SI: LSU Football Players Talk Significant Adjustments Made Over Bye Week

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Zach Von Rosenberg didn’t want to make excuses on Tuesday afternoon. The focus this week and last hasn't been about what other teams are doing to have success against the purple and gold but rather what they can do better.

Because Von Rosenberg agrees with what his head coach Ed Orgeron said Monday.

"We've beaten ourselves," Von Rosneberg said. "I think that's gonna roll into the game on Saturday and how we kind of changed preparation slightly to worry about the things we can do better. We need to improve our play on both sides of the ball and I think we're doing that."

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"Guys are still figuring out how to prepare for games, how to watch film correctly, how to interpret defenses and offenses correctly and so we've got some growing pains," Von Rosenberg said. "They [Queen and CEH] were always watching film and it reflected in their gameplay and they still make mistakes but they knew they were gonna ace their test on Saturday because of the preparation they put in."

So that's what the Tigers have spent the last two weeks trying to figure out. How can they prepare for an opponent while making the requisite fundamental and schematic changes needed for rapid improvement?

For the defense, it meant simplifying the schemes. Linebacker Jabril Cox says their isn't as much presnap movement as there was before. Guys are sticking to their gaps and assignments and not wavering from what they're being asked to do.

"We have a lot of guys just staying in one spot, regardless of the formation," Cox said. "We're matching numbers this week and it's a lot simpler things to not confuse our checks presnap and postsnap."

The extra week has helped some of the younger, inexperienced players hit the film room hard and Cox said there's been a tremendous amount of progress made in getting those players up to speed.

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