The 3 scoring defenses LSU has faced so far this year.

So you’re saying if we play any of the #22 and up ranked defenses we’re likely screwed?

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if we play any of the #22 and up

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Currently Only Vandy & OU

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but the reverse is, having played LSU, their defense stats after 3 games played were padded because of playing LSU

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That is fair and that could be the case. My HOPE is that it is the other way around and we will know either way soon enough.

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So you’re saying if we play any of the #22 and up ranked defenses we’re likely screwed?

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Well we’re 3-0 in said games so not exactly screwed.

Not sure if anyone has made this point yet. But it’s pretty clear we have a top 10 defense in college football this season. It must be very hard for an offense with lots of new pieces to develop confidence when going against such a high level defense in practice every day. Then it just so happens the first 3 opponents are also pretty good on defense. It’s like trying to teach a bunch of kids to play on a team together who haven’t worked together before but you only get practice reps against great defenses. I do think in the long run it’ll be to their benefit. But right now nothing looks easy. If anyone remembers Hugh Freeze saying how he told his defense to go easy on Jackson Arnold in camp to help him regain confidence. Same principle. When your confidence is not there and you’re playing very poorly, you take the difficulty level on the video game back to beginner until you master that and can move forward. Essentially, we haven’t had any “easier” defenses to master the fundamentals against yet.

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HOPE


Is not a strategy

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Well, I am not a fricking coach so I do not get to be part of any strategy. How some on this board act like we have anything more than hope and a useless opinion is actually funny.