“LSU was exposed by Auburn.” “LSU barely beat Auburn’s defense.”

Here’s the issue I have with this comment. Yeah, sure...Auburn had some defensive success against LSU. The DL was amazing.

Not one writer anywhere that I’ve seen that mentioned the Auburn game said the first thing about Auburn COMPLETELY CHANGING THEIR ENTIRE DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENT/STRATEGY..

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Burrow even said it in an interview that they went to something they haven’t seen all year. Film review showed that Auburn played a 3-1-7 instead of their base. LSU has to adjust and that’s how CEH came away with 100+ yards. When they went back to their alignment,

I don’t see Alabama doing the same. I think Saban is too prideful for that sort of thing. LSU will move the ball against this defense. I think the issue lies with Kary Vincent. He’s going to get toasted all game, IMO. Just hope LSU can keep up.

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And this is where Auburn shelved the 3-1-7 defense. Perhaps it was because LSU was able to drive 74 yards on it, which included a 45-yard deep pass to Chase. Perhaps it was because Auburn's offense went three-and-out on the next two possessions in the shadow of its own goal post, and Steele couldn't risk throwing out gassed defenders that could get burned on the line of scrimmage or in the secondary. Whatever it was, when LSU trotted out for its third possession of the second half, it was Auburn's 4-2-5 defense that met them. It's likely that it was fatigue. Orgeron said that he did notice that some of their success on the ground came when Auburn's starting line wasn't in the game. On that third drive, neither Brown or Davidson were in the game. A 3-1-7 defense leans on those defensive linemen, and if the big guys were tired, perhaps Steele didn't want to use his second rotation in that package. Three plays later, Burrow was intercepted on a pass attempt to Chase near the pylon. Burrow said he returned to the sideline, put on the headphones, and heard offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger and passing game coordinator Joe Brady say: "Let's just pound it on this drive. We're just going to run the ball and see if they can stop it."

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What came next? A four-play, 45-yard touchdown drive in which Burrow handed the ball off to Edwards-Helaire on every single play. And when Burrow approached the line of scrimmage on first-and-10 at the Auburn 45 (pictured above), Auburn was still in its base defense and Brown had returned to the game.

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