re: When chavis said he wasn't going to spy Cam

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Initially I thought it seemed pretty stubborn.

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Conventional wisdom was to play it straight, and account for Newton in the run game. In hindsight, I don't know if spying would have helped. We kept scores off the board, except for a couple of big plays. Would being designated a "spy" make the guy a better tackler? The best tackle of the night was Sheppard tackling that decoy back as Newton ripped off another big game.

Conventional wisdom may have been wrong, but there are so many variables. This game really came down to three or four plays. It always does in close games.

I don't think you can effectively blitz someone that is so good on the read option. It basically allows him to flesh it out each time and either hand it off for the inside gash or keep it to run outside, based on where the pressure is coming. I simply think that it's an ineffective choice considering who were were scheming against.

Yeah Brandon Taylor's angle on the 70 yard touchdown was awful.

shite, the defense held auburn to 17 points for the longest. The offense had 3 opportunities in the second half to get ONE score at least, and squandered every opportunity.

You can't do that against a good football team, er, Cam.

Les Miles heard spy cam and bought one of these.



and put it on Sheppard.

I don't think the idea of having a spy is necessarily the way to go, but the overall point is that Chavis was stubborn and refused to adjust to Auburn's offense.

Whether you call your extra man in the box a spy or not, whatever the hell you decide to do, you need another body up there to stop the run.

I don't like the idea of a spy on a player like Newton because I prefer to contain great players with defenders on both sides, rather than have one guy trying to chase him around on wild goose chases. Still, I suppose a spy could have worked.

Anything would have worked better than what LSU actually did. No run pressure at all. No help to the guys in the middle getting outmanned with numbers. No plan for how to stop AU's runners when they decided to bounce outside and our CBs had to try to break off from guarding receivers and stop guys who were already coming at them with pulling blockers and a full head of steam.

It was stubborn and stupid what LSU's defense did yesterday. If your opponent cannot complete a single downfield pass on you for the entire game, then you probably should go ahead and concentrate on stopping the run.