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LSU QB Joe Burrow's 7 TD passes in 1st half of Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl shatter record

ATLANTA -- Forget about a Heisman jinx.

LSU quarterback Joe Burrow picked up where he left off against Oklahoma in Saturday's College Football Playoff semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Burrow, who won the Heisman Trophy earlier this month in the most lopsided vote in history, threw seven more touchdowns -- all of them in the first half -- and ran for another score in the No. 1 Tigers' 63-28 rout of the No. 4 Sooners.

The unbeaten Tigers advanced to the Jan. 13 CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T (8 p.