I'd worry about it, except it wasn't the play of the LSU defense in the 2nd half that made a difference in the game. Faking injury may be a thing, but it had no bearing on Saturday's outcome.
No one seriously believes the visitors locker room at DKR is un-air conditioned. Possibly the two games we've had so far have fallen on the hottest days in Austin all year, so maybe the A/C couldn't quite keep up to whatever standard a sports team is used to, but I'm positive it falls within acceptable standards.
LSU won a tough football game by being better at offense than Texas was at defense. This is galling. Don't muddy it up by carping nonsense.
I'm not sure I'm willing to say it had "no bearing." I think LSU likely would have won without it, but we're talking about a game that was decided by 1 TD, and in the second half where both teams scored TDs on most possessions, that means the game was decided by 1 possession.
And there was one drive where Texas was moving the ball, got a quick, long first down, ran up to the line in order to run uptempo and force the clearly-tired LSU defense to defend without substitutions, and SHOCKINGLY we see an LSU defender hit the turf rolling around with fake cramps. Game is stopped, LSU defenders are allowed to get water, LSU coaches are allowed to walk onto the field and are given time to coach up their defensive units while the medical staff renders aid to the "injured" player, LSU players are allowed substitution without having to take a timeout, then a TV time-out kicks in, and play is stopped for 3.5 minutes. After all of that, the Texas drive stalls, Horns attempt a field goal and miss it, and there you have it-- the one possession that could have made the difference.
And this happened 13 times.
So no, I'm not willing to say it had "no bearing." LSU was effectively granted 19 time-outs. When have you ever seen this happen in any game, ever?