re: Statistics: Why LSU will beat Wisconsin: A response to Wisc Trolls

Just to add some thoughts to the last post; The turnover on D is not as concerning as it would normally be. We are still in the midst of a transition from a 4-3 to a 3-4 under new coordinator Dave Aranda. Last year with the completely wrong personal to run what he wanted UW still finished with a top ten defense nationally. This year he has many more pieces that fit his scheme so the turnover may work out better than it should in theory and expectations are pretty high for the new look. In addition the D is built around pre-snap motion and heavy blitzing from all over the field. That may cause some problems for whichever young QB LSU starts and provide UW with some of the breaks we need.

On the other side of the ball, the one scheme that gave LSU trouble last year were power run attacks that came right at them and neutralized some of the speed advantage. UW is the poster child for that kind of O. We are not going to be running sideline to sideline all that often against your D, saving on the jet sweep which may be scratched early if LSU is prepared for it (which I would guess they will).