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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Here it was, with Bryant-Denny Stadium in full-throated roar and Alabama charging hard — just as the Crimson Tide always do, having risen once again from the coroner’s slab — so Louisiana State did what it has done in every moment that has mattered this season.
It put the ball into the hands of Joe Burrow, a senior quarterback with spindly legs, a baby face and a cold, cold heart.
Burrow delivered time and again in the fourth quarter, with his arm, his legs and, more than anything, his poise, helping lead L.