But the BigWhatever has changed a lot since Miles left. It used to be Texas, Oklahoma, and then everyone else in the far distance. Then Mike Leach's ridiculous offense had a ripple effect & left everyone scrambling for ways to light up the scoreboard, but they simultaneously forgot all about the other side of the ball. Now it's a completely different league with a whole lot more parity. Miles created the framework for OSU by making them competitive, which in turn, opens up the brand recognition, recruiting base, donor support, etc. We'll never know if Gundy can build that program from the ground-up, but we know that Miles can/did. The grass is always greener, but sometimes, that shit is just a fancy coat of spraypaint.
Agreed, just like darth saban did here. As for leach, lets not forget where he got his big break, care to guess? OC for stoops at OU, just like fatty that used to coach at Ks. which really brings nothing to the table other than that gang put OU back on the map after the debacle that was John Blake and drunk ass Schmelly burger. I have already said this and I'll say it once more. The guy can coach, and he can win. You can stomp and scream and cry about big 12 defenses and blah blah blah but he wins. He doesn't have to rebuild anything, it is already here, car is in the garage. All I'm saying is he would know where to find the keys.
The passing game needs to all come together. I know that everybody thinks that LSU's passing offense is pathetic and the results up until now make it hard to argue otherwise. However, if you look at things objectively it has been due to random miscues and errors in execution rather than complete ineptness. Early on the O-line wasn't providing proper protection. There has also been several dropped passes by the receivers as a group. It seems as if once the protection and stonehanded receiver issues had been resolved Mett couldn't get on target. I think the wind at Kyle Field had him screwed up. Sailing them when the wind was at his back and putting too much umph on the throws into the wind. Regardless, there hasn't been a game yet where all three phases have been up to snuff simultaneously and they have two weeks to work on it. Also, despite all the mantras "one game at a time", "only looking ahead to the next opponent", blah blah blah.....it is hard to believe that Bama hasn't been in the back of every player's mind at some point during this season and it hasn't been somewhat of a distraction.
This is very true. There has been a real lack of synchronisity in the passing game thus far, and Mett has really had a lot working against him. That's why the extra week is so advantageous. We can take a little time to tune-up the passing game before we go head-first into game planning.
I really like the no huddle offense in this game. Bama, like LSU, is built on depth. Both teams like to substitute continuously throughout the game to keep fresh legs on the field. When you have the quality of talent like these teams do, there is little drop off when you rotate players in and out. So really you are just reloading the line with fresh ammunition. A no huddle neutralizes substitutions and forces big players to be on the field longer than they are accustomed. This is the big reason why Saban hates a no huddle. It takes his strategy out of play. The biggest challenge we face is having an offense that can go no huddle for a long enough stretch to have an impact. You can't afford to go 3 and out in a no huddle approach otherwise you wear out your own defense instead of the opponent. I think this is why we have seen the approach inserted strategically and not as a game-long approach.
Good points 420, and here I am enjoying my 420 and going to ramble on a little bit. The ideal offense to run the no huddle (for LSU) would be a 2 tight end set, one flanker right, out of the I formation. You can run out of this formation and throw out of this formation with success. But we have to get the tight ends involved in the passing game, and even the fullback. A lot of the times Zach is throwing the ball away because we are covered, but we only have 1 or 2 guys running routes. On a positive note, the play we ran on 4th down out of the warecat were 11 kind of lunged forward like he was going up the middle, pulled up and pitched to Ford running outside, was creative as hell. If anything, our offense is so simple, that we are left with a lot of room to fool defenses and get creative, only thing is we rarely do, so will Stud and Miles with 2 weeks have some sandlot shit drawn up? We shall see.
