TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The SEC West wasn’t quite won Saturday, night, but No. 8 Alabama is well on its way to punching a ticket to next month’s SEC Championship Game.

Led by quarterback Jalen Milroe the Crimson Tide beat No. 14 LSU, 42-28, avenging last year’s loss to the Tigers. Alabama now just needs another SEC win or an Ole Miss conference loss to lock up the SEC West title.

Here are some takeaways from Saturday’s game.

Milroe doesn’t like to talk about his running ability much, but he won’t have much of a choice after this one. Alabama took advantage of its speedy quarterback against LSU, drawing up several designed runs on the night. Milroe made sure that decision paid off, piling up 155 yards and four touchdowns on 20 carries.

The dual-threat quarterback accounted for all three of Alabama’s touchdowns in the first half, running in scores from 23 yards, 4 yards and 21 yards respectively. His 11-yard touchdown run in the third quarter made history as he became the first Crimson Tide quarterback to find the end zone four times on the ground in a game.

Milroe’s 155 rushing yards marked the first time he has eclipsed the century mark on the ground during his college career. His previous high was 91 yards during last year’s game at Arkansas.

Milroe wasn’t too bad through the air either. He completed 15 of 23 passes for 219yards on the night.

Things were setting up perfectly for another Heisman moment from an LSU quarterback inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. After Joe Burrow used the Alabama game to hammer home his Heisman Trophy campaign in 2019, Jayden Daniels was on his way to doing the same thing Saturday night.

The LSU quarterback tore apart Alabama’s defense, completing 15 of 24 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns while adding 163 yards and a score on the ground. However, his lone mistake of the night cost the Tigers dearly.

Facing a second-and-8 from the LSU 27-yard line early in the fourth quarter, Daniels saw his pass tipped by Alabama edge rusher Dallas Turner. From there, Alabama defensive back Terrion Arnold sprung into action, plucking the ball out of the air to allow the Crimson Tide to take over at the Tigers' 25-yard line. Alabama went on to score three plays later, as Jase McClellan ran in a 10-yard touchdown to put the Crimson Tide up 42-28 with 13:01 remaining.

Daniels was knocked out of the game after taking a big hit from Turner on LSU’s ensuing possession. He was replaced by Garrett Nussmeier, who completed 5 of 10 passes for 53 yards.

Daniels entered the day with the third-best Heisman Trophy odds at +450, trailing Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. (+275) and Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy (+300).

College football’s most dangerous downfield duo was at it again. Daniels and Malik Nabers came into Saturday night with 13 deep-ball connections on the year.

The two wasted no time adding to that tally Saturday as Daniels found Nabers for a 46-yard touchdown on the fifth play of LSU’s opening drive. That was one of three deep balls they linked up for on the night as the quarterback found his favorite receiver for completions of 22 yards and 30 yards as well. Nabers finished with 10 receptions for 171 yards and a touchdown.

It turns out Will Reichard is human after all. The ultra-reliable kicker missed his first kick of the season as his 47-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide right in the second quarter. He then missed again to the right on a 43-yard attempt in the fourth quarter.

Reichard's second-quarter miss was his first since failing to connect on a 50-yard field goal attempt during the final minute of Alabama’s loss at Tennessee last year. Since then, he had made 28 straight field-goal attempts and 51 extra-point tries in between misses.

Following his two misses Saturday, Reichard is 15 of 17 on field-goal attempts this season. He has made all 31 of his extra-point tries.