Burrow, Tigers finally slay the dragon

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Eight years. Now, to be clear, Joe Burrow has not been around the state of Louisiana for that long, but the one time he played quarterback against the Alabama Crimson Tide, his offense did not score a point. Tiger Stadium was not a happy place.

So, more than a year later on Saturday night, when Clyde Edwards-Helaire chugged into the end zone to give Louisiana State a 12-point lead over Alabama with less than two minutes left, Burrow bounded toward his tailback and celebrated by motioning as if cutting a throat with a knife.

Had LSU really slain the dragon? It sure looked like it in the northeast corner of Bryant-Denny Stadium, where a few