LSU has its best defense in a long time. Here's how Blake Baker made it a strength again.

Since the beginning of the 2024 season, every LSU defensive meeting the night before a game has started with a round of trivia.

One Friday last year, linebacker Whit Weeks was stumped. LSU defensive coordinator Blake Baker had asked him what bone babies are not born with.

“I was up there trying to answer it, and I was like, ‘Oh, gosh. I have no idea,’” Weeks recalled, laughing. “Now, I know which bone babies aren’t born with.”

The answer is kneecaps — sort of. When babies are born, their kneecaps are made of cartilage that eventually turns into bone.

Baker asks the questions before the defense reviews tape. Two players stand in front of the room, and their teammates try to guess who will get the question right. Baker has quizzed them on Louisiana’s state flower (magnolia), what c