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Idaho Swamped In LSU Swamp 63-14

Idaho running back Ryan Bass (5) is stopped for a 2-yard loss on a fourth down carry in the first half of their NCAA college football game against LSU in Baton Rouge on Saturday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In the annals of LSU football history, the Tigers' 63-14 win against Idaho on Saturday will look like a blowout where the superior team dominated the winless small conference opponent. What will be forgotten are the times Tigers defenders bailed LSU out of what was, at times, a sluggish performance by a team caught between a big non-conference win over Washington and an SEC opener at Auburn. Four interceptions of Idaho's Dominique Blackman turned what might have been an upset alert game into a laugher.

Question: What are the positives that the Idaho Vandals can take from this game, besides a payday of more than $900,000?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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