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LSU Football: 3 takeaways from 2020 national title win vs. Clemson

By Shelbie Warr

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 13: Joe Burrow #9 of the LSU Tigers reacts to a touchdown against Clemson Tigers during the third quarter in the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 13: Joe Burrow #9 of the LSU Tigers reacts to a touchdown against Clemson Tigers during the third quarter in the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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LSU football put together a perfect season, ending with a national championship win, 42-25, against Clemson. What did we learn?

The Tigers of LSU and the Tigers of Clemson faced off for the National Championship in the 150th year of college football and LSU came out victorious, 42-25. Both teams fought hard and showed why they were meant to be here.

I will go ahead and say that all my doubt of the Clemson Tigers all season long was severely misplaced. They deserved their spot here against the Tigers and hung around best they could when playing one of the best teams I have seen in a long time in LSU. The purple and gold did get in their own way throughout the matchup, but they did enough right to let the wrong outdo that.

What did we learn from this matchup that ended the season?

3. The ejection of James Skalski changed the game for Clemson

The Clemson defense was doing well enough against Joe Burrow and company, especially at the start of the second half. They had forced a punt and the offense had scored to bring Clemson within three.

However, James Skalski was then ejected for targeting as LSU was driving down the field and him being the captain of the defense so to speak made this a loss that the Tigers of Clemson couldn’t recover from.

LSU put the game away pretty quickly after the ejection, despite a missed field goal. Their defense — who we will discuss later — clamped down and the offense did what they do best- score.

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