NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The LSU Tigers' season ended early in the fourth 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 whether the Tigers would fail to punch it in from there.

They did. These were LSU’s next five plays: Durham run for 1 yard, false start (by Trey’Dez Green, erasing a touchdown catch), 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 scoring would end, although only because the Commodores took a knee three straight times from the Tigers’ 1 to burn the final two minutes

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