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No, Refgate was a game LSU shoulda coulda woulda, which would've allowed LSU a mulligan and neutral field vs the Gator team that Russell fumbled away, Hester hosed on TD run, 2nd Half starting Kickoff fumble at goalline,etc..

Vs a Fla that was at times shaky vs a mediocre Ark team in 2nd half of SECCG, despite rout.

LSU was every bit as good as Fla in 2006, just didn't get their heads quite right, PO'ed, and decided to gel to their appropriate skill levels about it until late in the year..newbie LSU Staff in early learning curve stage also a huge factor..especially with an admittedly hardheaded HC that at times was still trying to Big-10/Big-12 it in the SEC, not fully exploiting the ridiculous NCAA QB arm and depth of WR corps at his hands. Though admittedly, Russell didn't start seeing the field better and/or past his 1st/2nd progressions until later in the season..and never fully mastered such.

If you want to use the way LSU closed the year in 2006 as proof of how they would have played Florida that's fine, so long as we can use how Leak finally got to run the offense he wanted in the Fiesta Bowl.