LSU football coach Les Miles had some fairly simple advice to offer to the University of Florida defense, one week removed from watching running backs Darren McFadden and Felix Jones gash the Tigers’ defense.
“When [McFadden] stands back there, and he’s got the ball – tackle him,” he said. “When he hands it to the other guy – tackle that guy.”
The task of containing McFadden and Jones, who collectively ran for 319 yards against LSU, may be a little more complex. But Florida coach Urban Meyer realizes the potent ground threat the Razorbacks’ possess.
“Hearing [Arkansas coach Houston] Nutt talk about [McFadden] is like hearing Tommy Tuberville talk about when he had [Carnell Williams] and Ronnie [Brown],” Meyer said in a Monday teleconference. “Those were two running backs that led their team to the SEC Championship a few years ago.”
For more of the SEC Championship preview, read tomorrow’s Daily Reveille.