Does Iowa State & Baylor hold the clue as to how to stop high-octane offenses like LSU?

If they put it on tape then Joe Brady and the staff already have a way to beat it

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effectively stopping the Buckeyes & Justin Fields

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Ohio state had over 500 yards of offense. There were also 2 dropped TD passes. I wouldn't call this effectively stopping...

Also there is one conference team that had slowed down Clemson (still loss because the offense stinks).

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Tonight, we'll get to see if Clemson employs this defense, as they did against Ohio State beginning in the late 2nd quarter, effectively stopping the Buckeyes & Justin Fields from there on out.

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Here's what turned the game for Clemson:
1. After running through Clemson like a hot knife through butter Dobbins rolls his ankle and loses his burst and cutting ability
2. A drive ending play gets extended when Ohio St is called for targeting (right call BTW)
3. OSU roughs the Clemson punter

Those 3 completely changed the momentum of the game. I could also add the WR turning out instead of in what would have been the game winner but instead was the INT that put OSU away.

Credit to Clemson for hanging in and coming back, but OSU blew an opportunity to finish off Clemson.

The problem with trotting out the 3-3-5 and expecting to shut LSU down completely is that the Bayou Bengals actually have a running game when they need it. The 3-3-5 has always been susceptible to down hill runners and LSU has one of those.

Scatbacks, mobile QBs, and pass happy schemes... yes, the 3-3-5 or 3-2-6 are perfectly fine. But LSU can, if they want too, just line up and tee off on Clemson. If they go heavy DB I would fully expect LSU to put in the big beasts and wear them out on the line of scrimmage.

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The 3-3-5 (or 3-2-6) type defense is the magic key?

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Auburn ran the 3-1-7. It threw them off, I think less than 50 yards in the 1 quarter. But they adjusted to it. Still held them to 24 points.

Georgia tried to replicate that but it didn't work.

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While Auburn limited LSU to 10 points in the first half, which included two punts, a fumble and a turnover on downs by Ed Orgeron’s team (and just 47 first-quarter yards), Georgia wasn’t nearly as successful with the 3-1-7 look, giving up 14 points in the first quarter — with LSU getting touchdown on two of its first three drives — on the way to a 37-10 SEC title game loss.

So, why was Auburn’s approach more successful than Georgia’s defensively against LSU?

“We were able to just go out there and apply pressure on Joe (Burrow) from a three-man rush,” Auburn defensive tackle Derrick Brown said this week while in Atlanta for the College Football Awards Show. “It was something that coach (Kevin) Steele put in a week before, and it was kind of like a whirlwind, because it was just different. It was just kind of one of those things that Coach Steele put in that was able to put us in a position to win.”

Georgia’s inability to adequately pressure Burrow — and allow him to escape and make plays when the Bulldogs did get in the backfield — was ultimately the biggest difference.

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You beat it by running the damn ball. Feed Clyde and u win.

i am guessing they will look to Auburn on how to stop them from scoring high.

Fine I’ll try reading.


After reading the article, it appears that Clemson had to employ this defense to stop OSU. If there is film on this defense, Burrow, Brady, and ensminger can gameplan for it. The only time this offense was slowed down was when something completely new (3-1-7) was thrown at them and those 3 were all NFL caliber DL players with two being nfl caliber DT’s.

I don’t believe Clemson has that this year, so, good luck