When LSU and Florida played in Tiger Stadium Saturday night, it was a shootout that no fan of either team was used to or expected coming into it.
After a long battle, the Tigers proved victorious, defeating the Gators 42-28.
Neither vaunted defense could do much of anything as both offenses ran and threw all over them, especially in the first half.
But two defensive freshmen — cornerback Derek Stingley and safety Marcel Brooks — came up in big spots in the second half to keep Florida from getting and keeping a lead.
Brooks had a big sack of Florida quarterback Kyle Trask to force a punt early in the fourth quarter, while Stingley had an interception of Trask late in the fourth quarter leading directly to LSU’s game-securing drive.