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Joe Burrow, LSU set records in dismantling of Oklahoma, advance to National Championship
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LSU was supposed to beat Oklahoma. The Vegas line settled at the Tigers being 13.5-point favorites.
However, it wasn’t that close of a game. The Tigers beat the Sooners 63-28. It was the most points scored by any team in College Football Playoff history (previous high was Oregon with 59 against Florida State in 2015.
Joe Burrow, the LSU quarterback — and former Ohio State Buckeye — had seven touchdowns passing in the first half.
You read that right.
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He accounted for eight scores in the game as he rushed for another to start the third quarter. He finished completing 29-of-39 passes for 493 yards and seven throwing scores. He had over 400 yards in the first half alone.
Joe Burrow broke the #CFBPlayoff and LSU single-game bowl record with 7 TDs in the first half against No. 4 Oklahoma.
21/27 for 403 yards
7 TDs
0 INTs pic.twitter.com/Q5jMVnC2pq— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 28, 2019
LSU's 63 points are tied for the most points in a bowl game by an SEC team, tying Auburn, who also had 63 points in the 2018 Music City Bowl vs Purdue.@LSUFootball has also set a new bowl game record with 693 offensive yards. pic.twitter.com/JUFVpoXdcj
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 29, 2019
That’s how bad it was for the Sooners’ defense Saturday night. And because of that, Oklahoma’s season came to a close. LSU, of course, moves on to the National Championship.
The Tigers now await the winner of the other College Football Playoff semifinal game between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Clemson. That game between the Buckeyes and (Clemson) Tigers is set for an 8 p.m. ET start time Saturday on ESPN.
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.