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Neither of the games at the beginning of this season have really proved much. We both beat Georgia by similar numbers last season so that tells me this game will be close regardless of how much each team has improved in the offseason. Two great teams claiming "theyre back" so we'll see. Not 100% confident we're "back enough" to win a game on the road against a solid team like Texas.

Just a fellow Tiger here throwing my two cents. We have historically leaned to hard on an excellent RB committee. It's why us fans have been so irritated with the old fashioned offenses. Joe Burrow has had low passing touchdowns because we run the ball on the goal line every damn time thus having more rushing touchdowns than the average team. We lost the Florida game two years ago because we did the same thing we do always do and got stuffed on the goal line trying to run the ball. OP states we dont have good running backs and I laughed. Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Lanard Fournette are both good APB's. John Emery Jr. is an elite back and if you dont believe me, look at his film. Youre not going to tackle him with one guy because he can make you miss. He runs very similar to Derrius Guice. Ty Davis Price runs very hard. We just have alot of options that are hard to choose from and will be used in different packages. The new offense allows Burrow to choose what he wants to do on the play whether that's pass the ball, run the ball, or checkdown to running backs. Previously we ran QB runs and that's just too one dimensional. It helps a ton that this is a similar offense to the offense he ran at Ohio State which clearly gives yall a leg up. Keep in mind too, Burrow stepped foot on campus two months before the season last year and we have all of our receivers returning this year. They have had alot more reps now and it will be different. Oline is just not that great. That's why our new offense over compensates for this to get the ball out of Burrow's hands faster. Open field tackling from your OLB's will be a big deciding factor in our success. As far as our defense goes, this is the best defensive group I've seen from LSU in a while. We have so many talented safetys, LB's, and CB's that the packages we can run are endless. Last year K'Lavon Chaisson tore his ACL causing us to implement exotic blitz packages every play. Having him hack is a game changer. He's in the backfield every play at DE and can drop back into coverage at OLB. I know beating Georgia Southern means just about nothing to anyone but what it does show is that Burrow barely played one half of a game last week and the score was 42-3 at half. We didnt do that in one game last season and only beat an FCS team last year 31-0. It's going to be a great game this year and I think we're all excited for this matchup. If anyone wants to come stop my tailgate next year at LSU for some gumbo and beers, let me know. Competition is always great but southern hospitality comes before anything else, and yall are guests so we want yall to have the best experience possible next year for our neighbors. It's what differentiates us from other areas of the country is the best football, good food, and great people.