The game’s live on CBS.

Well, this game certainly isn’t going as expected so far. The No. 13 LSU Tigers led the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs 16-0 at halftime in Baton Rouge. Georgia, who entered this game as a touchdown favorite, couldn’t get anything going on offense and stayed off the board the entire first half.

We’ll update periodically with big scores from here on out.

LSU 19, Georgia 3, 3:00 3Q

LSU added to its lead with a field goal, but what’s more impressive is the play that set this one up. Tiger defensive back Kristian Fulton somehow made this interception off a Jake Fromm pass, despite it coming oh so close to hitting the ground:

Georgia finally gets on the board in the second half.

LSU 16, Georgia 3, 9:03 3Q

The Dawgs finally get some points with a 40-yard field goal from Rodrigo Blankenship. Not a touchdown, but at least UGA doesn’t come out of the drive empty handed.

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LSU has relied on quarterback Joe Burrow early, who had a rushing touchdown to give his team a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter.

He added another 136 yards in the air to lead productive Tiger drives in the first half, three of them resulting in field goals.

The Dawgs offense, meanwhile was pretty stagnant against this LSU defense in the first half — UGA had just 124 yards of total offense, all of them coming from quarterback Jake Fromm and his running back DeAndre Swift. The unit went 2-for-8 on third down, too. The Dawgs even attempted a Les Miles-esque fake punt in the second quarter, but the Tigers snuffed it out with ease.

As far as stakes go, they’re pretty big, but not exactly Playoff-altering. The Dawgs can still beat both Florida and Kentucky to represent the East in Atlanta for the SEC Championship game. For LSU, most of its bigger SEC opponents are now out of the way, but Mississippi State, Alabama on Nov. 6, and Texas A&M for Rivalry Week all remain on the docket.

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Game preview by Christian D’Andrea

LSU suffered its first loss of an otherwise impressive 2018 when it fell in Gainesville last week. That isn’t enough to crush head coach Ed Orgeron’s SEC title hopes — but a loss on Saturday against No. 2 Georgia would be.

Last week’s loss to Florida relinquished the Tigers’ claim to the top spot in the SEC West, and another could push Alabama out of reach even with a win over the Crimson Tide in November. They’ll have their mettle tested against a Bulldog team whose closest win in a 6-0 start was a 14-point triumph over Missouri.

Georgia’s overpowering offense has made last year’s run to the National Championship Game look like no fluke, even without Sony Michel or Nick Chubb in the lineup. Jake Fromm’s averaging more than 10.5 yards per pass this fall and has recorded a 12:2 TD:INT ratio, while a tailback platoon led by Elijah Holyfield and D’Andre Swift is racking up nearly 250 yards per game on six yards per carry. On Saturday, they’ll have to show out against UGA’s toughest test of the season so far — an LSU defense that’s already survived tests against two top-10 opponents to start its season.

Georgia vs. LSU prediction:

The Bulldogs are the No. 2 team in the AP poll and No. 3 in the latest round of the S&P+ rankings. LSU sits at No. 19, as the computers clearly aren’t impressed with the Tigers’ early wins over Auburn and Miami as voters are. LSU is playing at home, has faced a tougher schedule so far, and has already beaten two top-10 teams in 2018. The spread says it’s a bad idea, but let’s say the Tigers win this one thanks to a late Cole Tracy field goal.

Georgia vs. LSU news:

• Joe Burrow had a rough day in last week’s loss to Florida, but he’s ready to put that behind him.

“You grow up wanting to play in games like this,” he said to the media. “You don’t want a cakewalk through the whole season. You want to be challenged and you want to play the best teams that there are.”

The Tigers are up against what is arguably the toughest schedule in college football this year. But Burrow jumps at such a challenge.

“When I first looked at it, I saw Georgia and Alabama in three weeks, and kind of perked up a little bit and thought, ‘that would be kind of fun,’ “I’m looking forward to it, but it’s going to be a big challenge.”

• Georgia performed to expectations last week, dispatching Vanderbilt on Homecoming.
• And the Valley Shook looked at college football’s biggest mystery: Kirby Smart’s haircut.
• Rodrigo Blankenship, America’s most handsome kicker, is here for a showdown with Cole Tracy in what appears to be his ninth year of NCAA eligibility.

How will the Bulldogs kick off the toughest stretch of their 2018 schedule?

Georgia’s had a relatively easy path to 6-0, but that road winds through some icy, mountainous roads en route to another berth in the College Football Playoff. LSU is the beginning of a four-game stretch where the Bulldogs will face nothing but ranked opponents, including Florida, Kentucky, and UMass Auburn. Losing in Death Valley could be the start of a spiral for UGA — but a win could be a launchpad that leads the team to an even better finish than 2017’s.