Agree, but how many long, sustained drives were you seeing in the second half?I think the reason the two minute offense worked so well is that the LSU DBs were in Prevent D. They were not aggressive until the last play (when we guessed correctly and ran a screen). I don't know if it would have worked as well coming out of half time or anything like that. Plus, long, sustained drives help keep our defense fresh.
That seemed to have more to do with essentially abandoning the run for whatever reason we did. We were ripping off 4-5 yards just about every run, while AJ was off until the last drive. A lot of our drive that ended with the fumble in the second half was gashing them with the run if I remember correctly.Agree, but how many long, sustained drives were you seeing in the second half?
Agree, but I'll take one minute down the field over the 3 and outs of most of the second half.Time management... That's why! We want to eat clock.
After us getting tired last night, we have to give them a breather.Agree, but I'll take one minute down the field over the 3 and outs of most of the second half.
As far as keeping defense fresh, when you rotate the DL and LBs constantly, why would you not be fresh?
Exactly, Secondary backs way up and plays soft coverage to keep everything in front of the Safeties. D is not really worried about giving up short pass plays. It really is set up to make the O burn clock as the goal is for the O to use as much of that 2 minutes as possible but in the college game, the clock stops on every first down so it kinda negates the true 2 minute defense a little.coverage looks a bit different from defense during 2 minute drill
This is what I don't understand. We were moving the ball running, but continued to force the pass, until time was gone and we had to pass. Fortunately LSU went into Chavis' patented prevent D, and our guys responded with great execution.That seemed to have more to do with essentially abandoning the run for whatever reason we did. We were ripping off 4-5 yards just about every run.
I think the OC was working under the theory that 1st down is the easiest down to pass. That's true, but if you have an incompletion then it almost forces you to pass the next 2 downs.This is what I don't understand. We were moving the ball running, but continued to force the pass, until time was gone and we had to pass.