When you go back and watch LSU, like I have done this past week, it’s hard to imagine Clemson’s defense will be able to slow down Joe Burrow and this LSU offense.
From a statistical and analytical standpoint, my mind is telling me they can’t do it. However, knowing what I have seen from defensive coordinator Brent Venables in the past, there’s a part of me saying if there is anyone who can do it, he’s the man for the job.
Venables has not shut down every offense he has faced, but when he is given equal talent to work with and with veteran players who understand his system and schemes, his defenses always seem to slow the opposition down just enough.