re: An Outsider's View of the National Championship Game...

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I will tell you this. The Option will not be there for LSU in the CS game. The running game will be from the Tackles to the inside.

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I think you're right about this, ROAD HOG. But to take away the option they'll open up the runs between the tackles. That's where LSU likes to run the most. I expect Bama to rotate among three strategies,
1. Wider splits by the inside LB's opening up the inside running game
2. Committing safeties to stop the option, opening up the passing game for big plays
3. Normal inside LB alignment with two safeties back, giving up the option.

It'll be a guessing game, but I agree with you that Bama's not going to just sit there and get raped by the option like they did last time.