re: Looking for help on why LSU fell off in 1974, Veer etc

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But I think in the mid-70's, the game began to pass him by and he didn't adapt.

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This seems to be about right (especially on the offensive side). During the latter period his record against teams with winning records was pretty mediocre to poor. It was the lack of success against good competition that seemed to generate a lot of the criticism.