re: PFF: Bo stuck to his guns too long, allowing State to rewrite record books

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My guess is this wasn't only on Bo...

Ed hated Aranda's Zone and wanted something more aggressive. I'm betting he didn't want to switch to Zone because of this. He wanted to prove his approach has validity.

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There is probably some truth to that. For 4 years Ed has desperately wanted DT's who would attack the QB vs. just eat up gaps and blocks. That's fine...when you have the guys who can do that. Right now, LSU's DT's are still more of the 3-4 style. The freshman DT's (Roy and Guillory didn't play) along with his most veteran DT (Logan). The other guys are BIG guys (Ika and Farrell) who just couldn't hold up physically having to play so many snaps. Eventually he may get those Russell Maryland, Warren Sapp, Leonard Williams DT that just collapse everything inside. Saturday wasn't that day. And despite Gaye having a really good game, the lack of push from the DL left young DB's exposed and exhausted.

Without a few opening games to see that maybe his DL isn't as great as he thought it is/could be he couldn't adjust from the style he likes. Now that they were exposed a bit I suspect you might see some adjustment and some realization of we'll get there eventually with the DL...it's just not right now