It’s here.
The game Tiger fans have been waiting for is finally on the horizon.
With No. 1 LSU’s 42-10 stomping of No. 12 Georgia in the Southeastern Conference Championship game, the Tigers took home their fourth SEC title in school history and secured its spot in the Allstate BCS National Championship game Jan. 9 against No. 2 Alabama.
“It means a lot to us,” said senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson. “The seniors have been striving for four years to get to this moment and it’s finally here. We need to take control of it and take advantage of player.”
The Bulldogs outgained LSU 134 yards to 11 in the first quarter and took an early 10-0 lead in the closing seconds of the quarter.
But that would be the last time Georgia would reach the end zone.
“We started really backed up, and we did not have great special teams play to start,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “Offensively, we were not moving the football. Frankly, it was just a matter of time that this team would rebound and this team would get their feet underneath them and thing.”
The silverware may not stop there for the Tigers.
Mathieu’s standout performance has his name again being thrown around in the Heisman talk — an honor the Honey Badger said he’s leaving in the hands of the experts.
“I don’t think I should be the judge of that,” Mathieu said. “I just try to go out there, just play my best football for my team and my W.”
 
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