re: The crying about Aranda and the D is embarrassing

Some of these people on here will bitch moan and complain because they are never happy. I am enjoying this football team. So what if the defense gives up some yards and points. We winning. Be proud of these young men for coming up clutch when they need it.

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Auburn and A&M will look at film and develop the same kind of game plan. Run clock, dink and dunk

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And, we will let them.

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We will see if we are more aggressive going forward. You can't let them control the pace of the game like we did with UF

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We're gonna beat Auburn worse. And, we are gonna lay 50 on A&M.

And, we'll likely give up a solid 24 points to both.

One other thing to note from the last couple of games.

We FINALLY have a DL rotation! So, even with those long drives, we didn't look totally gassed in the 2nd half.

Let's face it. THAT is a huge leap from the Texas game

First, LSU was playing a tough nationally ranked top ten team from the SEC. the idea that LSU would dominate easily on defense or offense was a pupil dream, imo. Inevitably,

It was going to be tense and hard fought on both sides of the ball. No doubt there are things that must be improved, but I feel good about the win and where we stand.

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First of all O approves each gameplan and the schemes they run and I’m quite confident that between Aranda and O they know more about defense than the rant does.

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When was the last time you saw an LSU defense that is as technically unsound as this one? You can talk about gameplay all you want, that doesn’t excuse bad tackling and poor assignment reads. Those go back to coaching. Don’t even get me started on this unit playing zone coverage.

If the coach can’t get the players to a point of success in a game plan, then we see what they are made of. A bad coach keeps hammering away. A good coach will make adjustments when forced. A great coach will adjust ahead of time to fit what he has. I’ve always looked at Aranda as a great coach, but he’s just acting like a good one at the moment. Because when does this D come alive- when we go back to aggressive man.

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Be proud of these young men for coming up clutch when they need it.

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Absolutely.

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Nah, you can't let them have that much control over the game.

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I'm merely telling you what we are GOING to do.

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You gotta try to force some poor decisions.

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This often results in easy points and, clearly, we've decided to not give those.

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I like the pressure we brought in the 4th.

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Which, we've done EVERY game

Eventually, you have to accept that this is the plan, whether you find it aesthetically pleasing or not.

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Yes. This means you give up some 9 play drives.

But, so far, it's also meant that eventually, you lay and egg, and our offense creates point space for the defense to then take a few chances.

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And what happens when we play a team that doesn’t lay eggs?

This philosophy will get us slaughtered by Bama

Aranda has fallen in love with soft zone, and minimal rush. Until the 4th quarter Florida moved up and down the field seemingly at will.

UF was forced into 17 third downs. That was clearly the plan, and it's a good one.

You just don't expect them convert 9 of them. That was the killer.

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He's clearly taking the "my offense is gonna score so, I'm gonna make you have to prove you can string together a bunch of long assed drives with no mistakes" approach.

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It should be the opposite IMO. An explosive offense gives you the opportunity to take more chances.

If you give up the big play and they score quick, your offense can keep up.

I actually think the approach you described hinders the offense because it keeps them on the sideline too long, watching the D give up 10 play drives. They lose some momentum (not that they did in this game, but you get the gist of it).