POWER SURGESLSU’s quick-strike ability has doomed opponents this season:OPPONENT – RUN – TIME – KEY PLAYOregon – 24-0 – 17 min. – Oregon fumbles a kickoff returnWest Virginia – 20-0 – 13 min. – Claiborne 99-yard kickoff returnKentucky – 21-0 – 13 min. – Mathieu 23-yard fumble returnFlorida – 24-0 – 20 min. – Randle 46-yard pass from LeeTennessee – 24-7 – 22 min. – Claiborne 89-yard interception returnAuburn – 35-0 – 13 min. – Randle 42-yard pass from JeffersonOle Miss – 28-0 – 18 min. – Brooks 46-yard interception returnArkansas – 21-0 – 6 min. – Mathieu 92-yard punt return
ATHENS, Ga. – The blink of an eye typically takes a third of a second.
Or about the time the LSU Tigers require to score a couple of touchdowns.
“I’m watching their film against Oregon and it’s 16-13, but then there’s a fumble, and you look at the scoreboard and it’s 30-13,” Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said. “I think they fumbled a kickoff, but it just goes like that. If we turn one over, we better cover, because we don’t want them to score.”
The No. 1 Tigers are averaging 38.2 points per game entering Saturday’s Southeastern Conference championship game in Atlanta, so they’re not a point-per-minute team. Yet there have been stretches in games when LSU attains that pace or exceeds it.