Auburn Football vs. LSU: 5 Things Auburn did Right to Win

Got LSU out of Their Game Plan

LSU’s game plan is simple – give the ball to Leonard Fournette.

That was obvious from the get-go as he burst through the line-of-scrimmage for seven yards on his first carry of the game. Then he went for 10 more but it was called back because of a penalty.

It seemed like penalties and negative plays early in downs prevented LSU from riding Fournette in this ball game.

I’m not going to say Auburn shut him down, because that’s far from the truth. He rushed the ball 16 times for 101 yards, which is good for 6.3 yards per carry.

However, the defensive line did a good job of putting them in third-and-long situations where they were forced to throw the football.

If you told me going into the game that Danny Etling would have more passes than Fournette would have rushes I would have said we won.

Etling ended up throwing the ball 27 times in this game, for just 118 yards.

A lot of that had to do with the fact that Auburn held the ball on offense for a majority of the game. When a team is winning and holding the ball like that, sometimes the opposing team starts pressing.

I think that’s what LSU did in this game instead of relying on Fournette ot carry them victory. There is no way that he should have received less than 20 carries in this game, especially with how well he was running the football.

You have to credit the defense – and the offense to an extent – for getting LSU out of its game plan.

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