re: Why doesn't Aranda ever get any blame?

Because even though he has to work with an offense consistently ranked in the bottom half of college going three-and-out constantly, he still manages to get top 30 defenses every year.

Offenses and defenses on the same team can feed off of each other. When good defenses get turnovers and force a lot of three-and-outs it makes the offense look better because they have short fields and get more possessions throughout the game. Likewise, a shite offense can hurt good defenses by not possessing the ball and causing the defense to constantly be on the field all game.

Take out that 7 overtime game that just occurred, because it's skews the stats, and go look at where LSU's offense and defense ranked in multiple categories before the Texas A&M game.

There you will find your answer as to why nobody is bitching about Dave Aranda. There is only one problem with LSU and it's been the same problem going on 11 years now.