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re: LSU is going to surprise everyone and beat Alabama

Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:23 am to
Posted by nola000
Lacombe, LA
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 10/23/17 at 10:23 am to
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the biggest misconception out there is that Alabama consistently loads the box against us. It has been a long time since they’ve had to do that.


I know many people say this but I dont think thats what they mean. What they mean is, "Alabama sells out to the run against LSU." This is 100% true. The safetys and LBs run downhill or cheat forward as soon as the ball is snapped. They arent trying to diagnose pass because they know LSU hasnt had a threatening or even functioning passing attack in many years. This is what they mean when they say they "stack the box." It feels that way because they sell-out run. Theyre just not describing it accurately but they see what they see. The ball is snapped and the entire Alabama D is at the LOS clogging up holes.

Not many other teams play LSU this way because they fear getting beat on the corners or to a TE or RB leaking out to the seams or edge. These are things LSU has never really done much under Less Smiles and Alabama trusts their 4/5* safetys or CBs in coverage man-to-man. Other teams cant afford that risk because they dont have the guys in the secondary to play tight enough coverage.

There were a couple of posters on TD or SECRant that went over this in better detail on another thread. I dont feel like looking for it right now but it was on the first page yesterday.
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