LSU broke out an entirely different defense on Saturday night. Not a few new wrinkles, not a couple little tendency breakers, an entirely new defense. They were different up front in base, they broke out a ton of exotic pressures, they simulated pressure, they utilized players in different ways, they played a lot more soft cover 3, etc. As it turns out, Daronte Jones can actually call a pretty great game when he’s allowed to do more than two things.
On the offensive end, more of the same. Outside of a couple plays, the LSU run game was mostly under control with Alabama playing even fronts to stop their counter game.