Schematically.......what did LSU and UF do to stop JFF and the Ags?

SPEED!!!

They contained him and made him throw the ball. When he played bama, they left the outsides open all game.

contained him to the pocket as well as anybody could.

Also had Micah Eugene spying him most of the game and it made a huge difference.

UF had Bostic and Jenkins. 2 LBs with serious speed.

LSU was one of the few teams in the country who can generate pressure on Manziel without blitzing. That allowed the team to drop 7-8 men into coverage and still not give him time to sit back and pick the defense apart. So it was partly schematic, but also personnel. LSU had two pretty good edge rushers who could generate pressure against two NFL prospects at tackle, allowing the team to play coverage.

Why couldn't they run the ball? Well, A&M's backs aren't that great. They don't suck, but it's not Eddie Lacy back there. Secondly, LSU's linebackers were fast and can tackle. Which they will be again. The LB's can plug holes in the line because they had to skill to do so.

Also, let's just give credit to Chavis who can confuse even the best QB's. He's pretty good at his job. But I think LSU took advantage of the one attribute Manziel lacks: patience. He's a great improvisational talent, and he makes great split second decisions on the run, but he's not as good sitting back and waiting for things to happen. He forces the action. And when he did against LSU, it resulted in turnovers. The picks were his fault, and he got increasingly frustrated as the game went on the A&M offense couldn't move.

I know no one wants to say it, but it didn't hurt that LSU and UF played them early in the year.

I thought A&M went away from the run too early. The turnovers sure helped but 2 of the INTs were directly related to the coverage scheme.

LSU survived the initial onslaught, and it helped that the Aggies couldn't recover after having a TD called back.

Chavis had the ends play contain, and forced ATM to try to beat them through the air. It also didn't hurt that Kyle field was experiencing huge gusts of wind during the game.

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Why couldn't they run the ball? Well, A&M's backs aren't that great.

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See I disagree.

Malena is pretty good, Trey williams is a beast and so fast, and this year they get brandon williams. I think we'll be surprised at how much TAMU runs with their RBs. It's gonna be harder to do our scheme against them this year.

lotta good pts being made, but one that isn't mentioned often is that we had played a similar offense vs WVU the yr before. Geno and Manziel are different types of QBs to an extent, but Sumlin and Holgorsen like to do a lot of the same things.

Chief wuz ready!!

With the way the Ags are recruiting (elite backs, great OL, terrific WRs) is the scheme they run a superior offensive scheme? Or does this offense require such a talent at QB that without one they turn into Auburn?