Offensive line's struggles an unexpected factor in LSU's recent slide

LSU's Brandon Harris was sacked a season-high five times against Arkansas.BATON ROUGE, La. -- Vadal Alexander knew it would be an unpleasant experience when he and his fellow LSU offensive linemen sat down with position coach Jeff Grimes on Monday to review film of their most recent game.

Following last Saturday's 31-14 loss to Arkansas -- a game in which the Tigers (7-2, 4-2 SEC) surrendered a season-high five sacks -- Alexander predicted there would be some harsh truths expressed in that meeting room.

"No egos, humbling. You know you're going to see mistakes and you know you're going to see things you've got to fix," Alexander said. "The thing is what are you going to do about it? Are you…