re: LSU Defense compared to the other teams ranked in the Top 6......

College FB Team Opponent Yards per Play


Season: Date:
09/19/2019
Rank Team 2019 Last 3 Last 1 Home Away 2018
1 Wisconsin 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.7 2.6 5.4
2 Georgia 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.5 4.9
3 Memphis 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.1 3.7 5.5
4 Michigan St 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.5 -- 4.4
5 Clemson 3.6 3.6 2.4 4.3 2.4 4.1
6 TX Christian 3.6 3.6 3.6 -- 3.6 4.8
7 Ohio State 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 5.6
8 Temple 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 -- 4.5
9 Baylor 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 -- 6.3
10 Oregon 3.9 3.9 2.6 2.6 5.0 5.2
11 Michigan 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.9 -- 4.4
12 Central FL 4.0 4.0 4.8 4.8 3.4 5.5
13 Virginia 4.1 4.1 4.8 4.8 3.5 5.2
14 Kansas St 4.2 4.2 4.8 3.1 4.8 6.0
15 Auburn 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.0 4.5 5.1
16 San Diego St 4.2 4.2 4.6 -- 4.2 5.0
17 Air Force 4.2 4.2 4.2 -- 4.2 6.1
18 Iowa State 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 -- 4.9
19 Arizona St 4.3 4.3 5.4 3.0 5.4 5.6
20 Navy 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 -- 6.6
21 Alabama 4.3 4.3 5.2 3.6 4.6 4.7
22 Texas Tech 4.3 4.3 5.8 2.2 5.8 6.1
23 LSU 4.4 4.4 5.9 1.9 5.9 4.8

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Based on what???????

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Based on the fact that Texas shredded the LSU defense in the second half. And Northwestern passed at will in the first half. I would say Bama's offense is as good, or better, than Texas at QB and WR. They damn sure are better at RB, so that's another added deminson.

I'm not even going to sit here and compare Bama to NW. That's self explanatory.

So, using what we have seen other offenses do, I would say that right now Bama's offense would give us serious trouble.

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This is what I've tried to tell people. The game is not what it used to be. This is just new to our fans. They don't understand.

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You are probably right, but I dont want to turn into the Big 12.

The only other ones besides LSU that has played a team with a pulse is Clemson.
There are some things that our D needs to clean up, but we will be alright. We know we can man-up on coverage, we just got to be able to not blow zone coverages.
The advances in O philosophy, along with rules favoring the O, teams will get yards now days.
The NSU QB held the ball for an average of 2.5 seconds before throwing. This makes it hard to get to the QB under any circumstances.
When we can nail down the zone coverage that will open up the blitz packages.
There is a lot of talent in the DBs, but there is also a lot of youth. They will be lights out by the time we hit the strength of our schedule.

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That doesn't really mean much. If both LSU and Minnesota both know that GA Southern will not pose a threat to pass, who has the better athletes to line up a shut down the run better?

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I would hope so but it also shows that our defense did play well vs GS and that they aren't as bad as they looked