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Notre Dame's offensive output should have LSU fans feeling better about the offense

By Nicholas Rome

Notre Dame offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Mike Denbrock addresses media after a Notre Dame football practice at Irish Athletic Center on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in South Bend.
Notre Dame offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Mike Denbrock addresses media after a Notre Dame football practice at Irish Athletic Center on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in South Bend. / MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK
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The Tigers have a ton of turnover which has taken center stage in debates about the team this off-season. Everyone has talked at length about the departures of Jayden Daniels, Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas, and the entire defensive staff being turned over. The move that hasn't been talked about enough is the decision Mike Denbrock made to leave LSU to return to Notre Dame.

While the Fighting Irish picked up a massive road win it wasn't because of explosive offense. Notre Dame won the game 23-13 but, Denbrock's offense truly only scored 20 points.

Notre Dame fans we're irate with Denbrock the entire game because of the way he used quarterback Riley Leonard. When Denbrock was hired it was made out that the Fighting Irish were getting the architect of an elite passing attack responsible for a Heisman Winner. It appears Notre Dame fans didn't get the guy they thought they did.

The coach on the LSU staff that deserves the most credit was Passing Game coordinator Cortez Hankton who now shares the Co-Offensive Coordinator job with Joe Sloan. Given how bad Denbrock's scheme was on Saturday night, the Tigers simply may get better if Sloan and Hankton's scheme is better.

LSU Football will have massive improvements at both coordinators

While a change wasn't needed at offensive coordinator or so it seemed, the LSU Football team may be better off after losing the coordinator responsible for one of the Nation's best offenses. The Tigers now have two fresh minded coaches in charge off the offense and you'll likely see it with the creative plays they'll have schemed up. Defensively, it won't take much from Blake Baker to improve this group but, if he takes it from outside the top-100 into the top-50 than this Tigers team will have a serious chance at the playoffs.

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