re: Marshall was Burrow's favorite target, before injury

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Marshall was the key that made the passing attack "UNSTOPPABLE". Without him, not so much...

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When I first read this statement, I thought you were high. But severe boredom got me to look it up and there is some validity here.

Passing numbers when Marshall played:
Ga. Southern - 350 yards 5 TD
Texas - 471 yards 4 TD
Northwestern - 488 yards 2 TD
Vanderbilt - 418 yards 6 TD
Auburn - 321 yards 1 TD
Alabama - 393 yards 3 TD
Ole Miss - 489 yards 5 TD
Arkansas - 352 yards 3 TD
TAMU - 425 yards 4 TD
Georgia - 349 yards 4 TD
Oklahoma - 532 yards 7 TD
Clemson - 463 yards 5 TD

Passing numbers when Marshall did not play:
Utah St. - 353 yards 5 TD
Florida - 293 yards 3 TD
Miss. St - 327 yards 4 TD

So LSU averaged 421 yards 4.1 TDs with Marshall and only 324 yards 4.0 TDs without him.

It's safe to say that the offense was virtually unstoppable with or without Marshall. But it certainly boosted Heisman Joe's numbers when he was in the lineup.