BATON ROUGE, La. -- Ed Orgeron and Steve Ensminger didn’t just want LSU to make better use of its play-action passing game when they took over for Les Miles and Cam Cameron three weeks ago, they made it a stated priority.
And it wasn’t just talk from the two Tigers coaches. In two games since that transition of power, LSU has taken regular deep shots after play-action fakes -- and the change is yielding huge dividends.
“That’s not the one emphasis, but that’s definitely something that’s said: ‘Hey we want to have big plays, we want to take shots down the field, and then at the same time, we want to run the ball smashmouth style.