Sadly, the inconsistency was shown to be solely because of immaturity at a key position, but rather a reflection of a systemic lack of depth. By the time the team got to the LSU game, a defense that had played more than well enough to beat Top 10 Tennessee squad was not good enough to keep the Tigers’ backup running back from setting records.
It wasn’t just the absence of Armani Watts. Granted, Derrius Guice isn’t an awful back, but he ran wild for long stretches of the last game at Kyle Field in 2016.