LSU beat South Carolina 20-10 on a picture-perfect Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.

Point, meet counterpoint.

On one hand, the Tigers did a lot of the things that everyone wanted to see them do against an underdog but still dangerous Gamecocks squad.

Could Garrett Nussmeier, last seen lunging and struggling to throw deep passes two weeks ago at Ole Miss, look healthier throwing the ball? According to LSU coach Brian Kelly, Nuss basically spent the week boxed up like an Amazon package on the Kelly’s front porch the week after the Ole Miss loss, not throwing the ball other than in some virtual reality-type lab inside the LSU football palace.

He did look good physically. Not laboring, not struggling to deliver the ball, completing 20 of 33 for 254 yards and two touchdowns. And yet …

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