It isn’t often you say that the defining point of a game happened within the first five minutes, but it was the case on Saturday night, when LSU defensive back Derek Stingley Jr. correctly read the screen, tackled CMU running back Darius Bracy out of the game and popped the ball out, allowing defensive end Andre Anthony to scoop-and-score from 33 yards out to push the score at 14-0 at the 10:05 mark of the first quarter.
(It was confirmed after the game by Central Michigan head coach Jim McElwain that Bracy suffered an MCL injury on the play, and that he is on an indefinite timetable.