Safety Eric Reid stood on the sideline, confident the call would stand as replay officials reviewed his fourth quarter interception.
Replays showed the 6-foot-2 sophomore and 6-foot-6 Alabama junior tight end Michael Williams both had a piece of the ball as they fell to the turf at LSU’s one-yard line, but Reid knew he had the pick.
“I got my hands on it,” Reid said. “I think I had a stronger grip. He just had one hand on it. I had both of mine on it, so I was able to come down with play.”
The interception swung momentum back in LSU’s favor and allowed the Tigers to take the game into overtime as neither team mounted much of an offensive attack for the remainder of regulation.
Reid noticed that the defense’s intensity picked up in overtime.
“They had a lot of momentum in the fourth quarter,” Reid said. “We made it out there, and when we got into overtime, we knew we had our chance, and we took advantage of