BATON ROUGE, La. -- No FBS defense has surrendered fewer explosive plays than LSU’s 27.
For Tigers fans who sat through Saturday’s 31-14 loss to Arkansas -- a game the Razorbacks scored three times on plays that covered 52 yards or more -- it probably doesn’t feel that way. The unfortunate truth is, much like in the Arkansas loss, LSU (7-2, 4-2 SEC) typically doesn’t surrender a boatload of explosive plays (those covering 20 yards or more), but the ones the Tigers do allow are often catastrophic.
"Defensively, here is an interesting statistic, and it just makes you sad, because 53 plays, [LSU’s defense] gave up 239 yards," against Arkansas, LSU coach Les Miles said.