I dont usually like Saturday Down South, but thought this was an interesting article. Also, I know we all know how special Aranda is, but his quotes here are just another reason why. When asked how he handled Bama, he mentioned he scouted how other teams hurt LSU not necessarily what Bama did because he knew Bama would see those and try to exploit them.
According to Aranda, the secret to his unit’s success relied not on scouting Alabama’s offense, but by scouting his defense and what had successfully be done to them by opposing offenses from Auburn and Southen Miss:
“Auburn had a fly sweep with a wheel route off of it. We struggled with it when we played them, and it eventually led to our defeat. I knew we’d see that against Alabama, and we did.
“We were playing Southern Miss, and they’re in a two-two set [two receivers, two tight ends] with the back offset. The receivers are snugged, and the back runs a wheel unmolested into the boundary. [Southern Miss] hit us on that one, and then that was in Alabama’s offense against LSU. That specific play was there.
“They’ll run something that hurts you specifically. We knew they were going to, because we got hurt with it.”
Just a great coach as well as X and O guy. He is special
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/se...scuss-successfully-planning-alabamas-offense/
According to Aranda, the secret to his unit’s success relied not on scouting Alabama’s offense, but by scouting his defense and what had successfully be done to them by opposing offenses from Auburn and Southen Miss:
“Auburn had a fly sweep with a wheel route off of it. We struggled with it when we played them, and it eventually led to our defeat. I knew we’d see that against Alabama, and we did.
“We were playing Southern Miss, and they’re in a two-two set [two receivers, two tight ends] with the back offset. The receivers are snugged, and the back runs a wheel unmolested into the boundary. [Southern Miss] hit us on that one, and then that was in Alabama’s offense against LSU. That specific play was there.
“They’ll run something that hurts you specifically. We knew they were going to, because we got hurt with it.”
Just a great coach as well as X and O guy. He is special
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/se...scuss-successfully-planning-alabamas-offense/
