sushihorn

I've said many times that perception lags behind reality. Texas dominating Georgia damaged the meme of SEC superiority. Clemson doing the same to Alabama even more so. Think about how long it took the NFL and its fans to figure out that the spread offense was a very effective system. Then think about how fast the perception switched once recognition set in. It seems we are getting close to such an inflection point WRT conference perceptions. The Horns need to beat LSU decisively to accelerate that recognition.

And the OL are not asked to block outside the tackles or locate defenders in space when running power. One guy kicking out the DE and another turning up to lead block a LB trying to fill an interior gap. Those are slightly more challenging than blocking the guy lined up directly across from them but neither requires finding a defender in space and both are INTERIOR blocks. I will highlight the important parts of the quote you seem to want to quibble over.

Something was really bothering me so I went back and checked. Sure enough, against their toughest opponents last year, LSU already tried to use a spread attack. Against Alabama, I think EVERY SNAP of the first 2 drives LSU's offense was in base 11 personnel with 3 WRs. Against Georgia the first 2 drives were largely in 11 personnel. They used a 2-back set once but spent more snaps than that in either 4 wide or empty backfield 5 wide. I saw quick throws off pre-snap reads, zone-read style option looks and WR screens to the outside based on defensive alignment. If you don't believe me look for yourself. IOW LSU already relied heavily on something last year that looks like what they're trying to market as a "new" offense this year. In fact they used it almost exclusively against their stronger opponents. Maybe the route trees and combos are different but that's really about it. I haven't paid that much attention to LSU but you'd think that people who do would have noticed this. I guess it's easy to sell that kind of story when the audience really WANTS to believe it's true.

LSU fans are clearly delusional. They seem to think that going away from their personnel strengths and emphasizing their weaknesses on offense is somehow going to help them. Their OL is huge, strong and SLOW. They are optimized for drive blocking for the run in confined spaces. They will not be at their best when asked to pull and find a defender in space. They will be even worse when called upon to pass block against a quick edge rusher or blitzer - as was demonstrated by the huge number of sacks (35) and TFLs (89) they gave up last year. It's an OL designed to run power between the tackles, not to spring the QB outside on an RPO or to pass protect. The WR corps is big and mostly fast, somewhat like Georgia (emphasizing athletes) but with a bit more size and less speed. The other thing they have in common with UGa's WR corps is that they've shown athletic ability but not much in the way of decision making for option routes in the quick game. For that, you need good judgement and being on the same page as the QB. The former is unproven but LSU doesn't recruit players (or students for that matter) for their brains. The later requires a lot of combined reps - which is exactly what they won't have in game 2 it they really have installed a whole new offense in the off season. Going from run 5 yds and turn around or run deep to having to diagnose the defense requires very different qualities - ones that frankly none of the LSU WRs have ever proven. And they want to build all of this around a 57% passer in Joe Burrow. His running is very similar to Baylor's Charlie Brewer or ISU's Brock Purdy but he's not in their league as a passer. The guy showed he can make the one tough yard and pick up decent chunks on the occasional scramble but he's not a guy I'd want back there as either a runner or passer on 3rd and long. Finally there is the comfort factor. SEC teams may be disconcerted to see this style of offense executed with high-level talent. The outcome of both the Sugar Bowl and NCG would argue for that. But that is a total non-factor in the Big XII, where teams have been defending against the Spread with personnel optimized to run it for a generation now. WVU ran a power-based run spread even before they arrived in the conference and Tom Herman certainly can diagnose it. In short, LSU may be switching to a new system that Texas is intimately familiar with - much more so than Orgeron One LSU is badly staffed to run that system and will likely do so worse than almost anyone in the Big XII. They going away from their strengths and towards their weaknesses or at best unproven and untested qualities. It may pay dividends against SEC opponents who have demonstrated clear vulnerability to such offenses assuming it's handled well. For Texas, it just drops right into the comfort zone of a defense that faces this sort of thing every week both in practice and during games.

If you're going to do that, buy stuff that generates income with the bulk of your principal and play leveraged games with the interest only.

The stats don't lie. Against any defense with a pulse, LSU's offense struggled to crack 24 points unless they got multiple turnovers or big plays from special teams. That was true from start to finish. The narrative of improvement as the season went on is simply a comforting meme with little or no basis in fact.

Gordie Lockbaum: played both ways and special teams for Holy Cross back in the late 1980s. A true iron man in a sport that was already starting down the Prima Dona road.

I remember this movie. It was called A Clockwork Orange.

Usually guys that lift like this are 5'10" 245 lb FBs who only have to move the bar 8 inches to complete the lift. It's really uncommon to see it from 6'5" Offensive Tackles.

Yep. It's not like Ossai is a 210 lb speed rusher who gets driven or planted by the OT on running plays.

Have you met katfid?

$EC: It don't mean shit.

User name definitely checks out...

Payback is a bitch and her stripper name is Karma.

He's not a burner but he's actually sneaky quick. Watch how often he leaves a defender grabbing at air on a cutback or sets them up with the shoulder fake then runs straight through an attempted arm tackle.

And the one loss was by a team who is already notorious for choking in bowls.

To be fair, you really don't have to twist things around to put OU in a bad light. The bare truth is quite bad enough.

Is this him?

It happens when people think they're special and the rules of normal, polite behavior don't apply to them. I saw it all the time from pompous name droppers who couldn't decide whether they should mention their Harvard degree or their position at Goldman Sachs first.

Before his predictable chokes on the big stage, he won a lot of regular season games.

It's obviously become personal for him. IQ doesn't matter when ego gets involved.

His GF's sister is the catcher for the softball team - UO transfer. I bet she has a lot of experience at (cock) blocking the plate...

You said rape twice...

The NFL has a separate draft just for those using "supplements" now?