No. 6 LSU beats back Louisiana Tech upset bid, 38-21

BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU coach Ed Orgeron compared his team to an overconfident fighter who drops his hands and subsequently gets "hit in the face." Rather can get knocked out, the sixth-ranked Tigers woke up. Nick Brossette scored three touchdowns, Clyde Edwards-Helaire rushed for a career-high 136 yards and two TDs, and LSU beat Louisiana Tech 38-21 on Saturday night in a game infused with far more tension than expected. "We won the game, but it wasn't good enough," Orgeron said. "Obviously, we're not happy." The Tigers (4-0) were favored by about three touchdowns and raced to a 24-0 lead, only to see the Bulldogs (2-1) pull as close as 24-21 on J'Mar Smith 's 42-yard touchdown pass to Adrian Hardy early in the fourth quarter. "There was a letdown in the second half," Orgeron said. "We couldn't stop them.