LSU’s third-down conversion rate against Troy this past weekend wasn’t just bad, it was nonexistent.
When LSU walked off the field on Saturday the stat sheet showed the Tigers going 0 for 8 on the high-pressured down.
By Monday, officials corrected the box score to show the team going 0 for 9.
Either way, LSU failed to convert a single third down for the first time since losing to Auburn in 2014.
But if there was any hope LSU’s performance was a strange anomaly, rest assured, it was not.
After five games the Tigers are 94th in the country with a 35 percent conversion rate, successfully moving the chains on just 20 of the 57 third downs they faced this season.