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.

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Posted by SummerOfGeorge

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Posted on 10/19/17 at 4:09 pm to StringedInstruments

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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

But that didn't happen. We didn't change our gameplan on defense. LSU had one drive of over 45 yards the entire game (it came right before halftime and led to a FG). LSU scored 9 points. 6 of them where when their offense got the ball at the Alabama 25 yard line or closer in.

LSU won that ballgame because they bowed up when Alabama got to the 30 yard line and forced us into long field goals. We moved the ball pretty well between the 30s for most of the game, but LSU stiffened and never gave in. Then, when they got a shot, they made plays (the INT on the Maze pass, a few huge sacks and TFLs, the INT on McCarron, a huge sack in OT).

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