If you think this game is on Blake Baker, you are clueless

Yes the offense looks like Les Miles offense when they are in the red zone.

Except for that 1 drive after we went up 13-10

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Why do you think Kiffin gambles now so much?

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Are you serious? Sure you aren't watching LSU golf or something?

Have you not heard all year long people asking why Kiffin isn't going for it on 4th down as much? He doesn't go for 4th downs as much because he DOES trust the defense.

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LSU takes lead near end of 3rd and like clockwork, you have all the momentum, stadium on fire, and Baker defense gives up a 5 play scoring drive that effectively ended the game right there. Momentum swings is massive in the college game. I'm sorry but I hope Baker leaves after this season. Not saying fire him but him get a HC job somewhere else. I'm tired of seeing this.

His defenses are good until they're asked to get you key stops.

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LSU is top 20 nationally in scoring defense. #1 in SEC in yds/game. #4 in SEC in scoring.

You're an idiot.

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Yes the offense looks like Les Miles offense when they are in the red zone.

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It’s really pretty simple, we still have a terrible o line, and once the field shrinks we cannot run the ball. That is the whole issue. If Sam had all day to throw he would look superior. If big holes were produced, any back would look superior. We were one dimensional. Period.

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Blake gets some of the blame, but not as much as our red zone offense.

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Red zone offense has been an issue all season. A better conversion rate wins the UK game as well. It was a problem with the old staff too.

The failure to get better IOL is a huge factor and that lies with Kiffin, his 2 OL coaches and Billy Glasscock. I expect this to be addressed in the offseason. Better OG play and we're undefeated or a 1 loss team right now.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. Someone who looks at statistics but doesn't watch the games. Like I said above, Baker is not the main reason they lost yesterday, but he contributed heavily to it in the 4th. He was the reason they lost Kentucky and Ole Miss game alongside countless others the past 3 years against big opponents. It's not a 1 off thing, it's a constant.

You're calling me an idiot? Since you love stats so much LSU's offense is one of the best in the country and the SEC. They outgained Bama yesterday but couldn't finish drives. In key moments if you can't rely on your defense what value do they bring outside gaudy stats outside when it matters the most?

I think Aranda is an excellent example of a DC who at times looked like Bama's D yesterday bend but don't break but how many times did anyone in the back of their head think "Aranda's defense isn't going to get a stop here" ? Very rarely. Offense is going to sputter at some point or have games like yesterday. There's simply no excusing Baker's defenses in 4th quarter of games or 2 minute defenses.

This is not a once, twice, or three time thing. It's an every big game issue and at that point it's a chronic problem.

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how many times did anyone in the back of their head think "Aranda's defense isn't going to get a stop here" ?

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Dude, are we talking about the same program? I'm talking about LSU football. Or do you just have extreme recency bias?

LSU fans couldn't wait for Aranda to leave. And that was after the 2019 season. Aranda's defenses got worse each year he was here. Baker's defenses have gotten better each year he's been here.

Aranda's 2016 defense was pretty good. The rest of his years here were objectively worse than the defense we have now.

Stop trying to remember Aranda's defense, because you're doing awful at that. Go look it up.

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My issue with defense is safety play. Benefield has been awesome but Cooley and others have struggled

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On the long pass play for Bama on their possession after LSU went ahead, it looked like Cooley was beat in coverage, but I don't know if he was making up for someone else's bust. I did see him stand and watch as a Bama RB drug defenders for another 2-3 yards inside the 5 late in the game. That play pissed me off.

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Blake gets some of the blame, but not as much as our red zone offense

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Against a pretty bad red zone defense. Kiffin out coached himself last night.

I don’t think he out coached himself, it’s not like we got extra cuts in the RZ or anything. The OL struggles are just amplified in short yardage/ RZ offense. In fact you can kind of commend the offensive staff for being able to have such an effective offense with the unit being so meh to bad.


Overall Leavitt played well, the interception was bad but taking some of the sacks he did when he didn’t have to was the bigger problem