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If y’all become a finesse team you will regret it, just like we did. The true recipe for success for LSU would be to keep your legacy of punishing ground and pound rushing intact but find some way to incorporate competency at the QB position.

Even though it’s kind of ironic that an A&M fan is trying to give us advice, you are 100% correct

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Posted by The Egg

Houston, TX

Member since Dec 2004

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Posted on 1/7/18 at 9:27 am to TGFN57

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madden jockeys. They think that cheat codes work in real football

well it's about time coach o puts in the up up down down left right left right cheat code bc he running out of lives

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Posted by Datbayoubengal

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Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 1/7/18 at 1:34 pm to Fus0623

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Quick test for those who are “afraid” of the spread. Go look up the final Top 10 ranking in the past...say 3-4 years and identity a team that runs a traditional, 2 back offense. You’ll see that they are few and far between. This notion this the Spread is a “Gimmick Offense” is absolutely asinine.

My point is people fear what they don’t know so I suggest to the OP to step outta of that 1990s cocoon and do some research of how Offense are run in today’s College Football

All of this.

Penn St fans were acting stupid too when Franklin came in and wanted to run the spread. They were a VERY traditional pro style offense and were 43 in total offense and 69 in scoring offense.

Fast forward to 2016 in his third year and an FCS HC as his new OC. His scoring offense jumped to 21st from 100th the year prior, and his total offense jumped from 105th the year prior to 43rd. That 433 ypg in 2013 was the peak for that pro style offense, yet this spread offense managed that with one year. In year two, this year, that spread offense got them 19th in total offense (460 ypg), and 6th in scoring offense (41.1 ppg).

That also boosted them from 7-6 to 11-3 in one year, winning the Big 10, and beating teams that finished ranked in Temple, Iowa, Wisconsin (8) and Ohio St (2). They were 3 points away from beating ranked Pittsburgh, and 4 points from beating 9th ranked USC who also finished 11-3.

In short, a lot of fans that dont want to change are complete idiots.

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Posted by Datbayoubengal

Port City

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Posted on 1/7/18 at 2:09 pm to Cooter Davenport

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The thing this kind of analysis misses, which I know as a fan of a team that ran the spread and is GLAD to be leaving it, is that those are not the same kind of running yards. Not all rushing yards are the same or accomplish the same thing.

Bro, this is horseshite. Go tell opposing players of Oregon who had to fake injuries because they were worn out after giving up 300+ rush yards when the team carried the ball 45-50 times. That's breaking your will no matter how it's done, or by who.

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Spread running yards are all gimme, misdirection, “we tricked you into putting too few in the box” yards.

Spread running yards are not imposing your will, grinding out the clock, crushing the other team’s confidence yards.

Lol, you don't think those teams above ran offense like that? These guys, including Clemson and Ohio State, run power rush games that have some misdirection. You still feel 220-230lb RBs barrelling downhill. QBs that are able to take the ball and run 10+ yards at any given time is a true asset to any team.

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If y’all become a finesse team you will regret it, just like we did. The true recipe for success for LSU would be to keep your legacy of punishing ground and pound rushing intact but find some way to incorporate competency at the QB position.

lol,
y'all had a few problems. First, the Mastermind behind you offense in Kingsbury left after one year. Then you lost your only remaining rushing threat after the next year. Y'all were way more of a pass happy finesse team who didn't realize you needed a run game until 2 years ago. Bad OC hires and average RBs, kept y'all from improving the run game

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Going to a spread would be throwing the baby out with the bath water. I’m telling y’all.

Nope, it will be exactly what LSU needs. If we put Narcisse or Brennan in a Sterlin Gilbert ran offense, we will improve dramatically.

Oklahoma had a RB ground and pound to 201 yards and 2 TDs on 26 carries (his best rushing performance of the year) vs UGA's #2 ranked rush D. Zeke ran for 230 yards and 2 TDs on 20 carries on Bama's #1 ranked rush D in 2014 That was the most they ever gave up in Nick Saban's tenure. Both of those performances happened in big games too

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