NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The LSU Tigers season ended early in the third quarter here Saturday against Vanderbilt.

No not actually.

Not mathematically.

But realistically.

It ended when Caden Durham got caught from behind at the Vandy 2 on the end of a 51-yard run. Not to criticize Durham, but you wondered if the Tigers would fail to punch it in from there.

They did. These were LSU’s next four plays: false start (by Trey’Dez Green, erasing a touchdown catch from Garrett Nussmeier), no gain on a direct snap to Ju’Juan Johnson, incomplete pass, 23-yard Damian Ramos field goal.

That cut Vanderbilt’s lead to 31-24 with 11:39 left. That’s where the score would end, though only because the Commodores took a knee three straight times from the Tigers’ 1 to burn the final two minutes off the clock.

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