re: MBB SEC preseason predictions

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SU was competitive @ Alabama for about 25:00, but it's hard to say the dropoff was all Cook's fault because NO ONE for LSU was playing defense in that game.

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I do recall two critical trips with the game still in reach where he took two quick hero ball shots early in the clock and clanked them both and the game was pretty much over from there.

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I was saying that with him I think LSU would have beaten Nichols and Dayton.

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gotcha I was unclear on that.

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He ultimately wasn't the savior everyone thought he would be. But it's hard to argue his insertion in the line didn't give LSU a spark at a time it looked like they were on pace to be worse than last year. Even McMahon called LSU two different teams with and without him.

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The spark was short lived and soon became more of a problem.