Last year, to get used to the up-tempo of Oregon and to get in shape, the defense ran a play against the 1s then turned around and immediately ran a play against the 2s, then back to the 1s. It really helped them be ready for the season. Are they doing this again this year?
You know, I have not hear a peep about that. Perhaps reporters just asked a lot of pointed questions last year, with high-tempo Oregon coming up. Perhaps the priority this year is for Studrawa to craft his own offense around a dependable quarterback, a powerful offensive line, and obscene depth at running back. High-power, rather than high-tempo.
The up tempo offense went away when JL lost the starting job last season. If I remember correctly the first meeting with Bama during the season was the last time it was used.
Sounds like the original question was asking more about our defense than our offense. Last year, our defense needed to be prepared for Oregon's fast-break offense so it used the practice strategies mentioned. The offense may have had some benefit from that preparation also but it was primarily used to get the defense ready. With the way our D performed last year, hopefully they repeat as much of the pre-season prep as possible.
last week at LSU Media day, Les made it sound like we are taking the same approach as last year: "The schedule - North Texas, Washington and Idaho are our opening three. We are challenged to prepare and our team is responding. The thing that we've done is we've taken the same tack that we took a year ago in the fact that we're going to want to get our speed of execution to a very, very high level"
True. But, the offense ended up getting pretty good at the uptempo style as a result of the preparation.
LSU99 wins the prize for attentiveness and Tiger_Fan seems to have the answer. Thanks to both of you. I really like this strategy because of both the physical AND mental preparation it produces. I also believe the young guys are forced to learn their positions faster, make their reads faster and will expose their areas of need faster.
