re: According to Les Miles

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Looking forward to the game

But our swag is back. I like our chances after tonight.

(assuming we get better in the redzone)

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That's my biggest critique (and fear) of LSU. Your teams seem to rely WAY to heavily on having a big play to make everybody play on that next level. That's also why I think the loss of HB7 has been as noticeable, he was the almost always the catalyst last year. In games where LSU doesn't get that one HUGE momentum swinging play (a la the pick by Reid tonight) they stay flat the whole game and get caught up in their own funk. Auburn also plays this way (why they were able to hang with LSU after Mett's fumble), but LSU has much better talent.

This is why Saban uses the sports psychologist guy so much, to instill that play every play up, dominate every play, whatever happened before forget about it, mentality that makes us less susceptible to momentum swings (although not totally immune).