Hope the team isn't looking forward like the fans

If you saw his comments immediately after the game, I don't think you need worry about Miles having his team focused. He said each of the remaining games is more important than the Alabama game. I don't think he will let the team have an emotional collapse.

Even so, most likely, LSU comes out a little flat v. WKU. It is virtually impossible to maintain a high emotional intensity week after week during a football season. The schedule sets up nicely for LSU leading into the Arkansas game. LSU can afford some let down in intensity this week and, perhaps even next. LSU's talent should be enough to handle both teams, even if the players are somewhat flat.

I know that Nutt traditionally plays LSU tough, but it may well be that this year Ole Miss is mostly looking ahead to MSU and may well be writing off the LSU game. They would far rather beat MSU, which they will see as a reachable goal, than LSU, which is probably not something they will regard as really doable under the circumstances.

In any event, LSU will still have to be on guard, especially v. Ole Miss. But having WKU this week is a real boon in that it will let the team have an emotional break before the last 2 games.

The offensive game plan will be to have no more than two pass play's...but, should have Mett playing the entire second half..

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Hope the team isn't looking forward like the fans

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This team hasn't "looked forward" at any point this season...a season full of "look forward" games.

Miles has been in this spot before (2007) and he damn well knows you can from hero to goat in one game. Can LSU be beaten? Yes, anything can happen, but it won't be because this team is overlooking anyone.

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We skull frick Ole Miss no problem.

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This will be difficult since he was fired yesterday. We skull frick Ole Miss no problem.

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Nutt's finishing out the year--hence my "send him out in style". But I, too, believe we kill them. It's just not the type of game I'd look past. Besides Bama, our closest game this year was Miss State. Not exactly the best team we've played.

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This is no cake walk.

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never is.

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As fans, we can look forward all we want.

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as fans, we have no bearing on how we prepare or how well we execute. complete and utter support is our mandate.

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CLM doesn't seem squash the looking ahead much in his media talks,

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say what? you're not listening or you didn't hear LM's postgame. I totally agree with your premise that some folks have put the cart before the horse and hopefully that attitude is minimal to zilch in the locker room. I know we have new leaders but we could really use Kelvin Sheppard to keep everyone grounded. this years squad has a couple of "free spirits" that need the kind of direction that only clear thinking contemporaries can give.

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you're not listening or you didn't hear LM's postgame.

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I don't hear everything CLM says to press for sure. Maybe Lil' Nicky got me programmed with his anger of any talk that isn't the next game during his tenure at LSU. CLM is much more loose and will at least talk about hypotheticals - at least with his "we'd have a strong want to compete in such an instance" talk.

The coach can control the team to only a certain degree - even Mr. Uber Control CNS.