re: If Mac Jones plays the whole game

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My thinking was that we would look to protect Tua by running early to help slow down the pressure and keep him on his feet. Wear out the down linemen and even lbs by making them run after Waddell for awhile. Added benefit is that by second half we are running right at them and they can’t stop lengths drives.

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Sound ideas all, but I'd be more focused on executing my scripted stuff early, and try to get as many points in my schemed up stuff as possible before Aranda adjusts. I think playing it conservatively early would be giving away an advantage. Funny tho, this goes for LSU on offense as well.

Additionally, I see no reason to protect Tua early. Personally, I don't think his ankle will be much of an issue. It might make him less likely to scramble for first downs aggressively, but I expect him to slide in the pocket at 100%. If LSU wants to bring early heat, I say let them and throw it downfield to what might be the best WR corp ever assembled. Seriously, I expect us to generally pick up their pass rush, and these are the plays in which we can do the most damage.

And while I respect your play-it-close-to-the-vest approach, I wouldn't do that here. I think we have a talent advantage over LSU in several spots, and I think it'd be a travesty not to play aggressively from Jump Street.

I trust our defense to get stingy in plus territory, I trust Perine to boom a few and keep field position in our favor, and I think we need to drop the expletive-deleted hammer on their arse from play one and establish the pecking order with a quickness. Play fast, play loose, and create a whirling dervish of Crimson destruction.

The King of the Hill didn't perch that hill with a conservative gameplan.

He took it by making asses quit.