When I heard radio reports of 30-40 mile-per-hour wind gusts, rain storms and possible delays, my spider sense immediately went up for this game. Delays and wonky conditions can change the script of any game, especially if one side can have an emotional advantage, like after a coach firing.
And sure enough, LSU started out a bit tentative, and seemed unsure of what it wanted to do early on Saturday, but as Tennessee started to come back the Tigers woke up, kicked things into gear and put the game away in the second half, pushing through some of the strangest, and ugliest weather, that I’ve ever seen a game played in.