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LSU Football: 3 takeaways from monumental road win over Alabama

By Dante Pryor

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - NOVEMBER 09: Joe Burrow #9 of the LSU Tigers and head coach Ed Orgeron react during the first half against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the game at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 09, 2019 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - NOVEMBER 09: Joe Burrow #9 of the LSU Tigers and head coach Ed Orgeron react during the first half against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the game at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 09, 2019 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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Here are three takeaways from an intense game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU football. The Tigers will undoubtedly be No. 1 this week.

In one of the best games of the season, the Alabama Crimson tide fell to the visiting LSU Tigers at Bryant-Denny Stadium 46-41. Joe Burrow led the Tigers with 393 yards passing and three touchdowns. Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw for 418 yards and four touchdowns in a losing effort.

The hero of the game wasn’t Burrow, however. It was the Tigers’ diminutive dynamo junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire who had 180 total yards and four touchdowns. It wasn’t just the fact that he was there when Burrow needed him but Edwards-Helaire made big plays in critical moments. He ran for key first downs in the fourth quarter to help put the game away.

Alabama got a huge contribution from running back Najee Davis who ran for 146 yards.

LSU jumped out to a 33-13 halftime lead, but the Crimson Tide shut out the Tigers in the third quarter, and got back in the game cutting the lead 33-27 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but the defense couldn’t hold the Tigers’ offense.

Burrow and Edwards-Helaire made big play after big play in the fourth quarter to keep the Tide at arms length and win a close game by five.

What’d we learn from LSU’s win?

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