re: Can LSU beat Bama without big plays?

We can make big plays both running and passing if we can establish an effective passing game early. Short of that, it seems unlikely. By establishing the passing game we can gash them for some chunks of yards by exploiting running lanes created by an aggressive pass rush (particularly in zone blocking schemes, and Guice is a *great* zone runner), which in turn makes the defense wary of the run, and puts us in a good position to throw again, since Allen can't just tee off on the pass rush. We have to play a balanced game. A very balanced game. I think we can do it, but man, we gotta play straight up assignment football.