re: Root Cause Investigation - O Line

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OL is heavily affected by playcalling. When your OC sucks and can’t call plays and be creative, you will get smashed.

The OL had its issues, but running game issues had more to do with how bad Sloan is at mixing up play calls, adjusting to what the defense gives him and simply not sucking.

In the end, as long as Sloan is calling the plays, the running game will be mediocre no matter the talent back there.

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LSU has struggled to run the ball consistently for a long time, these issues far predate Sloan.

Yet only successful runs looked like some sort of stretch play
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This statement is a mouthful. Too many inside, unproductive runs. Do what you're good at and what fits the skillset of your players. Jackson went for 20+ yards twice in one game on outside runs. They ran him inside where he doesn't have good vision and where OL isn't dominant, he basically got nothing. He did have a couple opportunities for big plays in games but his vision and decision making was terrible and it yielded basically nothing. Durham has the vision and patience, I truly think he would have done way better had he not had the toe injury.

We couldn't get a yard versus USC when Dellinger was in.... personnel always matter, but that is where the rest has to make up for it.

It’s not spelling only. They are actually different words.

Dominant describes something that is exceedingly superior in its class.

Dominate is the act of beating your competitors by large margins.