Since I live in Baton Rouge, this is the biggest game of the year for me, since I'll have bragging rights over everyone I work with. I listen to the local ESPN radio station pretty frequently, even if they focus almost exclusively on LSU (at least they understand their market). Anyway, since the beginning of fall practice they've been saying that they are extremely weak at defensive tackle -- the weakest they've been for years. They've got young guys who should be rotational players that are starting. They've got a physically talented middle linebacker who can't break into the starting lineup because he makes too many mistakes. So I expect that Matt Jones will spend a lot of time running between the tackles and trying to take advantage of their weakness up the middle. And, if it is possible, they think they are even worse off than us at quarterback. The true freshman has good arm strength, but had a really bad game at Auburn. The way they see it here, our two offenses are equally bad, but our defense is better than their defense, so they expect us to win. The fans have already given up on their season, so people are calling on Miles to make Brandon Harris a full time starter, so he can take his lumps and learn now. I think we'll probably play a lot of man coverage and load up the box on them.
I swear, I don't think either fan base thinks their team can win.
On a funny note, one of the radio guys the other night, while talking about their defensive problems, said something like "nothing can cure a bad defense like Jeff Driskel."
