LSU’s first play of the season set a tone for what we have seen from the offense through the first two games.
Starting from the LSU 25, Caden Durham probed his way off left tackle, where he was met near the line of scrimmage by Clemson weakside linebacker Wade Woodaz. Durham slipped out of Woodaz’s arms, spinning to his right and zipping around the end on a 24-yard gain.
Famine, then feast, though the feasts have been rather infrequent.
While the LSU defense was expected to be good coming into 2025, no one really knew for sure because of six new starters out of the portal. The offense — with returning starters such as Garrett Nussmeier, Durham, Aaron Anderson and Trey’Dez Green — seemed more of a known commodity.
Would this be the Jayden Daniels-led offense of 2023? Perhaps not that ex