The thing about climbing a mountain is it doesn’t just stop because you’ve reached the top.
As big as beating Alabama was for this team and this program, it was ultimately a means to an end. The SEC West title and a spot in the SEC Championship Game. Where yet another top-10 opponent waits: the fourth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs.
In the playoff era conference titles don’t seem to mean quite as much, at least in terms of the discourse. And in this particular year, with the College Football Playoff rankings having a very well-defined top three, many think LSU gets in regardless of Saturday’s result.