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In this showdown with No. 8 Miami, the Tigers' offense bumbled through its first few possessions, because of course it did: two dropped passes, three yellow hankies, one near-costly fumble and, above all, the use of three timeouts in the first 12 minutes of the football game (albeit one was used on defense, but still). By the end of the first quarter, LSU had used the same number of timeouts (two) as it had rushing yards (two).


Who was surprised by this? Not us. We all had these Tigers and their Cajun coach crumbling to The U. We all had them beat, all claimed this new offense and quarterback of theirs couldn’t hack it against the ACC’s best. And here they were, limping along and stepping on their toes, making us all look like geniuses.


And then they thunderously proved us wrong—this writer included. Running through a chasm the offensive line created, Nick Brossette’s 50-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter sparked a surge, and the Tigers’ new offense shook off the sluggish start to score 30 unanswered points (six of them on a defensive pick-six) in a 33-17 rout. No. 25 LSU—with eight new offensive starters, a new quarterback and new coordinator—stomped a veteran-led Hurricanes team that was 10-0 last November.

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