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Tulane defense hangs tough, but LSU pulls away late

From the AP via ESPN:

A good 30 minutes turned out to be more than enough for LSU to crush Tulane's early notions of an upset.

Jacob Hester's second touchdown of the game and Charles Scott's pair of scoring runs helped LSU (5-0) amass 24 unanswered second-half points in a 34-9 victory Saturday.

"It was a mental thing today," Scott said. "We were not focused at all in the first half. And we can't come out and do that with anybody, especially not Florida."

The defending national champion Gators, ranked fourth heading into their game against Auburn Saturday night, come to Baton Rouge next weekend for a contest likely holding national championship implications.

So if the Tigers overlooked Tulane (1-3), it would be understandable. Forgivable, perhaps, since they pulled away with ease when it mattered.

More here.

Right. Of course, looking ahead to playing the now defeated Florida Gators and not taking lowly Tulane seriously are not good excuses for poor play, but at least they got it figured out in the locker room during halftime. Unlike the Longhorns, LSU really did slip up, instead of simply sucking. In the long run, I think this shoddy first half will help the Tigers remain focused as they move into much tougher SEC play.

And then maybe the national championship game.

Geaux Tigers!

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