Question About LSU Football, How To Beat LSU?

i would go for the ankles

is that you, Coach?

Attack our secondary by passing the ball and testing our pass rush.

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While I, as a UW donor and ticket holder do not expect the UW to win, what I would like to know is in your honest assessment, what is the weakness of LSU this year? If there's one area the UW could focus on, what would it be?

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I guess I'm just an old school guy - LSU doesn't really have any weaknesses for 2009 yet, because we haven't played. Talent wise, our players could play, and probably start, for most teams in the country, though our QB would not be starting (this was supposed to be our all-everything QB Ryan Perrilloux's senior campaign) many BCS conference teams. I guess the focus would turn then to where we are not very strong -

QB - talent, but little experience and age. However, keep in mind that these same two QBs led us to an 8-5 overall. While the weaker QB play in 2008 contributed to most of the losses, so did poor (and certainly inconsistent) defensive play.

LB - Louisiana does not produce large numbers of great LBs - probably the football Achilles Heel of the state. Therefore it is not a strength. My point is further proven by the fact that two of our starters are former HS teammates from Stephenson, GA. However, we usually have an extraordinarily strong DL. This helps mask our relative drop-off in LB talent.

Our secondary looked poor at times last year, but the consensus is that it was the scheme, and perhaps less than outstanding position coaching (but I don't happen to share the last part of that). We had Co-defensive coordinators, which exacerbated problems that we had with LB and secondary play, and our outstanding DL underperformed. A "perfect" storm for some disastrous losses.

Having said that, if you watched our bowl game against a talented, accomplished Georgia Tech, it was obvious to any casual observer that, at least on that day, GT didn't belong on the same field as LSU. GT players were playing checkers, while LSU players were playing chess - Offense, Defense and Special Teams.

SO - as for your original question - how does UW beat LSU?

- Dual-threat QB - you have that - If UW beats LSU it will be anchored by a MVP performance from Locker. While LSU defenses have seen more dual-threats over the past few years, it is still unorthodox enough (and Locker is certainly talented enough to be a threat) to cause problems for LSU in a new scheme. Bad news-our new coordinator has had the most success of late in limiting Florida's Tim Tebow. However, this will be his first game as coordinator, so again, if you're going to get us - this is the best possible time.

- Stingy/opportunistic defense - that could be a problem - UW didn't play a very impressive brand of defensive football and it remains to be seen if you even have the athletes to keep up with a team like LSU for four quarters. However, opposing young, inexperienced QBs, in your own stadium is about the best chance you're going to get. Be stingy with points and big plays. Accept that LSU will have some sustained drives, but tighten up in UW territory and try to force FGs. We have a new starter at PK, as our career leading scorer just completed his eligibility. It's cliche to say force turnovers, but turnovers was the key weakness of the LSU offense in 2008.

-Sustain energy and don't allow LSU to get too large a lead. This is true of any team facing an uphill talent mis-match. The bigger difference between UW and LSU is down the depth chart, as opposed to the incremental differences in talent of the starters. As energy levels drop and subsitutions (particularly on defense) are either playing or not playing because it would be suicide - so the starters stay in tired, that is the danger for UW. If LSU gets a big lead, and/or UW starts to get tired, it's probably over.

So, there are my "Three Keys to Victory" for UW against LSU.

Make us doubt our quarterbacks.....worked last year.

Need to be able to block Trindon's bull rush

Since one hypothetical question deserves another,
if USC loses their opener to San Jose State, should we start referring to the PAC One as the PAC Zero?

Just another honest question.

We honestly don't know what the weaknesses will be.

This team has as much talent as any LSU team in history, but it is so young. The last couple of recruiting classes have been the best in our history, but many are not all ready to shine just yet.

Which ones start to shine this year and how many is the question.

The biggest quesition marks will be at QB and how much our defense as a whole has improved, both against the run and pass.

My quess the most likely weakness will be at QB, but I expect our starter to be steady.

The new starters on the offensive line especially at center is a concern--recognition of the defense between QB and center can be key.

Hard to say. We have a new D coaching staff. Historically, Chavis coached teams seem to have trouble stopping running QB's and seem mediocre on 3rd down passing situations. Ya'll look good here, but if LSU's D plays to shut down your QB's running game, he's gonna have to complete passes to compete. LSU's secondary was green last year, but not this year. I think it's gonna be tough for ya'll to pass a lot unless we simply cannot stop your running game. I expect your D to struggle. We have a proven power running attack. ya'll are pretty much gonna have to shut that down and I don't think you can. LSU can also pass the ball with our reasonably accurate QB and a stable of very good receivers. Your best bet to win is a high scoring game where you get key turnovers and Lsu fails to execute in key situations. While that's possible, I think LSU's experience wins out at the end. You guys are rebuilding and looks like you're gonna play a lot of freshmen. That's tough because LSU's offense can give a D a lot of different options to defend. Crowton's got a huge playbook and our QB should be able to run most of it this year. Good luck in your season and I hope ya'll make a comeback (after this game, of course).

change uniforms to white pants with two crimson stripes.. crimson jerseys white numbers, crimson helmets with numbers on sides...

change name of stadium to tiger stadium and call yourself the crimson tide.