LSU quarterback Joe Burrow told ESPN's Laura Rutledge (h/t Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic) after his team's 63-28 College Football Playoff semifinal win over Oklahoma on Saturday that the big win "was expected."
Per B/R Betting, LSU was a heavy 12.5-point favorite over the Sooners. LSU beat the spread by 22.5 points, with Burrow throwing seven first-half touchdown passes and running for an eighth score in the beginning of the second half.
Burrow sat for nearly all of the fourth quarter en route to the win, which sends LSU to the national championship against the winner of the Ohio State-Clemson semifinal.