In Part 1 of my Fiesta Bowl preview, I looked at the concepts that make the UCF offense go. For part 2 we’re going to look at how Dave Aranda has defended similar offenses and how he might scheme up a way to stop the Golden Knights in the Fiesta Bowl.
The main film we’re going to look at is Missouri (Heupel) vs LSU (Aranda) in 2016 and Ole Miss vs LSU this past season. I’m using the Ole Miss film because I felt it was the closest approximation to Heupel’s offense. LSU’s defense has changed, slightly, since 2016 so we can see how 2018 Aranda handled this type of offense.