Alabama Scores 21 Straight to Bury LSU 31-13
LSU piled up 457 yards, 380 of them through the air, and scored 13 points. Alabama had 291 yards and scored 31. Put those two lines next to each other and you have the whole afternoon. Alabama beat LSU 31-13 and moved to 7-2, while LSU slips to 6-3.
The first half was a field-goal fight. Conor Talty hit a 43-yarder for Alabama, Scott Starzyk answered with a 23-yarder, and Ryan Coleman-Williams ran in from a yard out to make it 10-3. Starzyk added a 41-yarder in the third and Dilin Jones ran 5 yards for a touchdown with 2:44 left in the quarter, and LSU led 13-10. It was the only lead LSU had all day.
It lasted two minutes and eight seconds of game clock. Keelon Russell threw a 7-yard touchdown to Josh Ford with 0:36 left in the third to put Alabama back on top, 17-13, and then he kept going. A 25-yarder to Cederian Morgan at 9:44 of the fourth made it 24-13, and a 4-yarder to Kaleb Edwards at 6:23 made it 31-13. That is 21 straight points after LSU's last score.
The turnovers matter here. LSU threw one interception and lost one fumble. Alabama had none of either and four sacks. Russell finished 17 of 24 for 206 yards and three touchdowns, so he did not need the extra work.
Fantasy-wise, the top scorer was Russell at 28.7, but LSU's Jackson Harris was right behind him at 27.6 on 11 catches for 166 yards, with no touchdown. That is the kind of line that wins you a week and loses a game.