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ESPN's David Pollack Suggests Unusual Defensive Game-Plan For LSU vs. Alabama

by TD Staff Reporter

November 2, 201818 Comments

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports

ESPN's David Pollack is in town for College GameDay this weekend and had a chance to talk with reporters on Friday about the big game between LSU and Alabama.

Pollack was asked about how he would slow down the Tide's explosive offensive and suggested an unorthodox defensive game plan: let them the run the ball.

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JackieTreehorn

Any more bright ideas Pollack?

Reply•61 months

SuperFanDan

So fresh and edgy Pollack. That's exactly what everyone has been saying Belichick did against the Bills in the Super Bowl. You're about a week late on this "hot" take

Reply•61 months

MarineVet

Make your offense drain the play clock in the first half... bring white back, then go uptempo the whole second half...

Reply•61 months

Tiger4life5803

And that’s why you work at ESPN and you’re not a coach. We comin

Reply•61 months

findaway

Just a dumb call!! You don’t do ANYTHING close to that until he proves he can move the ball in the air against that SECONDARY and in TIGER STADIUM! at NIGHT!! This AIN’T Athens David.

Reply•61 months

sumtimeitbeslikedat

I think we ought to blitz every single down and hit the crap outta Tua. See how that youngster likes hearing footsteps every time he says hut.

Reply•61 months

CelticDog

Oh yes. Most downs anyway. Change up now and then.

61 months

biglego

Really missing Chaisson

61 months

sumtimeitbeslikedat

I think we ought to blitz every single down and hit the crap outta Tua. See how that youngster likes hearing footsteps every time he says hut.

Reply•61 months

stowns

I don't hate it...

Reply•61 months

reauxl tigers

Taken right out of Bill Belichick's book.

Reply•61 months

Fightin Okra

We wouldn’t have anyone standing in 4th quarter but DW40. Everyone else would have been pounded to death

Reply•61 months

OilMan25

Frick this! “Give to them nothing, but take from them everything!”

Reply•61 months

panterica

I said the same thing a few days ago. Don't give up the big plays even if they march downfield. Then in a short field you can stop both run and pass more easily and force FG's. If you commit too much to stopping the run they'll get td passes. It's not stupid. Better yet, just do this for a while and switch it up from the same formation.

Reply•61 months

TeamCKennedy

I agree for the most part. Play two deep safeties. Invite them to run and hope you can stop it more times than not. Dont give up chunck plays. Mix in timely blitzes. Disguise coverages. Defense will be fine tho. The key is to control the clock and score some points.

Reply•61 months

Guava Jelly

He's right. That's dumb as shite.

Reply•61 months

BayouBengals18

Not necessarily. This Bama offense is explosive, and executed a lot of big plays. Take away the big play, shorten the game, tighten up in the red zone and hope you make them settle for FG’s instead of TD’s.

61 months

JKChesterton

Actually it is similar to what Bill Belichick used against Jim Kelly and that high powered Bills passing offense. They wanted to have Thurman Thomas get 100 Yards. They took away pass and made Bill runs the ball on go for long drives rather than quick strikes. Of course the Bills still should have won missing a makeable FG to win it at the gun.

61 months

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