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Here's the scary thing for LSU fans about Wednesday's Sugar Bowl: LSU's players have heard for a month now how much faster they are than Notre Dame.

"I won't say they're slow,'' LSU wide receiver Dwayne Bowe told reporters today. "They're big up front. But welcome to the SEC. We're much faster. They're a good group of guys. They're very sound, very fundamental, we just have to go out there and execute like we do on the practice field."

That's a back-handed compliment. And it's also one that could haunt LSU on Wednesday.

Remember, speed is only good when you use it. Xavier Carter is one of the fastest men on the planet but LSU never really utilized him.

All this talk of speed makes you wonder if LSU isn't slowly becoming overconfident.

As bad as Notre Dame looked in its two losses, this is still Notre Dame.