On Saturday in Starkville, the LSU defense imposed their will on an SEC opponent. It was a nice performance for a much maligned unit that now goes into a 2 game stretch that will make or break the season against Auburn and Alabama. Mississippi State head coach Joe Moorhead came into this game with a nice approach to attack LSU’s defense using the modern iteration of “God’s Play”: the power read. Unfortunately for Moorhead and co. Dave Aranda’s base scheme snuffed them out for most of the game.
Joe Moorhead had all of 2018 to prepare an offense for a quarterback who couldn’t throw a lick so when Garrett Shrader became his starting quarterback with the injuries to Tommy Stevens, he fit right into the system.