When Jafau Delane watches football , his eyes turn to the sideline.

That's where Delane — a former youth football coach and the father of two sons playing at LSU and Ohio State — learns about the quality of a team. How do they walk out to the field? Are they confident and have an extra pep in their step, or is their body language poor, almost waiting for the next bad thing to happen?

"These are just subtle things that I think as players, you don't realize it's being done," Jafau said. "But when you're excited about anything, you run to the moment."

When Delane watched LSU play this season, he didn't see a group of players that were eager for the moment. Delane, whose son Mansoor is a star senior cornerback with the Tigers, saw something else instead, especially when it was LSU's

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