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re: Former LSU player from their 2011 team shares reaction to "The Rematch" (and other stuff)
Posted on 10/19/17 at 3:54 pm to TideSaint
Posted on 10/19/17 at 3:54 pm to TideSaint
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Saban doesn’t respond that well to instant change, and that’s why we beat him the first time.
Yea, LSU's offense is in no way shape or form the reason LSU beat Alabama the 1st time. 9 pts, 239 yards and 4.1 YPP.
LSU won because they made their kicks and made a few big plays on defense and one on offense in the OT.
This post was edited on 10/19/17 at 3:56 pm
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Posted on 10/19/17 at 4:07 pm to SummerOfGeorge
You’re confusing statistical dominance with what the anonymous ex-player is claiming. He’s saying they were able to win the game because they ran the option when Saban wasn’t expecting it. It caused Saban to change his own game plan and it didn’t work out to his benefit.
As he pointed out about the “go five wide after halftime” comment - it didn’t matter if it worked or not. Three straight incompletions would have been enough to make Saban uneasy and not respond well to LSU’s 2nd half adjustments.
So even if LSU had still struggled offensively in the 2nd half, doing something to surprise Saban might have made it a football game. I think it was only 7-0 at that point anyway.
As he pointed out about the “go five wide after halftime” comment - it didn’t matter if it worked or not. Three straight incompletions would have been enough to make Saban uneasy and not respond well to LSU’s 2nd half adjustments.
So even if LSU had still struggled offensively in the 2nd half, doing something to surprise Saban might have made it a football game. I think it was only 7-0 at that point anyway.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 6:39 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Yea, LSU's offense is in no way shape or form the reason LSU beat Alabama the 1st time. 9 pts, 239 yards and 4.1 YPP.
You can say that, but LSU outrushed Bama by 50+ yards in that game and finished the game with more than double the amount of rushing yards Bama gave up per game that year . Jordan Jefferson averaged as many ypc in 10+ carries as any Bama RB in that game. LSU's offense wasn't great, but it got to Bama's 2-yard-line before half and made it inside the 10 in overtime. Bama's offense never even made it to LSU's 15-yard-line. Also, Michael Ford averaged over 6 ypc on Bama's D and most of those carries were from the option.
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