Perhaps. Bama holds the advantage on almost every defensive stat, including opponents’ points per game, opponents’ rushing and passing per game, and opponents’ total yards per game. Likewise, you're underestimating the LSU offense. LSU has the advantage in almost every offensive category, including points per game, total offense per game, third down conversions, and red-zone scoring.
i dont think we are, they have major talent and has gotten consistently better every game, however the QB they played with a pulse did a lot of damage. my bad, didnt mean to quote you twisted.
Gumps -7 Seems high or Vegas really trying to get people to load up on the Tigers. Should have a read on where the sharps go soon.
thats right where I guessed it would open. I figured it will go close at 5'. 11/01 2:51pm ALA-7 -105 LSU+7 -115 11/01 2:57pm ALA-6.5 -105 LSU+6.5 -115 11/01 3:10pm ALA-5.5 -110 LSU+5.5 -110 11/01 3:50pm ALA-5.5 -115 LSU+5.5 -105 11/01 6:27pm ALA-6 -110 LSU+6 -110 11/01 6:54pm ALA-6.5 -110 LSU+6.5 -110 11/01 6:59pm ALA-7 -110 LSU+7 -110 11/01 7:19pm ALA-7 -115 LSU+7 -105 11/02 9:42am ALA-7 -105 LSU+7 -115 11/02 9:54am ALA-6.5 -110 LSU+6.5 -110 11/02 10:49am ALA-6 -110 LSU+6 -110
My better judgment tells me I shouldn't jump in here but here's how Scott Long's friend Mark (?) compared LSU and Alabama. "After putting together the chart, I emailed it to my friend Mark to get his input, and he broke the stats down a little further and had this to say: I’m always cautious about looking at averages in college football because of the huge disparity in competition, and I really don't put much stock in how a team fares against a weak non-conference opponent. For example, Alabama beating ULM 34-0 doesn't tell me much about how good their football team is, nor does LSU struggling to beat Syracuse 34-24. So I removed the cream puff competition from LSU’s averages (Syracuse, Eastern Michigan and WKU) and Alabama's averages (Middle Tennessee State and ULM) and noted that LSU averaged 36.5 points in their four games and allowed 23 for an average margin of victory of 13.5. Alabama's averages per game in its six “tougher” contests are 32.8 and 20.2, for an average margin of victory of 12.6. As you can see, Alabama's offense doesn't look as productive with those averages, and the defense doesn't look as impressive either. If you take it a step further and look at just Alabama's three home SEC games, the offensive and defensive scoring averages are 27.7 and 23.7 for an average margin of victory of just 4 points. Obviously, the five turnovers in Alabama's 37-43 loss vs. Ole Miss make the averages much closer. Still, Arkansas had a 7-3 lead at Alabama late in the 3rd quarter until the Crimson Tide erupted for 17 points over a six-minute 32-second span that ultimately decided the outcome. Tennessee held a 14-13 lead until they gave up the game-winning TD with just 2:24 remaining."
This has been an odd series. 2007 LSU was better on offense, defense, and special teams. 2008 it was pretty even, but Alabama won in OT. 2009, Alabama was better on O, D, ST and it still was close, 2010 it was pretty even across the board, 2011, Alabama was better on offense and that won the game for them in New Orleans, 2012 pretty evenly matched, 2013, Alabama was better defensively clearly, 2014 Alabama's offense was clearly better, this year LSU's offense is clearly better, special teams is a wash, and Alabama has a better D. It's anyone's game.
Will Miles adjust the game plan accordingly, if needed, or continue trying to fit a square peg into a round hole?
Miles typically has LSU ready for the Bama game. They tend to throw in a few wrikles with the added week off. I have faith we will see LSU with some slight changes. The issue comes with Miles not trying to put the dagger to opponents when given the opportunity. It also comes with Miles and Chavis losing the game at the end. If LSU opens things up with the passing game I think we win. If they play super conservative then it's going to be a slugfest. I expect the former.
