re: I'm ashamed to be an LSU fan...

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Anybody remember the UL-M game in 2003?

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Apparently not you.

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Sloppy.

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For one half, in a driving rain.

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We were completely flat. Even the D sucked in the first half.

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We might have been a little bit flat in the first half due to the lightning delay for half an hour, but the D didn't suck at any point in that game.

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It was 24-7 in the 4th at home.

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No, it wasn't. UL-M didn't score until the 4th quarter, when we already led 42-0. We ended up winning 49-7.

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UL-M Was TERRIBLE.

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Maybe, but they weren't coming off an 0-12 season. Washington might not be an 0-12 team this year, but they will be lucky to win three Pac Ten games or six games overall.

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Nobody remembers that game now (except me)

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because of the Arizona game that followed.

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Yes, the Arizona game. A road game against a bad Pac Ten team in which we did NOT struggle, give up nearly 500 yards and not tackle worth a shite. A game we won by 40+ points, which is what a championship caliber team does when it plays a shitty opponent.

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Go off what you see next week. The Vandy game will tell you what you need to know.

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You have no way of knowing this. In 1999, we stunk in the first game, a sloppy 29-21 win over San Jose State. The next week, we looked much better blowing out North Texas 52-7 (or 52-0?). We lost our next 8 games and Gerry DiNardo got fired. That year, the first week was a MUCH better indication than the second week of the quality of our team. The second week is no magical crystal ball. It can be as misleading as any other week.