Can’t blink. Won’t blink. Block out the noise.

Ed Orgeron’s repeated insistence that the LSU football team has not and will not lend an eye or ear away from its focused preparation for the fast-approaching kickoff has turned the phrases into near-mantras.

The theme is both unsurprising — given the importance of the 2018 season for the program under Orgeron — and increasingly necessary — as the potential distractions continue to mount.

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