It was Saturday night when LSU doused coach Ed Orgeron with Gatorade, and Sunday morning when the Tigers lost, seven overtimes and a combined 91 points later.
Texas A&M 74, LSU 72 — in football, not basketball, and you knew it would take LSU's mediocre offense all of seven overtimes to get there. The game was so long ... well, how long was it? Well, Texas A&M was in the Big 12 Conference when the game started. It was so long ... it's a good thing the Aggies aren't paying Jimbo Fisher by the hour.
It was 31-24 with just seconds left when the Tigers dropped a few dozen gallons of sugar on Orgeron's head, and LSU's head coach wore the sticky liquid for the next hour-plus as a reminder of how close his team came to locking down a spot in a New Year's Six bowl.