Bye week

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We got healthier. We always play better after a bye.

Now we need lsu to get beat up and come flat next week.

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Since Bert's teams are built on power and physical football, it makes sense that we do better at the end of the year. When we meet teams at the end of the season that have already been through the ringer, it's easier for us to push through them.

The flip side of this is we aren't good at the beginning of the year when everyone is healthy and we suck against teams following their bye week. Our bye week in late October and playing teams in the second half of the SEC schedule has been key to our November success the past 2 years.