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Under the radar: armed with the nation's best defense, LSU is sneaking toward a Sugar Bowl matchup with Oklahoma.(College Football)

The Sporting News

| December 01, 2003 | Hayes, Matt | COPYRIGHT 2003 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Sometimes those old coaching axioms just don't get through. Take Nick Saban's 24-hour rule. The premise is fine, really: After a game has ended, his players at LSU can talk only about that game for the first day; then they must let it go and talk only about their next opponent. Simple, right?

And yet here is Chad Lavalais, LSU's man-child defensive tackle, talking about Oklahoma. Not about Ole Miss, which the Tigers just beat, 17-14; not about Arkansas, which is next up on the Tigers' brutal stretch-run schedule; not about a possible SEC championship game. Lavalais is talking about the big, bad Sooners. He says OU's signature defense is a lot like the one LSU ...

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