LSU’s 17-10 triumph at Clemson felt more like a plot twist than a routine Week 1 result. A crowd of 81,500 at Memorial Stadium watched the visiting Tigers flip a 10-3 halftime deficit into their first season-opening win since 2019, nudging their record to 1-0 while handing Clemson its first home loss in an opener under Dabo Swinney . Garrett Nussmeier’s eight-yard strike to freshman tight end Trey’Dez Green with 12:18 left put LSU ahead for good, and Harold Perkins Jr. headlined a defense that limited the hosts to 31 rushing yards on 20 carries and sealed the night by stuffing Clemson’s final drive at the LSU 15.

LSU’s second-half surge was no accident. LSU was clocked at 150 yards after intermission to Clemson’s 60, a reversal propelled by Nussmeier’s quick trigger and a front se

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