ATLANTA — Wednesday night’s Chick-fil-A bowl will go down in history as a prime example of why the game isn’t decided by the talking heads, but by the two teams on the field.No. 14 Georgia Tech’s offense entered the game ranked No. 3 in rushing offense, and LSU’s defense was ranked No. 33 overall. Nearly everyone who made a prediction predicted a lopsided win for the Yellow Jackets.The Tigers had different plans.LSU scored 28 points in the second quarter and coasted to a 38-3 victory in the bowl’s 41st edition.”This game was about us,” LSU coach Les Miles said. “It was about a commitment from a team who frankly just didn’t want to lose again, didn’t like the taste and wanted to get rid of it.”The Tigers never trailed in the contest after scoring on their first drive.After LSU moved the ball down the field with apparent ease, junior running back Charles Scott walked into the endzone from two yards out.LSU had four first downs on the 60-yard, seven-play drive that took 3:02 off the game clock and put the Tigers ahead, 7-0.The Yellow Jackets mounted a lengthy drive that ended with a field goal and brought the score to 7-3 three drives later.The drive totaled 13 plays for 60 yards, took just more than seven minutes and resulted in Georgia Tech’s only points of the game.Scott added another touchdown from four yards out to cap off LSU’s next drive and put his team up, 14-3.On the next possession, two key plays by the LSU special teams unit changed the momentum of the game. LSU kicked and recovered an onside kick to start the next drive, but after going three-and-out, was forced to punt.LSU freshman cornerback Patrick Peterson tackled Georgia Tech return man, senior receiver Andrew Smith, and forced a fumble which LSU freshman cornerback Ron Brooks recovered on the Yellow Jacket 19-yard line.”This is probably the worst special teams game I can ever remember having,” said Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson. “What happens when you get down is that you never seem to get any rhythm going.”Scott rushed for his third touchdown of the game six plays later and made the score 21-3 in favor of the Tigers.”We just came out and played LSU football and did what we had to do to get a win,” he said.Scott tied the Chick-fil-A Bowl record for rushing touchdowns with the score.Junior tight end Richard Dixon and junior running back Keiland Williams got into the scoring mix with touchdowns of their own before the end of the second quarter, giving LSU the 35-3 lead at halftime.Colt David tacked on a career-long 53-yard field goal in the third quarter to extend the Tiger lead to 35 points.LSU freshman quarterback Jordan Jefferson finished 16-for-25 for 142 passing yards and one touchdown. He also added 33 rushing yards on nine carries with one fumble.In only his second start, the St. Rose native appeared relaxed on the field, only having one incomplete pass in 12 attempts in the first half. “That’s the role of a quarterback: to be calm in the pocket,” he said. “I trust my offensive linemen to give me the time in the backfield, and I trust the receivers to catch the balls that I throw to them.”He was named the game’s Offensive Most Valuable Player.”Coming from a national championship the year before this season, we had something to prove,” Jefferson said. “Not being ranked kind of hit us hard.”LSU junior linebacker Perry Riley was named the Defensive MVP with 11 tackles, one for a loss.The entire LSU defense played well in the game, limiting Georgia Tech to 164 yards rushing as a team — well below its 280 yard per game average.”We had three weeks to prepare for this game, and we lost the last two games of the season,” Riley said. “It set in our stomachs for the three weeks, and it gave us a fire in the defense and offense’s stomach that made us want to come out and execute.” Georgia Tech sophomore running back Jonathan Dwyer led all rushers with 67 yards on 10 carries.Scott led Tiger rushers with 65 yards on 15 carries and three touchdowns.LSU is now 5-0 all-time in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, outscoring opponents 105-20 in the past three games, dating back to the 2000, 28-14, win against Georgia Tech.At LSU, Miles is 4-0 in all bowl appearances, and his teams have scored at least 38 points in all of those games.