LSU defeated to South Carolina 20-10 Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.

Here’s what we learned from the Tigers’ victory, which improved LSU to 5-1 and 2-1 in the SEC.

1. Nussmeier under the microscope

After throwing multiple wounded ducks at Ole Miss and reportedly not throwing the ball during open-date practices, all eyes were on LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to see how he looked Saturday. Despite limping off with a couple of hard hits on his ankle, he did not appear to be laboring on most of his throws. But he did kill two LSU drives with interceptions, one at the Gamecocks’ 1, that kept South Carolina in contention.

2. Scrutiny for the running game

The other big question entering the game: Would LSU be committed to running the ball and how effective would the Tigers be? It was

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