On a play to play basis, LSU felt like a better team than the Tide through most of the first half. They moved the ball with consistency on nearly every drive, while the Alabama offense had a few stutters and gave up their share of negative plays.
And yet, the Tide enters halftime with a 10-3 lead. LSU routinely stalled in the redzone, missed a long field goal, and threw a pick when driving for a game-tying drive. Meanwhile, Alabama’s offense did a lot of good stuff, but also spent much of the half going backwards with offensive penalties (three false starts, a hold on a big run play, and an offensive pass interference on a big pass play that would have put them in scoring range right before…
