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Baker playing all zone first half.

Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:01 am
Posted by Catchfalaya
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:01 am
Why not bump the ole miss receivers at the line with zone over the top by safeties? He allowed these guys to have uninterrupted route running; and Chambliss had perfect timing. You play press coverage, disrupt their routes, and cause Chambliss to question the timing of the route.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:01 am to
We didn't play man due to being scared of Chamblis's mobility

When we were down big, the risk was worth it
Posted by Marrero
Member since Dec 2021
1247 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:03 am to
Its 4 quarters in football stop judging just the 1st two 1st of all.

If you had a qb that can complete a pass to wide open players they’d have similar complaints about the second half while ignoring how good they were in the 1st. Like yall are doing.
Posted by Catchfalaya
Member since Feb 2018
2073 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:05 am to
I get that but an adjustment should have been made after the first touchdown. You can have a spy shadow him. Baker waited to long and it cost us 24 points in the first half.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:05 am to
quote:

We didn't play man due to being scared of Chamblis's mobility

When we were down big, the risk was worth it


Dumb part was going back to what wasn't working instead of sticking with what was working in the second half.
Posted by Cknsnghtmre
Member since Sep 2026
145 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:06 am to
Same thing I said. Our corners would’ve matched up fine playing man all night. They didn’t have fricking DK metcalf and aj brown on the outside.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:07 am to
quote:

We didn't play man due to being scared of Chamblis's mobility
Which is why people saying Chambliss legs didn’t hurt us

It absolutely did. Bakers fear of getting ran all over again killed him
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:07 am to
It's a risk:reward scenario

playing aggro man like that is a huge risk. When we had momentum the one thing we couldn't do was allow chunk plays to Ole Miss and man/blitzing severely increased the chance of that
Posted by 756
Member since Sep 2004
16137 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:07 am to
Baker always seems to wait to half to make adjustments
Posted by DalenSA
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:07 am to
quote:

Its 4 quarters in football stop judging just the 1st two 1st of all.
The first 2 costs us the game baw
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
482953 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:07 am to
quote:

Which is why people saying Chambliss legs didn’t hurt us

It absolutely did. Bakers fear of getting ran all over again killed him


Correct

He only threw for so many because his mobility made our D play in a way that left a ton of secondary/coverage space open.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
113269 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:08 am to
Ole Miss average separation on completed passes was 4 yards

FOUR frickING YARDS OF SPACE

At that point there is no risk of leaving zone.
Posted by SludgeFactory
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:09 am to
quote:

I get that but an adjustment should have been made after the first touchdown. You can have a spy shadow him. Baker waited to long and it cost us 24 points in the first half.


This happens every year, at least three times.

We will lose again next week because Baker, for the third year in a row, won't be able to scheme to stop Reed.
Posted by Cd104
Member since Aug 2018
2413 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:11 am to
Dj Pickett was the only corner they seemed to trust to press vs ole miss’s receivers. Woodland was 10 yards off even when we started playing man lol
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
25368 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:11 am to
Woodland was definitely singled out

We gave him safety help early, and he still couldn’t cover the Under
Posted by Marrero
Member since Dec 2021
1247 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:12 am to
If sam was accurate the last two would’ve cost them
Posted by Sofaking2
Member since Apr 2023
22558 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:13 am to
Zone had nothing to do with the fact we got zero pressure up front without a few blitzes here and there. We got manhandled on the line of scrimmage. We were so sloppy. We missed tackles and took bad angles of pursuit. It was a really poor defensive game in the first half.
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
9504 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:19 am to
Do we have the defensive secondary to play aggressive press coverage and man?
Posted by FredbullTN
Houston
Member since Sep 2023
5958 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:20 am to
All I know is I hope we never have to depend on Jimcoily in a game situation again.
Posted by IM_4_LSU
McKinney, TX
Member since Mar 2014
14949 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:32 am to
He was definitely a deer in headlights. Spears injury was a big blow. I like that they moved Cooley into the star position after half with Jhase playing the free but man we need to fix some angles.
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