re: So what are LSU & Alabama going to do differently this go round?

Outstanding write up, GFunk. Have you submitted this for publication? It deserves to be read outside of this place, where 14 year old Ritalin junkies don't have the attention span for more than three sentences.

I do think JJ will throw more, deep post/fade routes on 1st and 10. Ware will likely start, but expect Ford and Hilliard to be featured backs for LSU with toss sweep run plays and zone read option.

I haven't yet studied Bama's tendencies on offense, but I would expect Lacy to get more touches than last time (healthy). I don't believe with OC leaving that they'll have a lot of time to put in new schemes, expect a more conservative plan this time and attack with fundamentals.