BATON ROUGE, La.—First-year LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels was unflappable in the face of an Alabama defense that sacked him six times.
First-year Tigers coach Brian Kelly made bold decisions while trying to capture a maiden victory over Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide.
Together, Daniels and Kelly helped produce a scene of sheer rapture at Death Valley—something that was hard to envision when the two joined a program coming off consecutive non-winning seasons.
Daniels ran for 25-yard touchdown in overtime and then found Mason Taylor for a do-or-die 2-point conversion, and 15th-ranked LSU seized control of the SEC West race with 32–31 victory over No. 6 Alabama on Saturday night….