Kirk Herbstreit discusses which QB has the edge in CFP title game
The College Football Playoff title game is on Monday night in New Orleans, and it will be a QB matchup for the ages.
On one side, you have Heisman-winning LSU QB Joe Burrow. On the other, you have Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, who led his team to a title last year.
So, who has the edge? ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit said he’d give a slight advantage to Burrow in this game (via 247Sports):
“I think it could be a which QB-has-the-ball-last type thing so I don’t want to make it seem like I would choose one over the other. But I would give the slight edge to Joe Burrow because how consistent their offense has been this year. Auburn is the only team with the 3-1-7 scheme to show them something. They created lot of different looks and disguised things.
“Burrow feels if you give him the same look or he knows what you’re in, you have no shot. In 30 years of playing and calling games, I’ve never seen a QB executing at the level of Joe Burrow this year.”
Whatever happens in New Orleans, it should be a lot of fun to watch when each offense has the ball.
Which defense can make the most plays? We’ll find out soon.
I just hope the same LSU Defense that destroyed Oklahoma shows up Monday night. I do feel that Clemson’s “D” is not as strong as in the past two(2) years, as they lost three, fifth-year “D” linemen to the NFL. Their defense is good, but not as dominant as before. Both QB’s can sling it & the night belongs to which D-Line plays the best, which help those DB’s out a lot, in the downfield pass coverage.
It’s still hard to gauge how good Clemson is. Ohio State is better. With Fields in a heavy duty knee brace and Dobbins playing injured, Ohio State still outplayed Clemson. Clemson’s stats for the year are inflated by the weak schedule they played. Take that, Dabo. I think they are better than Oklahoma. I don’t think they are going to beat LSU.
Sounds like they have a case of the Bama Blues to me. Just excuses for losing.
I’m glad LSU is playing Clemson and not Ohio State.
same. osu was the better team.
Watching Trevor Lawrence pretty much run/scramble at will against Ohio State, I think that may have given him a false sense of “I can do this again against LSU if I had to!” LSU’s defense is a few steps faster than Ohio State’s D. Doesn’t negate the fact, that Lawrence will be able to elude tacklers and probably get a must have 1st Down here and there. I’m concerned when he decides to tuck and run, having the space he’s been accustomed to having, may again give a false sense of, “I can get these 6-7 yards.
Burrow on the other end, I think has the advantage. If he decides to tuck and run, I think he’ll stop short of the Line of Scrimmage and hit a big play down field.
Advantage LSU in the QB X Factor…
LSU – 37
Clemson – 28 (with 14 coming in the 4th with the game pretty much decided by midway 4th Quarter.