One of 2017’s most impressive comebacks gets its sequel in 2018. Watch on CBS and follow along here.

LSU and Auburn are live on CBS, with streaming here, as they renew one of college football’s weirdest rivalry series. Throughout the game, we’ll have updates, highlights, and observations in this post, with the newest stuff right up top.

First quarter

LSU 7, Auburn 0

LSU misses a 48-yard field goal with 28 seconds left in the first quarter, and Auburn takes over with pretty good field position.

LSU 7, Auburn 0

A big stop for Auburn’s defense. Javaris Davis had good coverage against Jonathan Giles on a deep lob on third-and-18 just inside midfield.

A touchback on the punt comes with an illegal blocking call against Auburn for driving a punt coverage man out of bounds. Jarrett Stidham and friends will start at their 10.

LSU 7, Auburn 0

LSU’s moving, but a contorting catch by Justin Jefferson along the left sideline is under review. If it holds up, LSU will get 31 yards and be at the Auburn 40.

And, update: Yep, that’s a catch. Things are good for LSU.

LSU 7, Auburn 0

Auburn punted, and LSU will start at its 31 with a touchdown lead.

LSU 7, Auburn 0

Grant Delpit is such a playmaker. The sophomore LSU strong safety, who picked off Jarrett Stidham on Auburn’s first drive, just knocked a ball loose from Auburn’s Ryan Davis with a heavy hit. Officials called it an incomplete pass, which looked generous for Auburn.

This was Delpit’s pick on the second offensive play of the game:

And this was the Clyde Edwards-Helaire touchdown that followed it:

LSU 7, Auburn 0

That’s a great start for LSU. Grant Delpit intercepted Jarrett Stidham on the second snap of the game, and the LSU offense went 34 yards in nine plays to open the scoring. Clyde Edwards-Helaire plunged in from a yard out to cap the short drive, after Nick Brosette took three carries earlier. Joe Burrow was 3-of-4 for 27 yards on the mini-series.

LSU 0, Auburn 0

LSU’s Avery Atkins started the game with a touchback. They’re underway.

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Game preview by Christian D’Andrea

Last year’s showdown between Auburn and Louisiana State pushed LSU head coach Ed Orgeron off the hot seat and back to the Tigers’ sideline for 2018. Another win, this time in Alabama, could be his biggest with with the program yet.

LSU rallied back from a 20-0 deficit to stun Auburn last season, granting Orgeron a full reprieve after losing to Group of 5 foe Troy just weeks earlier. The Tigers won’t have similar stakes Saturday; they’re 6-2 since that comeback win, with their only defeats in that stretch coming against playoff contenders Alabama and Notre Dame.

Each team is looking for a second signature win after besting top-10 foes to start the season. LSU got its win by dispatching an overmatched then-No. 8 Miami team in a 33-17 rout. Auburn had a little more trouble with then-No. 6 Washington in a 21-16 win. Whoever walks off the field victorious Saturday will have the inside track toward a College Football Playoff bid — though anything can happen in the shark-infested waters of the SEC.

Time, TV channel, and streaming info

• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
• Location: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL
• TV: CBS
• Streaming: SEC Live, fuboTV
• Odds: Auburn is favored by 9.5 points.

LSU vs. Auburn news:

• Is Auburn really an LSU rival? (no.)

This isn’t a rivalry build on mutual respect, it is a rivalry built on the cold-blooded calculus of winning the conference. Auburn is nothing but one of the biggest traffic cones blocking the highway to Atlanta. Bama returning to prominence is certainly obnoxious, but it also robbed the LSU-Auburn rivalry of a certain pizzazz. I mean, we still hate the False Tigers on general principle, but they are no longer the biggest bully on the block.

Once again, Auburn is the little brother. Hey, they won the SEC last year. Know who cares? Nobody. Hell, not even Auburn fans care. Bama still made the playoffs and won the national title and Georgia enacted brutal revenge in the SEC Championship Game. Auburn then couldn’t even perform the simple task of shutting UCF up about their national title claims. You can’t count on Auburn for anything.

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• THE AUBURN SCHOOL OF EXPLODING DOGS RETURNS

• Joe Burrow only completed half his passes against an FCS opponent last week, and that’s not OK.
• Auburn went basic against Alabama State last week, keeping the deep cuts of its playbook hidden for Saturday’s matchup.

Can Jarrett Stidham emerge as a true Heisman contender?

Stidham has been rock solid for Auburn since transferring from Baylor, propping up a passing offense that hasn’t always been a strong point on the plains. The quarterback shined in his first season with the team in 2017, throwing for more than 3,100 yards with an 18:6 touchdown:interception ratio. The last Tiger QB to do that? Dameyune Craig in 1997.

But the junior has his warts, and Clemson proved last fall he can be erased from the stat sheet with a dominant pass rush. That’s good news for LSU, who has produced nine sacks through two games this fall — the second-most team sacks in the FBS this fall. If Stidham can overcome the Tigers’ pressure and put together another strong game against a ranked opponent, he’ll continue his climb up the 2018 Heisman Trophy power rankings.

LSU vs. Auburn prediction:

S&P+ ratings like LSU (12th) more than Auburn (18th), though both teams were dinged for playing lesser opponents after affirming Week 1 wins. The preseason projections see this as an 11-point win for the home team.