I don't think its physical - its mental. When or if LA gets a big lead, I believe the entire teams' intensity level goes down. That's natural for any team. The coaches are also respectful of the other team and really don't care to run up the score. They take the foot off the gas ( which many of us are glad to see ). They put in the back ups to the back ups many times which I am also glad to see as well. The NT game was weird because those two teams just do not like one another. I was most surprised by the large lead we had going into the 4th quarter. The vibe towards HC will be different I am certain.
Gforce,
Loyola could have hung 100 on Saint Francis but didn't. The fact they didn't tells me they planned on scoring only 42 and gave SF a MAJOR break.