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LSU's Leonard Fournette makes Auburn pay for midweek trash talk

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BATON ROUGE, La. -- The length of time that it took for Leonard Fournette to make Auburn safety Rudy Ford eat his words: one play.

The sophomore running back exploded through a hole for a 71-yard gain on LSU’s first play from scrimmage Saturday and then spent the next three quarters humiliating Auburn defenders as LSU destroyed its SEC West rival, 45-21.