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If Clemson is looking for one part of LSU’s defense to test immediately, start with the defensive tackles.

LSU has plenty of talent up front, especially on the edges with Prince Will Umanmielen, but its interior remains much less proven. Morgan Thomas explains why that makes defensive tackle the logical place for Clemson and Chad Morris to start searching for an advantage.

That does not mean LSU’s interior is bad. It means Clemson needs to make LSU prove it.

Can Clemson’s offensive line generate movement against LSU’s defensive tackles? Can Harris Sewell and the Clemson guards get to the second level? Can Chad Morris mix inside zone, duo, counter, RPOs and play action enough to keep Blake Baker from making Clemson predictable?

The other key is Whit Weeks. If LSU can control Clemson’s run game with four defenders and keep Weeks clean to attack downhill, Clemson is going to have problems. If Clemson forces LSU to commit additional help inside, Morris suddenly has a much larger playbook.

And this matchup should not take four quarters to figure out.

By the second quarter, watch where Clemson’s running backs are making first contact. If they are getting two or three clean yards before LSU arrives, Clemson is moving people. If contact consistently happens at or behind the line of scrimmage, LSU is controlling the matchup.

Clemson does not have to overpower LSU. It has to identify the weakness, test it and adjust from there.

00:00 Is LSU’s defensive interior actually attackable?
14:54 How Chad Morris should create mismatches
24:15 The second-quarter test that tells us who is winning

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