LSU Faces Tough Challenge Against Texas A&M in Crucial Game

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00:00Let's look at the late matchup in Death Valley, 745 kick.

00:05It's the first time that LSU is underdogs to anybody outside of Alabama

00:10over the past, like, five to six seasons, if not longer, Coach.

00:15So LSU, the underdogs in this matchup against top-ranked Texas A&M.

00:20This is a lethal passing attack led by Marcel Reed.

00:23The inconsistency continues for Brian Kelly and this LSU offense.

00:28They can't run the football consistently.

00:31They are going to also be potentially out without their starting linebacker

00:35weeks yet again.

00:37Coach, this is a do-or-die situation for LSU.

00:41How do you see this game playing out?

00:43Because you know that Mike Elko and the Aggies are going to push a little bit

00:47of tempo in this ballgame.

00:49Yeah, I mean, I just think Texas A&M has played in pressure games.

00:53They've done whatever it takes to win.

00:57And they're playing like a championship team.

00:59You know, if they've got to score a lot, they score a lot.

01:01If they've got to win a close one, you know, they gave up 40 points against

01:04Notre Dame, so they scored 41.

01:06They only scored 16 against Auburn, so they held Auburn to 10.

01:09They gave up 42 against Arkansas, so they scored 45.

01:13I think LSU's a one-trick pony.

01:15They're a defensive football team.

01:17And they have had trouble with a dual-threat quarterback, and that's what Marcel Reed is.

01:22And so they're underdogs for the second time.

01:26It's only a field goal difference.

01:27So when I think of Texas A&M going into Death Valley and winning, I think win by a field goal

01:34is about what I would think they can do.

01:36It's a great point about mobile quarterbacks and their ability to contain the likes of

01:42Trinidad Chambliss, the likes of even Ty Simpson and other quarterbacks like Jalen Milrow last year.

01:49They really struggled.

01:51That's been an Achilles heel for Blake Baker, and this defense will see how it plays out.

01:55Certainly couldn't contain Diego Pavia last week as well.

01:59LSU last week, coach, did average 4.7 yards per carry, but only 100 rushing yards on 21 attempts.

02:07They need to change the offensive philosophy with Joe Sloan.

02:11Yeah, and that sometimes you can't do.

02:14Joe Sloan is probably calling football the way he knows to call it.

02:18There's a book on him and how he does it.

02:21Brian Kelly, these things needed to be cited, usually in the offseason.

02:24But if I am the head coach, and this would be his fourth year of not making the college

02:31football playoffs or the SC championship game, and he's a $100 million coach.

02:37And so that would be, I would think if there was a game that he had to call his staff in

02:41offensively and say, man, let's change what we're doing.

02:45We've got to be more balanced.

02:47Run the football, explosive downfield throws, and let's put it together because we've got to

02:53score points because we know if it's a high-scoring game, TAMU has the ability, or Texas A&M has

02:58the ability to score points if that's what they have to do.

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