Aranda might not need the Tigers to duplicate the Badgers lofty rankings in order to contend for a spot in the College Football Playoff.
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Houston, who was named after former Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr, will take to the field where Starr became famous. Especially if the player leaping in played for LSU and found a section of Wisconsin fans.
Spread: LSU started the week favored by 10 points. Running back Corey Clement looks to be back to his 2014 form after an injury hampered him most of last season. If you remember though, there was a young pup on the Tigers’ sideline.
How to beat LSU: If last season’s LSU losses are the blueprint, build an early lead and force the Tigers out of their comfort zone of relying on superstar Leonard Fournette and the power running game.
However, if a single LSU player jumps into the stands (in the near impossible event they score on Wisconsin) they’ll be hitch hiking back to Louisiana. Dare Ogunbowale was the leading rusher with just 819 yards.
UW managed a combined 32 yards on its final five possessions and the defense wore down and surrendered four consecutive scoring drives as the Tigers rallied for a 28-24 victory.
The Badgers have some big talent returning on defense, including one of the most talented linebacking corps in the nation.
Titletown’s Bucky’s Block Party on Friday, September 2nd is expected to host more than 10,000 LSU and Badgers fans.
–LSU coach Les Miles to a caller on his radio show who said he and his father would be watching Saturday’s LSU-Wisconsin game together after battling area floods for the last two weeks. He rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns last season against Rutgers after missing two months and being nowhere near full strength.
Leonard Fournette and the Tigers have a legitimate national title contender this season, but they are going to have to win a game like this in order to help out that overall resume.
First, some backstory. Last week, LSU cornerback Tre’Davious White and safety Jamal Adams mentioned they’d like to do the Lambeau Leap if they had the opportunity – punishment be damned.
That’s not to say that it’s going to be a walk in the park for Fournette, quarterback Brandon Harris, and wide receivers Malachi Dupre and Travin Dural. LSU’s new defensive coordinator, Dave Aranda, debuts against the ferocious Wisconsin defense he coached up for the past three seasons.
Covers Wisconsin and Big Ten. But as debuts go, it doesn’t get much tougher than facing an LSU defense led by Aranda. Ask anyone in the know about either party, and you’re likely to get a confident smile along with the description of their capabilities.
It’s fixing to get ferocious between two terrific batches of front sevens, folks. Green Bay police expect people will be parking about a mile away from Lambeau.
The Badgers are coming off a 10-3 record a year ago, with two of their losses coming by a combined 10 points.
“Of course we have a good schedule playing LSU”, starting inside linebacker Chris Orr said.
LSU leaps into the 2016 season as the No. 5 team in the AP preseason poll against Wisconsin at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Lambeau Field with 17 returning starters following a rare spring and summer of zero off-field issues, disciplinary suspensions or dismissals.
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My belief is that this will be a very well-played game and could be one of the biggest highlights of the loaded weekend. And I’ll take a blueberry old fashioned, please. That’s an unenviable task even for a defense that’s fresh.
