my biggest worry regarding LSU's offense isn't the passing. It's the handoff's out of the shotgun to #22 that seems to produce chunk yardage everytime they do it. Auburn rarely stopped it when it mattered. I have no idea how they are scheming to consistently get that type yardage out of a seemingly very simple play. But it has become a staple of their offense that has produced huge gains.
 
At the recommendation of others, I didn't give it a "click." If he's suggesting sitting Tua is "smart" cause if we lose it will help us get in the playoff then that's pretty "dumb."

Mac Jones had a great game last week, but let's remember it was against the worst team in the SEC. Ark. is TERRIBLE. Lia or Paul Tysen could have played and we would have won the game.

Not taking anything away from MJ, but we are fooling ourselves if we think he'd look anywhere near as comfortable against LSU as he did against the Hogs.

This is a game where we'll have to match points with LSU and IMO we can't do that with Mac Jones.
 
Tidewater said:
I really enjoyed that dude's analysis. Thanks for posting.
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I believe Murf played linebacker and safety at Georgia. He needs some thicker skin to deal with the obnoxious people he encounters on the internet but he is obviously very capable of analyzing offensive and defensive schemes.
 
B1GTide said:
This year's Alabama defense is better than last year's. Last year you shut them out. Yes, LSU's offense is better this year. But enough better to score 40+ points? Yes, your ILB play is weak this year, but it was just as weak last year. Don't believe me? Rewatch any game of your choice. Mack and Dylan played like they were true freshmen last year. They were lost and out of position more than Lee and Harris are this year. I have no idea why, but the film does not lie.

This year's LSU defense is worse than last year's version - by quite a bit - especially against the pass. Last year they gave up 29 points to Alabama. Last year Alabama had 576 yards of total offense in that game - 295 yards in the air against an NFL secondary. This year their run defense is excellent, but they cannot pressure the QB. That means that Tua will have time. Every other QB that they have faced had capitalized on that. What will Tua do? Goodness.

Last year you went into this game with Tua beat up, hampered by a knee injury. I expect that he will be at least as mobile as last year, even coming off the ankle surgery.

Seriously, the only thing that has improved for LSU is the offensive game plan (which is exactly the same as Alabama's offensive game plan last year, so you know what to do to limit it) and their run defense.

Generally LSU and Alabama play strength vs strength on both sides of the ball. This year Alabama's defensive strength is their pass defense. LSU's offensive strength is their pass game. You align. But LSU's defensive strength is their run defense while Alabama offensive strength is the pass game. These do not align - edge Alabama.In other words, you are built to stop their strength this year while they are not built to stop yours.

I would be a lot more worried if they had Sark calling their plays. He can and will take what the defense is giving. Essentially, they have Locksley in Joe Brady. He calls the same RPO plays no matter what the defense is doing.
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These have been some of my thoughts as well. We are established as the favorite, whether Tua plays or not. In fact, it appears that we are about a four point greater favorite with his playing. I am one of those who won't surrender if Mac plays. As far as Tua is concerned, being a left-hander, last year it was his plant foot/leg which was injured. This year, it is not. Of course, he won't be as mobile but I'm unconvinced that he will have to be...
 
LSU has big run stoppers on the D-Line. I have been really happy with the O-Lines improvement, but I think it will be some tough sledding between the tackles, but they also haven't rushed passer well. They will have to bring extra guys to get to Tua which will leave people open, or they will have to be willing to put their DB's in the tough situation of having to cover the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for extended periods of time. Either way as long as Tua is upright he will have the opportunity to put up some big numbers.

I also expect LSU to put up some big numbers as well. That's a really good offense with a really accurate QB. I'm thinking the home field advantage is worth at least four points if not a few more. The lack of pass rush from LSU and the growth of Bama's pass rush should swing the game barring turnovers and injuries to Bama.
 
bigjue24 said:
LSU has big run stoppers on the D-Line. I have been really happy with the O-Lines improvement, but I think it will be some tough sledding between the tackles, but they also haven't rushed passer well. They will have to bring extra guys to get to Tua which will leave people open, or they will have to be willing to put their DB's in the tough situation of having to cover the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for extended periods of time. Either way as long as Tua is upright he will have the opportunity to put up some big numbers.

I also expect LSU to put up some big numbers as well. That's a really good offense with a really accurate QB. I'm thinking the home field advantage is worth at least four points if not a few more. The lack of pass rush from LSU and the growth of Bama's pass rush should swing the game barring turnovers and injuries to Bama.
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They will if #24 and #33 are stopped. However, if they cannot contain these two it is not a given they will put up "big numbers".
 
JustNeedMe81 said:
This thread is amazing. BIG1 and others dropped lot of critical information regarding the LSU offense and defense and I haven't really paid attention to LSU much this year. I did not realize LSU basically running same offense that we had under Locksley last year. Basically, I hope the coach staff takes the lesson learned from some of LSU games including Auburn/Florida and figure out a way to scheme around LSU offense and defense and I know they will.

We just need to get off on 3rd downs, making sure we put them in 3rd and long situation often and we need to make sure we score quick and then bleed the clock as much as we can wear down the defense in 2nd half.
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If LSU is running the same offense we ran last year, look no further than the Clemson game. One of the most effective things they did was make very last second changes in coverage resulting in bad pre-snap reads and/or affecting timing.
 
GrayTide said:
Sadly, neither is ours.
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I don't think sadly is the right word to use here. We are 10th in the nation is scoring defense and 19th in total defense with up to 6 true freshmen playing. While not typical Bama standards or what we are quite used to it is pretty amazing with that many freshmen. FYR, LSWho is 20th in scoring defense and 24th in total defense.
 
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TiderJack said:
I don't think sadly is the right word to use here. We are 10th in the nation is scoring defense and 19th in total defense with up to 6 true freshmen playing. While not typical Bama standards or what we are quite used to it is pretty amazing with that many freshmen. FYR, LSWho is 20th in scoring defense and 24th in total defense.
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Bama is better than that in the SP+ (Connelly's stuff) rankings. These take into account competition and garbage time which provides a much more accurate evaluation of where a team is.

Bama is #2 in offense and #8 in defense, overall #2 a little behind OSU

LSU is #3 in offense and #20 in defense, overall #3 way behind Alabama. The gap between Ala and LSU is almost as great as between #3 LSU and #8, 2 loss Wisconsin.

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Tua was not seen at practice today during the media visitation period.

;)
 
I think if Auburn had any semblance of an Offense, they beat LSU by two touchdowns last weekend.
 
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