The LSU offense from the 2019 season was nothing short of invincible — so much so that the team secured a national championship victory over a dominant Clemson team, finishing out the year with an undefeated record.
We saw some concepts that were reminiscent of that video game-type of offense in the small glimpse we got at the team’s spring game on Saturday.
Several players spoke to the excitement surrounding new offensive coordinator Jake Peetz’s scheme and the level of confidence in what could be accomplished within it.
Offensive lineman Ed Ingram told reporters that LSU wanted to show it could have that same offense again and “possibly be better.”
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There’s obviously a lot of work to do before the program can reach that point, though.
“But we got some stuff to work on, we didn’t do everything we wanted to today, had a couple of mistakes,” he said. “But it was a different offense and we showed signs of life, made some big plays. “We have a lot of stuff coming so that was just a taste of where the offense is.”
Fellow lineman Austin Deculus acknowledged that what the team showed was a bit vanilla considering they know UCLA’s eyes will be on the tape and they don’t want to give too much away.
“You see the long passes, you see the big runs and you see the energetic, fun offense that everybody grew to know and love from the 2019 season,” he said. “You see those flashes and we’re not gonna show everybody all our tools, we’re just scratching the surface. Boutte had the long touchdown pass, Ty had a couple of breakout runs and that’s all you would see in 2019. We’re just going to continue to build on it.”
For now, it’s just a solid spring game performance and a sense of optimism, but it could become so much more depending on how LSU puts things into action in the fall.
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