re: Who were these anonymous coaches midseason downplaying LSU’s offense?

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THE TIGERS AREN'T RUNNING SPECIAL SCHEMES OR PLAYS, THEY ARE JUST EXECUTING WITH HIGHLY EFFICIENT PLAYERS.

I mean, what’s wrong with that statement? There’s nothing too fancy about what we do but we have outstanding athletes and match up nightmare players and everyone knows their job and does their job nearly flawlessly.

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I agree. It's phenomenal execution. You rarely see the offense make mental mistakes and Burrow is the field leader who seems to be absolutely zoned in and on top of everything. One of the toughest things about this offense is Burrow's great ability to know what he wants to do with the ball based on the defensive looks before the snap. That comes from extreme preparation from a football junkie.

We run some really good plays, but as Smart said, LSU ran like 28 consecutive plays with the same personnel and he said they didn't have time to substitute who they wanted in the game based on the look because LSU is running tempo and doing these different play formations with all the same guys staying on the field.