Guice just said again that Bama D was scared of LSU

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Tuscaloosa

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"I know the O-linemen got fed up with that,"

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I went through each LSU play before the Tide went up by 20 points in the fourth quarter. I also excluded plays in which LSU was using three or more receivers or facing third-and-long, because the threat of the run is reduced in those situations. I removed goal line, because that's a different calculus.

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Ross Dellenger
@RossDellenger

#Bama in the box on 17 Fournette carries (2 goal snaps excluded)

9 men: 1
8: 5
7: 6
6: 5

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Alabama did not gamble or sell out to stop LSU's run. It did not invite LSU to throw. It did not outnumber LSU at the point of attack, but outmuscled a very good LSU line. Plays like the one below were common.

The idea that Alabama loaded the box all night and that LSU failed to adjust is false.

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I looked at every standard down — defined by Bill Connelly as first down, second-and-7 or fewer, and third-and-4 or fewer — with the exception of the drive right before the half and the final drive, because running the football did not make sense in those situations, due to the game clock.

The results? Out of 27 plays, Alabama brought an extra defender into the box 13 times, and did not bring two extra on any I charted; 48 percent is actually up slightly from 2015’s 38 percent figure, likely due to the closer nature of the 2016 contest.

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Why would you say something like that?

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Link it up

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D. Guice on saying Alabama was scared of LSU last year: "Yeah. That was I said."

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D. Guice on why he said Alabama was scared: "Every time we ran they had the box loaded."

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