... the bitter pill of disappointment while watching Florida and Georgia hang matching half-centuries on the Tigers.  

Under Les Miles, Tiger fans were used to losing two games per year, but the losses to the Gators and Bulldogs were not just defeats, but humiliating, tail-tucking beatings.

When those were followed up by a heartbreaking loss to the hated Crimson Tide at home, a beat down by Ole Miss, and then another one-point stunner to the previously lifeless Arkansas Razorbacks, the disappointment turned to despair.

But then LSU recovered with a dominating win over media-darling Georgia Tech in the Peach Bowl. That combined with the emergence of freshman quarterback Jordan Jefferson ignited a gleam of optimism in Tiger eyes ...

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