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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.

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.

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Posted by MattLSU

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Posted on 12/14/13 at 10:09 pm to BrewHawk

The threat of the air attack is what made the run game? No. That's just wrong. Lsu's passing game struggled last year and Hill dominated. Lsu is talented in both facets.

The thing is, if you load up on the run..Cam will absolutely go pass all day. You'd be leaving your overmatched corners in one on one coverage...that'd make Jennings job that much easier.

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Posted by Dick Macho

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Posted on 12/14/13 at 10:16 pm to BrewHawk

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

LSU has had a ground and pound mentality for a long time now and they've only been successful through the air this year consistently. A whole bunch of LSU's long rushes actually did happen against stacked boxes in short yardage situations. The Tigers are used to rushing against stacked boxes.

Our opponents mostly tried to stick with tradition and stack the box to try to make us beat them through the air. This is why we arguably have the best receiving duo in the nation.

But I digress.. forcing LSU to beat them with the arm of their first time starting TF is the obvious favorite method of defense. I am just trying to say that everyone has done this to LSU over the last decade so it will absolutely be nothing new to anyone in Purp and Gold.

If I were to scheme against my Tigers, I might go with more of a 3-4 and blitz from different angles. TF or not, Iowa can't afford to give Jennings time to throw and they also need to get into the backfield in order to stifle the rushing game. Saban usually does this but his defense is built for it.

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