“Their defense, they’re No. 1 in the SEC in sacks. These guys have done a very good job upfront. They’ve got returning starters, they’ve got guys in the front seven that have played that are very good and have shown up to the games they’ve played.”
The team did get Ali Gaye back against Mississippi State, which was huge for the defensive line after the loss of Andre Anthony. Gaye led the defense with four quarterback pressures with BJ Ojulari right behind him with three. The team has to find a way to get to the quarterback, Bo Nix or TJ Finley.
Harsin continued, “and so that’s going to be a challenge for us. You know, we’ve got to find a way to run it, we’ve got to find a way to protect the passer, we’ve got to find a way that we can do things on the offensive side so that we can move the ball, we can be explosive at times when we need to be, we can get ourselves in the red zone again and then put the ball in the end zone.”
This year teams are having some success scoring on the LSU defense, they average 22.8 points per game allowed. That is in the bottom five among teams in the SEC. Against Power Five teams, that number balloons to 31.5. LSU has allowed seven scores on nine red zone attempts this year.
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