re: Was 2019 LSU Offense schematically the best ever?

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The most underrated piece of that entire offense however was Clyde. It cannot be stated enough how his big play ability and 3rd down capability changed the dynamics of that offense entirely.

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There were three weapons we could always rely on for tough situations. The first got us going against Bama and Clemson, and that was the mismatch Chase presented with even the best corners in football. The second, as you point out, was Clyde - both on the rpo and the safety valve passes, Clyde was a dagger. Last was when all else failed, Burrow would take off and run. He put the coup de grace in Bama with that.

Of course Jefferson was big; who could forget that 3rd and 17 against Texas? And Moss was enough to punish teams who concentrated on our other weapons. But it was those triple killings that held even the best teams at arms distance so that no team ever had the ball in the fourth quarter with a chance to tie, or take the lead, except Florida, which behind seven, briefly had the ball very early in the 4th quarter.