LSU 28, TENNESSEE 24

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Phil Fullmer has his own system of moons

 

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Phil Fullmer has his own system of moons

No thats not true.

Phil Fullmer has his own gravitational pull. Sir Isaac Newton handles the rest.

 

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Dispatch

NO. 13 LSU 28 NO. 8 TENNESSEE 24
LSU wins it with last-second TD pass
Vols? defeat allows Gators to clinch East in tough SEC

Sunday, November 05, 2006


FROM WIRE REPORTS

</IMG> Receiver Buster Davis hauls in a touchdown catch for LSU between Tennessee defenders.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ? A debate probably will rage about which one-loss team is more worthy than an unbeaten Louisville team to play for a national championship. But the way things are going, the Southeastern Conference may not have a one-loss team to toss into the debate.
Eighth-ranked Tennessee, which had been creeping up in the polls since a one-point loss to Florida in September, fell to No. 13 Louisiana State 28-24 when JaMarcus Russell passed 4 yards to Early Doucet for the winning touchdown with nine seconds to play yesterday.
Perhaps Florida is the next best SEC candidate, but the Gators struggled to win yesterday at Vanderbilt. But their 25-19 victory, coupled with LSU?s win over Tennessee, gave Florida (8-1, 6-1) the East Division title and a trip to Atlanta for the conference championship game. Which, of course, the Gators have to win or they, too, will have two losses.
The Vols (7-2, 3-2) weren?t thinking about any of that went they ahead 24-21 after redshirt freshman Jonathan Crompton, playing for injured starter Erik Ainge, completed a 54-yard touchdown pass to Robert Meachem with 7:29 remaining.
The Tigers (7-2, 3-2), though, got the ball back with plenty of time and Russell methodically led them down the field, milking the clock all the way. Putting his three interceptions behind him, he led them 80 yards in 15 plays, and his third touchdown pass of the game gave LSU its first road win of the season. Russell finished 24-of-36 passing for 247 yards, and he ran for 71 yards.
"Our guys will remember this one," LSU coach Les Miles said.
Russell appeared to score on a run from the Tennessee 7, but officials ruled he was out of bounds at the 4. On the next play, Doucet caught Russell?s pass, which was intended for Dwayne Bowe.
Ainge, who injured his right ankle in a victory last week over South Carolina, played just one quarter before he was replaced by Crompton. The freshman completed 11 of 24 passes and threw for two touchdowns against a defense ranked second in the nation against the score (8.2 points per game). The Vols, though, were held to 248 total yards and had the ball for less than 19 minutes. The Tigers rolled up 478 yards.
After LSU went ahead 21-17 at the end of the third quarter, the game turned wild with turnovers on three straight possessions in the fourth quarter. The final giveaway, Bowe?s fumble recovered by Ryan Karl, set up the Vols at the LSU 46. On the next play, Crompton found Meachem for the score between two defenders.
"I honestly thought we could win that game and it honestly hurt when we didn?t," Crompton said.
LSU had been knocked out of the Bowl Championship Series picture with losses to Auburn and Florida (both are one-loss SEC teams, along with Arkansas). Now Tennessee has left the picture. "It will hurt tonight and we can allow it to maybe hurt tomorrow, and then come Monday we have to get ready to go to Arkansas and play and win that game," Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said. "This team still has a lot to look forward to."