The most important plays for LSU football Saturday (Sept. 29) might have come with a 15-point lead. The moments were less about Saturday and more about what comes next.
After stalling out three drives in a row and letting its dominant 28-3 lead get cut to 28-13 in the third quarter, the LSU offense needed to fix something. Nearly every game the offense had great stretches, and nearly every game it faltered in the third quarter.
"It's how it's been all season," quarterback Joe Burrow said. "We really need to get that fixed and stop getting sluggish in the late second quarter, early third quarter.