How LSU plans to 'open it up' to solve red zone woes that plagued last season

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The Tigers were not effective inside the 20-yard line. In 56 attempts inside the red zone, LSU scored points 43 times. Of the 130 teams in Division I, only 25 had a lower conversion rate.

In the past decade, no LSU team has been less effective in the red zone than it was in 2017. From 2008 to 2016, LSU averaged an 86 percent conversion rate with a low of 78.72 percent in 2014 and a high of 93.44 percent in 2011.

Of the 118 teams the Southeastern Conference produced over the past 10 years, 2017 LSU ranked 95th.

LSU knows what the problem is and is on a mission to fix it.

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The offense as a whole will take a drastic change as the Tigers shift from the Matt Canada era of playing calling to what’s being portrayed as a more simple, traditional scheme under Steve Ensminger. But the red zone, more so than just about anywhere else, will undergo major alterations.

It is needed.

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Eight of LSU’s 13 unsuccessful trips to the red zone were missed field goals. For the most part, those misses didn’t alter the outcome of the game — except for when it did in a big way.

The six missed points against Notre Dame would have been enough for a much-needed bowl win and the three points left on the field against Troy was the difference maker in a loss that haunted the Tigers.

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