In the end, LSU made plays and Alabama botched them. Early in the fourth from the LSU 28, Saban — as if channeling Miles — called for a halfback pass by Marquis Maze to Michael Williams. The Tide's tight end seemed to have the ball as he was going down at the Tigers' 1-yard line. But Reid took it away for an interception (a play that was upheld on replay).
When the Tigers' ensuing drive ended quickly, the Tigers' Brad Wing, standing at his own goal line, boomed a punt to midfield that Maze inexplicably let sail over his head. By the time the ball stopped rolling, it was at the Bama 18 — a 73-yard punt.
In overtime, it was Alabama, not LSU, that melted in the moment. The Tide had a substitution penalty. Quarterback A.J. McCarron was sacked. Foster missed a 52-yard field goal. That made it easy for LSU: Drew Allman made a 25-yarder. Game over.
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