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HANAGRIFF: Facing Up — Why LSU’s loss at Ole Miss doesn’t change the bigger picture

LSU has problems to fix, but Saturday night in Oxford may have revealed something else about Lane Kiffin’s Tigers. Charles Hanagriff looks beyond the loss, the remarkable night from Trinidad Chambliss and a 17-point deficit to explain why LSU’s bigger picture remains very much intact.
By Charles Hanagriff
September 22, 2026
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Facing Up 

On a clear day in October of 1996, I was standing on the sideline at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, watching a masterpiece. 

The Florida Gators beat LSU that day 56-13, and, as an eyewitness, I can attest to the fact that the score matched the level of domination.

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