McNeese’s Run Game vs. LSU’s Defense: Can Anyone Run on the Tigers?
McNeese is averaging 189.4 rushing yards per game and 5.8 yards per carry, while running back Omiri Wiggins has 375 yards at 6.7 yards per carry. LSU, meanwhile, has allowed only 190 rushing yards through four games — 47.5 per game and 1.65 per carry. LSU held Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed to minus-13 rushing yards last week. Tiger Rag
TigerHype Staff take: McNeese probably isn’t going to threaten LSU in many areas, but this is legitimately strength against strength. If LSU dominates the Cowboys’ rushing attack while rotating younger linebackers and defensive linemen, that may tell us more about the depth of Blake Baker’s defense than the final score does.
Set the number: how many rushing yards would McNeese have to gain Saturday before you’d actually be concerned about LSU’s defense? 75? 100? 125?
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