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BATON ROUGE -- By the time LSU's 24-16 victory over Louisiana Tech ended Saturday night, an ugly sort of déjà vu enveloped Tiger Stadium.
The temperature was dropping, an Ole Miss team playing well was looming, and the Tigers had just come back in the second half against a team they should have easily trounced. The ghosts of 2008 and a late-season collapse (LSU finished 8-5) seemed to flit about the mostly empty edifice.
Despite several indicators this team is better than last -- the most prominent of them the 8-2 record and a top 10 national ranking -- the LSU faithful's unease was understandable. Sophomore quarterback Jarrett Lee was under center once more, and the offense appeared at once haphazard and reckless. Opponents were ripping off big rushing gains against an LSU defense replete with seniors.

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