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How much of the playbook did your coaches show in Week One?
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:19 pm
Most of the programs who opened with home against very weak competition showed less than 20% of their playbooks, if that, on either side of the ball. IE: UGA, UF, Tennessee, Mizzou, Ole Miss, MSU, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Vandy, UF.
Auburn ... Arnold ran so much, who knows? Hard to tell.
Beamer said SC showed about 20%-25% vs VT in Atlanta. Vanilla.
A&M probably had to use more of theirs than they wanted to ... but I didn't get a chance to watch the game so I'm not sure.
I suspect that Bama and Texas had to open their books wide in their efforts to win in their openers ... nothing was held back.
LSU didn't have to use all of theirs. They got in a groove with what worked and stuck with it. They've still got some suprises remaining in their basket on both sides of the ball.
Point being, opening weekends are hard to judge.
The oldest constant in college football is that the most improvement in a team is always realized from Week One to Week Two.
Auburn ... Arnold ran so much, who knows? Hard to tell.
Beamer said SC showed about 20%-25% vs VT in Atlanta. Vanilla.
A&M probably had to use more of theirs than they wanted to ... but I didn't get a chance to watch the game so I'm not sure.
I suspect that Bama and Texas had to open their books wide in their efforts to win in their openers ... nothing was held back.
LSU didn't have to use all of theirs. They got in a groove with what worked and stuck with it. They've still got some suprises remaining in their basket on both sides of the ball.
Point being, opening weekends are hard to judge.
The oldest constant in college football is that the most improvement in a team is always realized from Week One to Week Two.
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Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:21 pm to scrooster
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Auburn ... Arnold ran so much, who knows? Hard to tell.
We had to show very little of our passing game, which could be a good thing. No reason to stop with the jet motion and reads when you’re getting 6ypc with no negative plays.
So the passing attack is still a great unknown, and we won’t have the luxury of outmanning people in SEC play like we did Baylor.
This post was edited on 9/2/25 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:21 pm to scrooster
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LSU didn't have to use all of theirs. They got in a groove with what worked and stuck with it. They've still got some suprises remaining in their basket on both sides of the ball.
One of the funnier moments of LSU’s game was running the exact same WR screen to the same WR and bottom side of the field three times in a row and it popping for 5ish yards every time
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:23 pm to scrooster
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I suspect that Bama and Texas had to open their books wide
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:24 pm to scrooster
We never got out of the wishbone on O and blitzed all night on D.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:24 pm to scrooster
Gus probably ran about 40% of his. Gumps have seen those plays many times though.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:26 pm to scrooster
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Beamer said SC showed about 20%-25% vs VT in Atlanta. Vanilla.
In a game that was in doubt until the 4th quarter? I doubt it.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:26 pm to kajunman
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Gus probably ran about 40% of his. Gumps have seen those plays many times though.
Anyone who watched an Auburn game over the last decade would have immediately recognized that as Gus’ HUNH lol.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:27 pm to Bigbens42
Like him or hate him. When he has the right guy at qb. The dude can flat out call a game.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:27 pm to scrooster
They didn’t tell me.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:27 pm to Dixie Normus
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One of the funnier moments of LSU’s game was running the exact same WR screen to the same WR and bottom side of the field three times in a row and it popping for 5ish yards every time
I saw that and even the announcers commented on it. Looked like they were going to do it a fourth time in a row but instead handed off to the back cutting inside off tackle if I remember correctly.
One thing LSU did very well was misdirection where they got Clemson's D overruning in one direction and then went back the other direction.
LSU just seemed like they were in a groove. They had Clemson's D guessing all night.
I'd be surprised if they used 50% of their book.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:28 pm to scrooster
7%
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:31 pm to Imber
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I doubt it.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:35 pm to Imber
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In a game that was in doubt until the 4th quarter?
I dunno. I believe him. They had a couple of drives stall out and didn't run that many plays overall.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:37 pm to Dixie Normus
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One of the funnier moments of LSU’s game was running the exact same WR screen to the same WR and bottom side of the field three times in a row and it popping for 5ish yards every time
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:37 pm to Bigbens42
I had forgotten he was there until FSU ran that inside zone with a jet motion in the first quarter with Castellanos as the ball carrier. Knew immediately right then. Saw it too many times with Cam or Nick to not immediately recognize it.
This post was edited on 9/2/25 at 5:39 pm
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:39 pm to Bigbens42
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We had to show very little of our passing game, which could be a good thing. No reason to stop with the jet motion and reads when you’re getting 6ypc with no negative plays.
I thought Aranda would play to stop the run and make Arnold throw. But he decided to do the opposite and not adjust. Maybe Aranda is a little overrated.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:41 pm to scrooster
All they need to.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:49 pm to mckibaj
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I thought Aranda would play to stop the run and make Arnold throw. But he decided to do the opposite and not adjust. Maybe Aranda is a little overrated.
Yeah. Weirdest decision to not “reinforce the box” if the goal is to make Jackson Arnold think (Aranda’s words).
Maybe he was that afraid we’d take the top off of them.
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:40 pm to scrooster
The Aggies didn’t run at all. The entire running game was left out of the plan. We seemed to be trying to throw every down just to prove we could.
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