Two short weeks ago, the idea of stopping Leonard Fournette was laughable. LSU's superhuman running back was the breakaway Heisman favorite, an unmitigated force of nature that led the country in touchdown runs and had gone over 150 rushing yards in seven straight games.
But then something weird happened: Fournette started looking human. He was stopped in his tracks against Bama, whose monstrous front seven held him to just 31 yards on 19 carries. He managed 91 yards the next week against Arkansas, but his 4.8 yards per attempt were a full 2 yards below his season average; his longest run was just 13 yards and he was a non-factor for most of the second half.