Milroe stats from last night underscore the truly dismal coaching against Bama 2 weeks ago

If it was so simple, why did he also shred UGA (both on the ground and through the air, by the way)? It was Oklahoma’s day. Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.

Early in our game he was hitting check downs for 9+ yd pick ups. He could have done that all game too. Every thing they did worked against us that night

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So freaking obvious against this guy: stack the box, force him to pass. He's just not very good.

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Milroe
QB Rating: 153.5
Comp%: 65.0%

Nussmeier
QB Rating: 138.22
Comp%: 63.4%

Going into the season, everyone knew that LSU had gaps in talent on the defense. In particular, up the middle with DTs, LBs, and Safeties. That gap in talent was a problem against Alabama. They were a bad matchup for LSU.

The coaching staff has completely failed this team. They should be ashamed.

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But against LSU, it was virtually as if the D were instructed that the QB wasn't allowed to run. So freaking obvious against this guy: stack the box, force him to pass. He's just not very good. And looked like Tim Tebow against the Tigers.

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If you want to cash out on the entire defensive staff after not even one season, then you haven’t been watching. We know full well the talent and depth issues we have. We know how insanely bad the entire unit was last year, and we can see that there have been statistical improvements across the board this year. They won the OM game for us when the offense struggled. They held Pavia to his worst game of the season last night. There’s been real improvement.

Anyone paying attention also knows we still have some guys out there who we know can’t be trusted. Guys like Ryan and Burns were ok last night and vs Arkansas and OM, but got absolutely exposed vs A&M and Bama.

If things don’t improve as the talent level improves, then you will have a point. We aren’t there yet. This defense is based on using several journeymen to plug holes, playing young guys in roles that probably aren’t ideal for them, and some smoke and mirrors. Sometimes a great athlete will blow that shite up. Let’s see what happens when the talent level gets back to where we expect it to be, which really starts next season.

As for the teams that have handled Milroe better, they all have more depth and talent across the front 7 and more experience in their systems. Vandy is the only one with comparable talent, but they do have experience and a great defensive coach. Their defense made a big jump this year when he took over DC responsibilities.

I would say with the number of disappointing things to add up this year, this tops my list. I’ve been in the defend CBK and staff crowd because of the lack of elite playmakers on D and the overall lack of talent and depth. But the only way Milroe will really hurt you is if you let him run. It was almost like we committed to shove him to the forefront of Heisman talks. That was disappointing as hell.

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But the only way Milroe will really hurt you is if you let him run. It was almost like we committed to shove him to the forefront of Heisman talks. That was disappointing as hell.

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Everyone really loved the way we sat back and tried to defend A&M after they switched QB’s right? That worked really well, didn’t it?

The only way our defense has had success this season is when we get pressure on the QB. Period. Go back and look at every game. This is what works with the players we have.

We played a risky game with Pavia last night by playing aggressive up front, crashing the mesh point and getting him out on the run on passing downs. We did the same with Dart and Green (who was coming off an injury), and it worked. They all folded under the pressure.

We tried to apply pressure to Milroe and he killed us. You have to be perfect in your assignments playing that way and we all saw what happened. We also saw the DL, which has played better than anyone expected this season, get pushed around vs Bama. Them not being able to hold up created a lot of problems that we don’t have guys elsewhere to cover up for. That was a huge problem that no scheme is covering up.

The alternative against an athletic QB like Milroe is playing soft zone and being reactive. We have flat-out sucked every time we have tried to play that way, going back to last season. So pick your poison. The staff obviously didn’t believe they could sit back, spy, and play a ton of soft zone and do any better. That is how most other defenses that have had success have handled Milroe, but we don’t have the guys to play straight up like that without creating some havoc.

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Oklahoma had the DB’s, LBs and Dline we used to have. The talent isn’t there and Baker is forced to cover up for to many deficiencies. We could’ve run their defensive plan but the results would’ve been the same as earlier because we don’t have the players

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You are 100% correct. This has been said 1000 times on this board, but the idiots simply can’t grasp it.

Yeah, people bitching about this are just clueless. Oklahoma's having a bad season, because their offense has been beyond pathetic. Their defense has been stout all year. They have the players to contain Milroe.

We don't. We just don't. You can scheme all you like, and at some point the athletes come into play.

Look at LSU/Vandy, for example. Vanderbilt beat Bama at home, Pavia was the leading rusher at QB in the SEC. A rushing QB has been LSU's nightmare all season long. We didn't suddenly figure out how to stop him after being gashed, we BEAT them. Our DL just mangled their OL, he had no time to roll out and throw- that part of their gameplan stopped. Pavia couldn't outrun our linebackers or DEs, the guys watching him- that part of their offense stuffed.
Weeks could chase Pavia down. He can't do that with Sellers, Reed, Milroe.

Oklahoma has guys that can.