LSU Impact Players

Posted December 5, 20177 yr

This is a work in progress of LSU impact players for the bowl.

Early impressions are they run well, pass deep or short and have a monster Defensive line with 35 sacks

Passing

QB Danny Etling- 60.3 percent completion, 2234 yards, 9.2 yards/per attempt 14 TD 2 INT

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Rushing

RB- Derrius Guice 1153 yards on 216 Carries, 5.34 average 11 TDs

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RB- Darrel Williams 776 yards on 136 carries 5.71 average 9 TD

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WR- Russell Gage- 227 yards on 27 carries 8.04 average 1 TD

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Receiving

rec. yds yards/rec td rec/g yards/g

1. DJ Chark WR 35 811 23.17 3 2.9 67.6

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2 Darrel Williams RB 22 327 14.86 0 1.8 27.3

3 Russell Gage WR 19 270 14.21 3 1.6 22.5

4 Foster Moreau TE 20 214 10.70 3 1.7 17.8

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Tackles

Name Yr Pos G Solo Assisted Total Total/G

1 Devin White SO LB 12 33 94 127 10.58

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2 Christian LaCouture SR DL 12 9 54 63 5.25

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3 John Battle JR DB 11 36 23 59 5.36

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4 Grant Delpit FR DB 12 32 20 52 4.33

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Sacks

35 total

1. Greg Gilmore SR DL 12 6.5 19 0.54

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2 Corey Thompson SR LB 12 6.0 40 0.50

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3 Christian LaCouture SR DL 12 6.0 32 0.50

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4 Arden Key JR LB 8 4.0 21 0.50

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Edited December 5, 20177 yr by FaithInIrishForever

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December 6, 20177 yr

Dang Faith, if ND doesn't hire you as an analyst next season it will be a crime.

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December 6, 20177 yr

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Worst Losses(Troy, Miss ST.)

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Best Win(45 point offense)

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Best win, Ranked team (Auburn)

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Closest Game

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Edited December 6, 20177 yr by FaithInIrishForever

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December 6, 20177 yr

I'm surprised Arden Key's stats were so uninspiring....wasn't this guy touted as an early Sunday pick???

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December 6, 20177 yr

Etling is also mobile enough to give our defense fits with his legs. We will have to account for that so he doesn't Malik Rosier us.

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December 6, 20177 yr

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Etling is also mobile enough to give our defense fits with his legs. We will have to account for that so he doesn't Malik Rosier us.

Agreed. This is also a game where Wimbush needs to run right at their speed rushers so our guys get the feel of winning the line of scrimmage early. Mullen ran QB power which his QB running right behind an RBas the lead Blocker.

We need to Leverage all of our strengths including Wimbush's running talent.

An undersold part of ND's subpar finish was Wimbush's bruised hand and what it did to playcalling.

Long called his number less after the bruise. His legs need to return to the offense.

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December 6, 20177 yr

This is a game that ND *should* be able to walk away from with a W. Many of the banged up guys will have had time for some rest and rehab and there's plenty of time to watch tape. There's no excuse for coming in and looking unprepared. This isn't Saban's LSU squad but it's a good team that plays with pride for their school. Let's hope ND does the same and the warmer weather helps out if it sticks around.

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December 6, 20177 yr

This is a game that ND *should* be able to walk away from with a W. Many of the banged up guys will have had time for some rest and rehab and there's plenty of time to watch tape. There's no excuse for coming in and looking unprepared. This isn't Saban's LSU squad but it's a good team that plays with pride for their school. Let's hope ND does the same and the warmer weather helps out if it sticks around.

"There's no excuse for coming in and looking unprepared." Agree 100% - but in the Wake, Navy, and Miami games, and I think Stanford as well, they came out flat. Got away with it in the 1st 2, paid for it in the other 2.

As they took the field against Miami especially, the 'Canes had adrenaline spurting out of their ears, and ND looked like a Tuesday morning commuter getting on the bus enroute to a dull office job. Hopefully Christmas with the folks will help fix that. Which leaves the question of game coaching & strategy. The difference? Contrast the above with Lou against F$U & Miami.

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December 6, 20177 yr

"There's no excuse for coming in and looking unprepared." Agree 100% - but in the Wake, Navy, and Miami games, and I think Stanford as well, they came out flat. Got away with it in the 1st 2, paid for it in the other 2.

As they took the field against Miami especially, the 'Canes had adrenaline spurting out of their ears, and ND looked like a Tuesday morning commuter getting on the bus enroute to a dull office job. Hopefully Christmas with the folks will help fix that. Which leaves the question of game coaching & strategy. The difference? Contrast the above with Lou against F$U & Miami.

What stood out to me wasn't the dull look on the Irish faces....it was the look of sheer terror on Wimbush's face.

If Wimbush just took care of the ball Miami would have swooned on the adrenaline crash.

But BW was like a never ending line of crystal meth to the Miami D and the crowd

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December 7, 20177 yr

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Strength shifting, sometimes tackle over.

These formations were what made Matt Canada the sought after offensive guru of last off season.

Offset I, he'll Sometimes shift a tackle and a tight end late. Reset, put a playmaker in short motion at the snap. Here He lines it up pretty straight forward, Etling hits the H- back in the flat and he fumbles;

The shift can create both a very strong side and a very weak side. Forcing you to make the decision to overplay the strong side, be completely out of balance on the weak side, or to play it even and be down strength on the strong side.

Single back, WR short motion.

Here is there Single back, play-action set. This is one of their favorite ways to get Chark wide open. As in any play action set they have good power and stretch runs from this look too.

Spread set

As with any team LSU will also play from the shotgun, spread out quite a bit. This is a quick slant or skinny post(routes are subjective and called different names in every playbook), for a td pass.

wide wildcat

Here is as spread out of wildcat look as I've seen, guy comes in motion rb keeps it and breaks a big play.

These four formations, 3 mainstays and one wildcat with a lot of shifts and different playcalls, give you a decent look at the LSU offense. Run first mentality, but they look for ways to get the ball in their playmakers hands through the air as well, Chark being the guy with the most production this year.

Edited December 7, 20177 yr by FaithInIrishForever

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December 7, 20177 yr

Dang Faith, if ND doesn't hire you as an analyst next season it will be a crime.

I'll second that! Great work as usual.

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December 8, 20177 yr

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Dave Aranda is right with Mike Elko as two of the most "on trend" defensive minds out there.

To me there are quite a few similarities. They like to build a 5 man attack down hill gap shooting style.

He starts with 4 Down but there are usually 5 coming. He'll reduce to a 3 down line on other downs so he can try to dictate to the the offense who the 4th and 5th rusher will be. He's aggressive, downhill, and the players he has now put in that scheme are impressive.

If you are stuck in 3rd and Long, he can set anywhere from 2 down lineman to 4 down lineman and send up to 6 pass rushers, if there are 2 down Lineman that leaves 4 pass rushers to "guess on" if he's sending 6. Not good odds of always guessing right.

The short of it. Stay out of 3rd and long.

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