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Tigers keep sights on major bowl bid possibilities


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Tigers keep sights on major bowl bid possibilities

New offensive balance boosts LSU confidence
BY LES EAST
Advocate sportswriter
November 13, 2012
LSU isn’t crazy about the fact that it has lost two games and is on the outside looking in at the Southeastern Conference championship and BCS Championship races.
But the eighth-ranked Tigers (8-2) are feeling pretty good about winning three out of four games against ranked teams in the past month, their new-found offensive balance and their prospects heading into their last two games of the regular season.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLINGLSU wide receiver Jarvis Landry  had nine catches for 109 yards and a touchdown Saturday in the Tigers' 37-17 win over Mississippi State. An improved passing game has given LSU hopes for a strong finish.Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLINGLSU wide receiver Jarvis Landry had nine catches for 109 yards and a touchdown Saturday in the Tigers' 37-17 win over Mississippi State. An improved passing game has given LSU hopes for a strong finish.First comes the home finale against Ole Miss on Saturday, then the regular-season finale at Arkansas six days later.
“I think our team has been able to overcome some adversity, some injuries,” tackle Josh Dworaczyk said before practice Monday. “We’re starting to play like the team we had all hoped for in the beginning of the season.”
LSU entered the season as the defending SEC champion and finished No. 2 nationally after last season. The coaches voted them No. 1 in their preseason poll, and The Associated Press would have had them in its top spot too if All-America cornerback Tyrann Mathieu hadn’t been kicked off the team before the poll came out in August.
After a sluggish start that belied a 5-1 record, the Tigers won consecutive games against No. 3 South Carolina and No. 20 Texas A&M to end October.
Dworaczyk said the open date that followed was the catalyst for an improved passing game that showed up in a last-minute 21-17 loss to No. 1 Alabama two weeks ago and continued in a 37-17 victory against Mississippi State on Saturday.
“I think that off week was when we were able to pull together and say, ‘OK, this is the offense that we’re going to be, and this is the identity that we want to have,’” Dworaczyk said. “And then be able to go out and execute it for two weeks, it’s been a pivotal moment for our team.
“We’re playing much better at the right time. You want to make sure that you’re gaining speed throughout November, and to be able to do that has been very successful for us.” Read more...http://theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/4416230-123/tigers-keep-sights-on-major
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