LSU was supposed to be distracted. Instead, it looked unstoppable | Opinion

BATON ROUGE, LA – We see drama. We hear noise.

We witnessed the SEC and LSU go to war with one another.

To hear LSU’s players tell it, they didn’t pay much attention to the battle.

“This team’s not distracted at all,” LSU linebacker Whit Weeks said.

You might have wondered in the run-up to this season opener how that could be true, but after No. 13 LSU dismantled No. 23 Clemson, 51-10, it’s impossible to argue with Weeks.

So, is the battle finished, or just on pause?

Will LSU drop this idea of adding NFL castoffs to its roster, or will it keep pushing the envelope?

“I’m not getting into it,” LSU’s coach said after the game. “This night was awesome for our fans, and that shouldn’t be the storyline, but I appreciate the question.”

Kiffin more greatly appreciated that his team trounced Clemson. Kiffin’s idea for an NFL-to-LSU transfer portal became fodder for a court case here, and the SEC then filed a countersuit in federal court. If LSU had lost this game, Kiffin knows what the narrative would've been: That his actions resulted in his team being too distracted to handle little ol’ Clemson. Instead, the story…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/