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Jalen Milroe, Alabama football silences LSU in dominant road win: Key observations
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BATON ROUGE, La. — Dreams historically come to die at Tiger Stadium. And Alabama football had a dream on the line.
After road losses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee , the Crimson Tide returned to enemy territory without much breathing room. A third loss, a loss at LSU , would likely eliminate all hopes of a College Football Playoff berth.
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Those dreams didn't die for Alabama Saturday night as it dominated LSU 42-13 and handed Brian Kelly his first prime-time home game loss with the Tigers.
Jalen Milroe returns Alabama football offense to form
Quarterback Jalen Milroe 4 runs the ball as the LSU Tigers take on the Alabama Crimson Tide. Nov 9, 2024; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Clause-Imagn Images
Jalen Milroe looked as well rested as he could be Saturday night at Tiger Stadium.
Two weeks after a 34-point win against Missouri , and in the middle of a raucous Death Valley, one that has shut down numerous quarterbacks like him, Milroe was cool, calm and collected. He was consistent and efficient, running an offense filled with run-option plays, check-downs and end-arounds. But Milroe was always at its center. Milroe was the ringleader.
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It's what he did against LSU at Bryant-Denny in 2023. It's what he did again at Tiger Stadium in 2024.
Alabama football defense brings swarm to LSU
Garrett Nussmeier took the field as a gunslinging, risk-taking quarterback leading one of the best pass offenses in college football.
Alabama took the field as a ball-hawking, swarming defense that on paper seemed to have an advantage against a quarterback prone to make the occasional mistake.
The advantage held for the Crimson Tide , a defense that won the turnover battle — a Jihaad Campbell strip sack and interceptions by Deontae Lawson and Bray Hubbard — a defense that turned two promising scoring drives into field goals, a defense that did not allow LSU to have any offensive momentum whatsoever.
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LSU third-quarter woes squash chance at Alabama comeback
LSU had its chance to regain momentum in the third quarter.
From a 14-play, 71-yard drive ending in a Lawson interception and a Kyren Lacy 21-yard completion overturned as an incomplete pass, to an 11-yard Milroe sack-turned-15-yard face mask penalty that extended a drive ending in Milroe's third rushing touchdown, nothing could change the tide for the Tigers.
By the start of the fourth quarter, Alabama was playing in front of a half-empty Tiger Stadium crowd.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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