LSU fell to Ole Miss Saturday night, 25-23 after an incredible turn of events in the last 3 minutes of the game. Early in the 4th quarter,  Ole Miss expanded their lead to 22-17 and then scored another 3 on their next drive giving them a 25-17 lead. LSU, on their next possession, scored after a 66 yard drive, but missed the 2 point conversion when Terrence Toliver couldn’t hold onto the ball on a pass attempt. With 1:16 left in the game, LSU was forced to try an onside kick, which they recovered on their own 42 yard line. A pass reception by Brandon Lafell put LSU down to the 32 yard line, 2 plays later, which is field goal range. Things began to fall apart on the next play when Jefferson was forced to throw the ball away, then sacked on the next play, putting LSU back to the Ole Miss 41 yard line, way out of field goal range. A 7 yard completion on the next play put LSU at the opponents 48, with 4th down and 26 to go and only 26 seconds left to play. LSU failed to call a time out quickly enough and lost 17 seconds before the referee called for it. With only 9 seconds to go, LSU completed and amazing throw to Terrence Toliver at the 6 yard line. This left only 1 second on the clock and LSU was totally unprepared to have the field goal team take the field and attempt the chip shot. With only 1 second left, Jordan Jefferson attempted to take the snap and spike the ball, but as soon as the ball was snapped, the 1 second ticked off and the game ended.

LSU was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like no team i’ve ever seen before. Everytime they were granted a safety net of opportunity, they answered with a ridiculous mistake.  It was definitely an awful ending to a somewhat decent game.

“I can only tell you that the management at the back end of the game was the issue,” LSU coach Les Miles said, later adding: “It’s my fault that we didn’t finish first in that game.”

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