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LSU vs. Clemson: Key Insights for Tonight's Big Game
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Coach, we take a look also at a big game environment tonight, LSU going to take on Clemson.
00:04
You're no stranger to hammering LSU at this point, Coach, because in 1993, you went to
00:10
LSU, 34-10 victory for the Auburn Tigers, so you have the keys to the castle, as we
00:15
like to say.
00:16
What happens tonight between LSU and Clemson?
00:18
What a game, the battle of the Death Valleys.
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Yeah, I had success at that Death Valley.
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There's other Death Valleys pretty tough, too.
00:25
I was an analyst up there a couple of years ago for two years, and they never lost the
00:29
end time I was there at home.
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It's an incredible environment there for home field advantage, and that's going to be a
00:35
factor.
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These two teams, they mirror each other.
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They both have quarterbacks that can win the Heisman, that can get drafted in the first round.
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They've got much improved teams.
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They've got outstanding defensive coordinators that they've added, Blake Baker at LSU, and
00:50
now Tom Allen at Clemson, so they have improved defenses.
00:54
They've got great quarterbacks.
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You look at all the advantage, just a little bit of advantage to me goes to Clemson.
01:00
I said, boy, the quarterback's just a little bit better.
01:02
The overall depth is better.
01:04
The home field advantage is a little bit better, but when that point spread went to four, I
01:10
got to take LSU plus four points.
01:12
I think that's the thing.
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I can see them losing the game, but much more like a field goal.
01:16
Once it went to four, I had to jump over and say, that's the one I want to win this game.
01:20
Coach, from the coaching perspective, what can Brian Kelly and LSU do, not to just cover
01:26
the line, but potentially win this ballgame outright?
01:31
You know, Joe, and we've talked about this a lot this year, all these outstanding quarterbacks,
01:35
if you want to make them better, make them a factor, run the football.
01:39
We saw a couple of games last night, Georgia Tech, we saw them play.
01:43
We saw the other game that we watched where the running was Auburn.
01:46
Running makes the quarterback better.
01:48
Running gives them a chance to hurt people when they are worried about the run.
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To me, the key to this game and the key to making Nussmire even a better quarterback is
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what they didn't do last year.
01:59
When you can't run the ball, you throw it on third and long, or you throw it a bunch
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in the second half.
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As it happened to LSU last year, it turns into turnovers and mistakes.
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It's all about being balanced, but LSU has a chance to be balanced.
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I think the offensive line probably goes to Clemson over LSU.
02:16
They lost their tackles, but I do think running game is key for Nussmire to have the game
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that can win this game.
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Talking to Terry Bowden here, long-time great head coach in college football, multiple institutions,
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which is the perfect person to ask.
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Coach, did you prefer, because we're talking about week number one, a lot of these schools
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with big-time matchups.
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Did you like the big-time matchup out of the gate, or did you prefer maybe a team that you
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can handle just to get a good view of your team before you said, okay, the big boys are
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coming next week?
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It all depends on whether you ask me that question in August or in December, or February, because
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way back there, you say, gosh, I'll take the biggest and the best, but about a month before
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that season opens, you want somebody that you can make mistakes and win the ballgame.
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You just want somebody to see what you're going to look like.
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So I think most coaches, whether they say it publicly, they would rather play somebody
03:02
that they can handle pretty well if they play well, and then feel like what kind of team
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they got, but if you got a biggie like this one, it prepares you the entire offseason.
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It gets your players' attention.
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We'll see, I believe, the best of these two football teams.
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