It's tough to know right now. Any offense is going to be predicated on the O-line blocking somebody, and right now ours just can't.
BYU and Florida are the only times where I've watched and thought I could follow along with the thought process. The motions and shifts definitely affected BYU's linebackers and made them hesitant. Florida seemed to want to avoid that by being committed in the middle and count on (I guess) LSU's tackles to fail to set the edge vs. Florida's speedy guys. So what we got was LSU couldn't run in the A gaps, and the jet sweeps worked pretty well.
The main problem for us is Etling isn't that great at reading his keys on a couple of the offense's staples. Canada's playcalling remains a bit of a mystery because LSU has yet to accomplish the basics.
It gave Clemson hell last year, which was a good defense, and Penn State too, which was a decent defense. More talented than Pitt anyway. What I'm not sure about is after a year or two when everybody's seen it, will it still be viable? My guess is with the right mind behind it, sure. Pretty much any offense faces that problem as DC's adjust and re-scheme. A good OC will have to keep evolving to remain productive. I don't know that Canada has stayed anywhere long enough to find out.
It does come across as video gamey, but LSU will have to run it much better before I made any judgements. So far it looks a lot like most other sets....it might rack up yards and points against less talented or less disciplined teams....against a great defense the QB is going to have to be able to make a 3rd or 4th read and not panic.
If the QB merely lives through Auburn this week, I'll consider it a win.
