re: Iowa vs LSU breakdown

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You might be a little backwards with your stats there. I fully expect to come close to 300 yds on the ground but getting 300 yds thru the air would be a great bonus for our off season moral.

Keep in mind that Les loves the I-form.

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Keep in mind that if Iowa commits to shut down your run game, they will...

...it just might be at the expense of the passing defense.

Again, if I were Iowa, I'd take my chances against a true frosh QB with minimal playing time. Jennings may very well be good enough to play well and make us pay.

With Mettenberger and your very good WRs, the threat of an air attack is what made your running game as effective as it is.

Iowa DBs will play a deep zone defense and likely keep eight in the box. The DL will hold their lanes and not get out of shape to allow free space along the LOS. The LBs will make a lot of tackles.

If Jennings is patient enough to just keep taking the underneath stuff all the way down the field, he will likely move with relative ease, if he's accurate. If he's not patient and tries to force passes, then we've already won the game.

Honestly, if I were Cameron, I would come out in a bunch of 3 and 4 wide sets to spread out the Iowa defense all over the field and try to create space where my athletes can make plays. The problem this might present is not having enough protection for Jennings, but again, if Jennings is willing to take the short, underneath stuff he will probably move the ball very effectively outside the red zone. Then it will be up to LSU to come up with something nasty to get it to the endzone once inside the 20.