Fournette SB Nation Article

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The most physically gifted person on the field will be the last one you see, the final boss after somehow plowing through the entirety of Dark Souls, the Hillary Step after making it all the way up Everest.

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It happened against Auburn later in the game. The offense looked unstoppable at times.

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he did terrible things to defenders unlucky enough to catch up with him.

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No. 24 Blake Countess tries. He really does. He even looks like he's trying to get low on Fournette, which you want to do in order to avoid the worst possible outcome: a running back trucking your arse in front of a national television audience, a packed stadium and your family. Fournette either closes the gap intentionally or is simply moving so fast he steps through Countess like he's an Under Armour-clad irrelevance. Either way, at the point of attack, Fournette cocks a shoulder and drives through him.

Leonard Fournette weighs 230. Blake Countess weighs 180. This is what happens when you mess with physics and physics messes back.

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This is the greatest paragraph I have ever read in an article.

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Grabbing the shoe is endearing. It's a sign of professionalism. Countess was not going to give up on the play, even after it was over, even after he'd gone sideways against gravity. I kind of kept waiting for him to slide sideways for a while, maybe down the ramp, out through the tunnel, past the Parade Ground and across the street to Walk-On's in full uniform, where he'd slide up to a barstool, stop in a seated position, and order a beer and some chicken fingers. He'd do that, but not before the noble attempt to tackle Fournette by his heel, something as admirable as having to stop a landslide with only a crossing guard's stop sign.

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Excellent

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Would hate to be a linebacker or safety playing LSU if they can effectively throw on early downs.

I would hate to be a linebacker or safety playing LSU if the line is plowing folks the way it was Saturday

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Now imagine a linebacker being flat-footed because they're genuinely not sure if the hand-off to Fournette is a fake or not.

We all like to rave about "imposing your will" and "ramming it down their throat," but effective play-action will make LSU's running game even more effective than it already is.

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The first reason is Fournette has balletic balance and an underrated ability to make subtle shifts. It's weird to call a running back this nasty a delicate thing, but his first move (TEN YARDS DOWN THE FIELD UNTOUCHED, JESUS, AUBURN) is usually to break slightly to one side or another.

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And, to me, that wasn't even the best run of the day. There were two others where he just carried the pile for I swear another 10 yards all by himself...and the other where I think it was Matthews who tried to tackle him high and LF just threw him off like a rag doll.

Amazing.