Sports columnist Scott Rabalais with his three takeaways from No. 3 LSU's win in the home opener on Saturday against Louisiana Tech:

1. Inconsistent offense for LSU

You could pin LSU only scoring 17 points at Clemson on a tough defense in a hostile environment. But some of LSU’s struggles followed the Tigers home Saturday against Louisiana Tech. LSU’s rushing game had issues through the first half: aside from Zavion Thomas’ 48-yard run, the Tigers had 32 yards on 14 carries, including a Garrett Nussmeier sack. An early injury to center Braelin Moore didn’t help, but it’s hardly what was expected of LSU’s offense this season.

2. The difference is defense

LSU coach Brian Kelly had so much faith in his defense to put the clamps on the Bulldogs, he had Aeron Burrell execute a squib kicko

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