re: A look back on 2019 lsu vs 2001 Miami and 1995 Nebraska

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If you plays by the 90s rules, Nebraska smokes LSU.

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No one is smoking 2019 LSU.

I think the Cincy Super Bowl run has to make you re-evaluate just how good LSU was in 2019. Burrow got that team there with Chase, with a #2 WR not as good as Jefferson, with a below-average OLine (meanwhile 3 LSU Oline guys are now starters in the league).

I think Bama 2020 was a great team. But simply put, Mac Jones is not Joe Burrow. And it's becoming apparent, those Bama receivers are just not quite as good as Chase and Jefferson.

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That's pretty much the only place I've ever seen 20 Bama rated higher than 19 LSU, feel free to Google to verify.

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I guess you just skipped over my first post in this thread.

Here it is again:

Yardbarker

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and Nebraska kicked the shite out of them.

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You're conflating Nebraska with the general defensive style/schemes.

Kentucky tore up the SEC in 96-97 with a finesse passing game. That was immediately after Nebraska's 1995 dominance. People talk about defenses in those days being so rough that it would be impossible to have a major passing attack and there were literally major conference passing attacks in that era.

How did Leach do it? He followed up that stint at UK by repeating success at OU and TTU. He continued the dominance before targeting rules. In fact, I think his highest outputs at QB came before targeting was a rule.

Those offenses were simplistic proto-offenses of today. Why would LSU 2019 (or Bama 2020, etc.) have anyissues with a defensive scheme from 1995?

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What team do you think was close to 19 LSU?

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I mean...Texas gave LSU a run for their money, Florida gave LSU a run for their money, Auburn gave LSU a run for their money, and Alabama gave LSU a run for their money.

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Kentucky tore up the SEC in 96-97 with a finesse passing game.

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Their game vs Tennessee between Tim Couch and Peyton Manning was epic. I think it was over 1200 yards passing between the two.

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Kentucky tore up the SEC in 96-97 with a finesse passing game.

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It was 97-98. Bill Curry was still running the option in 1996. They hired Mumme/Leach following the ‘96 season.

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You're conflating Nebraska with the general defensive style/schemes.

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we're discussing 1995 Nebraska specifically.

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Kentucky tore up the SEC in 96-97 with a finesse passing game

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1996 Kentucky averaged 12 points per game.
you probably thinking more 98-ish which was a very good Kentucky offense (Tim Couch last season)

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People talk about defenses in those days being so rough that it would be impossible to have a major passing attack

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that's not even close to what I was saying.
i even said LSU would win the game.

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there were literally major conference passing attacks in that era.

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yeah, and the Nebraska team we are discussing played against 2 of them.
Florida, who was THE offense of the mid-90s and Colorado who was a top 10 passing offense as well.

beat both by 3+ TDs.
held both to their lowest point totals of the season.
both teams need non-offensive TDs to even get over 20 pts.

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Why would LSU 2019 (or Bama 2020, etc.) have any issues with a defensive scheme from 1995?

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it's not the SCHEME
it's the RULES

what RULES do they play under?


can Nebraska mug and molest the receivers whole way down the field that was mostly ignored by refs in mid 90s?
can they drill Joe 2-3 steps AFTER he releases the ball like was much more frequent in mid 90s?
can they smoke a WR on a crossing route without so much as a flag like was prevalent in mid 90s?
can an O-Lineman go downfield and clean a DBs clock (not involved in the tackle) like was perfectly legal in the mid 90s?

if so, the game just became slower, a lot more physical, and lower scoring.
LSU still wins, but will be a battle to do so.


if all of the above are called by today's standards, game wouldn't even be close. LSU would simply run away with it