Does LSU offense tip off plays inadvertently?

They are working on trends by down, distance and formation. Statistical analysis gives them a pretty good idea of what we'll run in a given circumstance. Makes their staff look like geniuses when we audible right into their run blitz.

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They are working on trends by down, distance and formation. Statistical analysis gives them a pretty good idea of what we'll run in a given circumstance. Makes their staff look like geniuses when we audible right into their run blitz.

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I think that is most likely the case but rewatching the game - at least the offense part it is remarkable how effective and reactive to LF getting the ball but when he doesn't they (Bama) look like any other good defense.

I have also seen on here that we need to vary the snap count and quit running the play clock down to 2 sec before we snap it thus giving the defense a jump.

I like the fact that we can pretty much dictate our will on every other team in the SEC....

But from the Bama game... Les Miles is as easy to read as a Dr. Seus book. He coaches to not lose. I miss the 2010, D. Peterson reverse Les Miles.

I said it before, but winning 9-6 the way we won it, ultra-conservative, field position, time of possession, was the worst thing to happen to Les vs Alabama.

I don't mind running, but give Bama different looks. My significant other graduated from Michigan so I've been watching a lot of them this year also. They are a running team, but they do it from so many different formations. I'm not hoping for a complete transformation, but at least make it harder. I don't fault Les' thinking this year because we do have an all-time great RB....but it's evident this year, we can't attack Bama status quo if we can't beat them with LF.

Les continues to hope to dictate our will vs Bama, but they're the only team in the country we don't have superior talent. He needs to be old un-predictable Les, or recruit at an even higher level.

Watching Les trying to establish a running game against Bama is like watching a toddler sticking the round block in the square hole.

I read somewhere last week that our o-line had a tell that gave away when we were running and when we were gonna pass before the play started.
Something about how the line got in their stance. IF they were lined up low, Bama knew it was a run, and if higher, then it would be a pass.
No link. anyone else see this?

LSU has plenty of tells based off player comments from last years game

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We are the most predictable offense for sure but you are right. You can still run similar plays from different looks. One of the things that I thought was missing from previous games was the option toss. We have not run it a lot but running Bama wide a few times has been successful in the past games. Buga, Guice, Dural, Jackson all have great speed that could put yards on the field and points on the board.

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We are extremely predictable but the thing to keep in mind is we still are extremely young on offense and they were going against a defense that was playing anywhere from 5-8 Seniors at a time. Our offense is good enough to win most of our games. Just not Bama. I don't know what Nick uses to get the edge but lets look at the first play of the 2nd half when Harris threw the INT. How many times this year have we run a play-action bootleg to Quinn? The answer is maybe once. Bama was all over that shite. They had 3 guys in that area of the field.

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Les continues to hope to dictate our will vs Bama, but they're the only team in the country we don't have superior talent. He needs to be old un-predictable Les, or recruit at an even higher level.

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I think the latter is what needs to happen. Miles is going to go conservative against Bama. He only takes risks when he knows he has the upper hand. That is since 2011. We must match them on recruiting as far as both lines. We won't be able to exceed them by any large margin. There..err (cough cough) unfair advantages and Saban's recruiting prowess prevents that. But we can at least match and take it from there. See this year and 2009 recruiting season as a blue print for what we need to do.

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LSU was not running into 9 guys against Bama they did not "stack the box"...they didn't need to

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Shhh. you are confusing them with facts.

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SU was not running into 9 guys against Bama they did not "stack the box"...they didn't need to

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Okay, eight? Front seven plus a safety that Miles admits during his show kept coming down and making tackles.