Live Updates: No. 2 LSU at No. 3 Alabama
Pregame
*There are crimson and white shakers in every seat at a mostly empty Bryant-Denny Stadium.
*There are over 80 big-name recruits expected to attend. Five-star California quarterback Bryce Young is on his official visit.azgg7a
*Tua Tagovailoa is on the field in sweats as are his fellow skill players loosening up.
*LSU coach Ed Orgeron got jeered by Bama fans as he entered the field. He just waved.
*Alabama walk-on punter Ty Perine is again booming the ball in warmups.
* Tua Tagovailoa is warming up with starting center Landon Dickerson.
*Najee Harris is moving without any sign of a limp.
*Per Kelvin Reynolds of WBRC President Trump has left the Tuscaloosa airport and his motorcade is headed to Bryant-Denny Stadium.
*Alabama captains are Anfernee Jennings, Landon Dickerson and Xavier McKinney.
*Major Tennison will start at tight end in place of the injured Miller Forristall.
*Tua has been announced on the PA system as the starter. Cheers were loud.
*Honorary captains for Alabama are Walter Lewis and Randy Edwards.
*President Trump has been spotted in a luxury box across the field from the press box.
*LSU won the toss and deferred. Alabama will receive.
First quarter
*Tua is on the field with the offense.
*Freshman Jahleel Billingsley in at H-back.
*Tua fumbled. LSU recovered at its 8-yard line.
*LSU drove 92 yards and Joe Burrow hit Ja'Marr Chase for a 33-yard touchdown. With 9:15 left in the quarter the Tigers lead 7-0.
*Perine dropped a punt snap and was thrown for a loss. LSU takes over at the Alabama 40. Alabama was called for 12 men on the field which negated a Trevon Diggs interception.
*Jennings sacked Burrow.
*LSU leads 10-0 with 4:54 left in the quarter on a 40-yard field goal by Cade York.
*Alabama has several NFL players here including Josh Jacobs.
*Jaylen Waddle took a punt 77 yards to get Bama on the board with 1:14 left in the quarter.
*LSU leads Alabama 10-7 at the end of one quarter.
Second quarter
*LSU leads 16-7 after a 29-yard pass from Burrow to Terrace Marshall Jr. The PAT was blocked by McKinney. There is 13:03 left in the half.
* LSU stopped Slade Bolden on fourth down from the Wildcat. The spot is under review.
*The review revealed the play stands. LSU ball at the Tigers 48.
*Waddle made a brief trip to the locker room but returned for LSU's next punt.
*Tua from his own end zone hit Jerry Jeudy for 26 to the 36 to convert on third down.
*Tua hit DeVonta Smith for 64 yards and the Tide is now down 16-13 with 6:43 left in the half. The drive was 90 yards, 4 plays, 1:20. Joseph Bulovas missed the PAT.
*After Burrow was sacked on third down, York hit a 45-yarder to put the Tigers up 19-13 with 4:20 left in the half.
*A completion by Thaddeus Moss ruled complete at the 1 is under review. Result: confirmed. The replay showed moss stepped out first.
*Clyde Edwards-Helaire dove over from the 1 on third down and LSU leads 26-13 with 26 seconds left in the half. Eight plays, 61 yards, 2:13 on the drive.
*Tua was intercepted by Patrick Quuen. After a roughness call on Landon Dickerson, LSU has the ball at the Alabama 13 with 11 seconds left.
*Burrow hit Edwards-Helaire for 13 and a score. LSU leads 33-13. A video review showed no targeting by Christian Bamore on Burrow.
*At the half. LSU leads Alabama 33-13. LSU will receive the second half kick.
Third quarter
* Nick Saban halftime quote: "The way the half ended is terrible. To let them score two touchdowns in the last 30 seconds of the half is ridiculous and makes a big difference in the game and now you have to play the game in the second half. It’s probably our worst half of football that we’ve played all year when it comes to discipline and execution on both sides of the ball, so you get what you deserve, I guess.”
*McKinney caused Borrow to fumble and Terrell Lewis recoverd at the Alabama 42.
*Anfernee Jennings is being helped off the field with a leg injury of some sort.
*Ben Davis in as a dime rabbit rusher.
*Waddle fair caught at the 5. That's how things have gone for Alabama.
* Jeudy dropped a TD pass. That kind of day.
* Tua hit Harris on a 15-yard wheel route to to close the gap to 33-20 with 4:51 left in the quarter. Drive was 10 plays, 95 yards in 3:30.
*Jennings has returned to the game.
*Alabama has the ball on the LSU 13 down 33-20 and facing 4th-and-1, end of 3.
Fourth quarter
*Ale Kaho at fullback led Harris for a 12-yard gain to the 1. First and goal, timeout Tigers.
*Harris scored from the 1 with 14:33 left. LSU lead is now 33-27. This things is not over yet.
*McKinney's missed tackle on a blitz and Edwards-Helaire scored from the 5. With 10:07 to go, LSU now leads 39-27. A try for two points failed.
*LSU converted three third downs on that drive. Burrow's Heisman campaign got a major boost today.
*After a time out Alabama the Tide faced a fourth-an-4 from the LSU 22. Tua hit Smith for a first down to the 13.
*Jeudy droopped another TD. It's 4th down from the 5. Jeudy caught a 5-yard TD and with 5:32 left, LSU leads 39-34. 14 plays, 75 yards, 4:35 on the drive.
*Burrow led a game clinching drive that Edward-Helaire capped with a 7-yard TD run. With 97 seconds left the Tigers lead 46-34. Even if the Tide wins out, it will need help to make the four team playoff. Drive was plays, 75 yards. Burrow has been masterful.
*After Tua hit Smith for 85 yards and score, Bama's onside kick failed and the final is 46-41, LSU.
