re: LSU’s ‘Cage Rush’ defensive gameplan vs UT and how it will be fixed.

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I would ask “why didn’t we adjust at half time” and blitz more, but we held them to 7 points in the first half. It’s easy to forget that.

Once he started picking us apart in the 2nd half, we started sending a little more pressure. Sometimes it worked but we also got burned for the 4th down TD on it.

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Exactly. The things that's lost on all this panic about our defense is that they actually played VERY well in the first half of the game. It was the second half, where UT scored 31 pts, that the majority of yards were given up. I do believe the cramping and fatigue played a major part in how our defense played. Not so much because they're not conditioned but, simply because UT ran 86 offensive plays, while LSU only ran 68. That's almost 20 more plays. Most defenses would've been tired in the 4th quarter like LSU was. Also, I don't think the coaches have completely figured out how to rotate the players effectively on defense, now that our offense isn't on the field for very long.

We have a VERY talented defense. I believe we won't see too many more defensive performances like this the rest of this season. However, I do believe that certain teams are going to be able to move the ball on us, or any other defense for that matter. It's just a matter of us being able to LIMIT those offenses.