Ok then compare their WRs to our DBs, I bet there is a huge talent gap in our favor there. If you want to claim there is a talent gap between the two teams you have to show information on the entire team, you can't just pick and choose.
Where did we get our asses kicked????? It all starts there. If the o-line can't block it doesn't matter how good you skill players are. Didn't you watch the game? How much room did LF7 have to run? How much time did Harris have to pass????
Go back and watch the game. But don't watch LSUs offense, watch Bama's. Look at the quick, short, high percentage passes hitting their playmakers in space. Quick passes that the QB throws before the DL has a chance to get a rush. Rub routes, crossing patterns where the pass is caught right around the line of scrimmage and the WR has a chance to make a play. I hate Lane Kiffin and he is definitely no genius, but he made Miles look like a buffoon. He ran the EXACT offense Miles needed to be running in order to have a chance at victory. Bama by no means has a great offense this season, but they know how to work with what they have. I've said it before and I'll say it again, switch coaching staffs and Miles would lose again.
If you'll recall, they began running this offense in the 2012 BCSNCG. They couldn't move it a lick on us in the regular season, and then they started rolling McCarron out and hitting their TEs and WRs on corners and crosses. We haven't won a game since, and they haven't changed the game plan as far as I can see. As you note, the same type of thing is seen on our offense, with the exception of when Mettenberger was here. We run the power-I play in and play out and mix in long play-action passes. Few roll outs, no spread, and little read option. They talked during the game about how the only three running backs to break 150-yards against a Saban defense are Darren McFadden, Tre Mason, and Ezekiel Elliot. What do all of the offenses in which those guys played have in common? They stretched the field horizontally and ran around and in between the front 7. We even ran the read option a few times on Saturday night with great success but never went back to it. As much as this is not our modus operandi, we saw what happens when we stick to our game plan.
Actually McFadden got most of his yardage out of the Wildcat. Spreads players out, but is not really a system that has any realistic threat of throwing the ball.
Pass protection wasn't horrible. It wasn't great but there were plays to be had in the passing game, Harris didn't connect on a few, Dural dropped one, and the coaching staff didn't help matters by calling plays with 2 options or 1 option at times either. Let's call a spade a spade, the game plan fucking sucked balls and did our guys NO favors. The mismatch is there all day, LSU's receivers > Alabama's db's but you wouldn't know that because we didn't nothing to exploit that mismatch.
I actually thought that lsu would have an extensive wildcat package for Fournette. That would have messed Bama up. But, les is to boneheaded to think outside the box.
A little more detailed analysis on the line play and reasons why. Again take your emotions out and pay attention. Alabama hit LF7 behind the line on 13 of his carries and only on 2 was there an 8 man line. It also reviews the discrepancy in talent (at least perceived recruiting) between the LSU o-line and Al d-line http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sports/lsu/13940864-128/weve-got-to-play-better
