Originally Posted by
lyon804
I don't really think the BYE helps LSU much. Of course the players are fresher and some bumps and bruises are given some time to heal. The reason I don't think it helps is LSU coaches have not proven they can effectively game plan given the time. They beat Alabama last year 9-6 at Bama, but Alabama out played them and out gained them. The LSU staff had 6 weeks to prepare for the BCS championship game and was expecting the same kinda game which was a field posistion, punt fest. Alabama learned from that game that they could not simply out physical LSU in the runnings game and opened it up a little in the passing game to move the ball on LSU and score some points. You wanna hear what LSU's coaches came up with after 6 weeks off??? RUN THE BALL UP THE MIDDLE. Seriously, 6 weeks off and you thought that and some option was gonna work? At Alabama they ran the option with some success because it was not game planned for. If you recall Jarret Lee started that game and was benched due to throwing some picks. They brought in Jefferson and he moved the ball some with the option, but again it was not game planned for. With Jefferson the starter of the BCS there was no surpises from the option are running the ball up the middle. I believe Bama was a better team than LSU last year, but not to the degree the BCS championship showed. It's called coaching. Miles and his staff do a great job in getting talented players and develop them well with a physical toughness, but they do nothing to help them when it comes to game planning or game management. Can't make adjustments. I think Bama wins this game 27-13. Irregardless of Death Valley at nite.