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Buga brings another advantage to the run game we didn't have before.
Posted on 9/28/15 at 10:14 am
Posted on 9/28/15 at 10:14 am
To the complainers of the lack of passing game, there's a reason we have been running effectively regardless of packed defensive boxes. Buga brings an element that lsu didn't normally have in the premier rb in the previous years: SPEED.
In Previous years, we were accustomed to seeing the team run these dive plays and power o plays that would usually get stuffed in the middle, but thanks to buga's speed, we see him easily accelerating through the edge and running around the defense. This makes it harder for the defense to focus on one point in the line and just fill it with bodies. Now, the defense is required to actually track him down and make the tackle, which knowing our beast, is almost impossible without at least two bodies. His speed is the thing that has spread out our running attack, making it hard to pack the box now from fear of losing the edge.
In Previous years, we were accustomed to seeing the team run these dive plays and power o plays that would usually get stuffed in the middle, but thanks to buga's speed, we see him easily accelerating through the edge and running around the defense. This makes it harder for the defense to focus on one point in the line and just fill it with bodies. Now, the defense is required to actually track him down and make the tackle, which knowing our beast, is almost impossible without at least two bodies. His speed is the thing that has spread out our running attack, making it hard to pack the box now from fear of losing the edge.
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Posted on 9/28/15 at 10:15 am to beantown
Posted on 9/28/15 at 10:17 am to beantown
I like what he brings to the passing game
Dude was throwing some fierce blocks
Dude was throwing some fierce blocks
Posted on 9/28/15 at 10:18 am to beantown
So Jeremy Hill wasnt fast? Blue wasnt fast? Keiland Williams?
I admit that none are in Bugas level, but how many in college football are? Your logic sucks.
I admit that none are in Bugas level, but how many in college football are? Your logic sucks.
Posted on 9/28/15 at 10:21 am to beantown
quote:
Buga brings an element that lsu didn't normally have in the premier rb in the previous years: SPEED.
You were saying?
This post was edited on 9/28/15 at 10:23 am
Posted on 9/28/15 at 10:22 am to beantown
It's the combination of power and speed. Hill had the same thing.
Posted on 9/28/15 at 10:29 am to beantown
You're exactly right, beantown. Buga's speed around the edge is resulting in huge plays. It's probably forcing wider dline alignments and opening up the middle. We're getting some of the benefits of the jet sweep without actually running it. That play against Syracuse, when the LB was setting the edge and Buga took it outside, was amazing. The LB never even touched him.
Posted on 9/28/15 at 11:10 am to beantown
Everyone is right, Jeremy Hill had similar speed and power. The main difference that Fournette has over every RB that LSU has had in the last several years is his vision. This can't be understated. There are times where the hole isn't where it's supposed and he's able to go somewhere else.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 12:02 am to chimneylooker
I disagree .Hill does not have the speed Fournette does. He's fast, but not that fast. And he definitely does not have Fournette's power. Fournette is a far better back than Hill is.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 2:06 am to saint amant steve
Don't get me wrong. I've been a huge Hill-shipper since I first saw him run, but what I meant was that Fournette has another gear that our older runningbacks didn't have. Yes, Hill is fast, and others too, but not as consistently in both pure speed and power than buga. Buga is freakish in both. He runs with the speed of a pure speed back and power of a pure power back. Regardless, I'm just happy that we are RBU and i'm not trying to talk down on anyone.
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